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SY8 4DT

Ludlow South · Shropshire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward
Ludlow South
Local authority
Shropshire
Constituency
South Shropshire
Postcode district
SY8
Postcode sector
SY8 4

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
SY8 4AB 62 m
SY8 4BH 418 m
SY8 4DU 627 m
SY8 4DX 684 m
SY8 4AA 761 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
SY8 4DT
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
SY
Postcode district
SY8
Postcode sector
SY8 4
Latitude
52.348592
Longitude
-2.721706
British National Grid easting
350,936
British National Grid northing
272,524

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
West Midlands · E12000005
Local authority district
Shropshire · E06000051
Electoral ward
Ludlow South · E05016046
Parish or community
E04011345
Westminster constituency
South Shropshire · E14001493
Output area
E00147666
Lower layer super output area
Shropshire 039B · E01028996
Middle layer super output area
Shropshire 039 · E02006046

Postcode source versions

Explore SY8

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
6
Primary
3
Secondary
1

  1. Overton School

    Other independent special school

    842 m

  2. Moor Park School

    Other independent school

    1.4 km

  3. St Laurence CofE Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    2.0 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
9
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 3
  • Burglary 2
  • Other crime 1
  • Public order 1
  • Vehicle crime 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
7

3 female, 4 male

Postcode households
3
Residents per household
2.3
SY8 4 residents
3,443

Age bands in SY8 4

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
11.1%

379 residents

Age 15 to 24
7.4%

253 residents

Age 25 to 44
14.7%

503 residents

Age 45 to 64
31.4%

1,071 residents

Age 65 and over
35.3%

1,206 residents

This postcode contained 0.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider SY8 4 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.

Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.

Fixed broadband coverage

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
0%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
100%

Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

GP practices

2

within 5 km

  • LUDLOW - PORTCULLIS

    PORTCULLIS LANE, LUDLOW, SY8 1GT

    ODS code M82043

    2.3 km

  • STATION DRIVE SURGERY

    STATION DRIVE, LUDLOW, SY8 2AB

    ODS code M82014

    2.4 km

Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.

Source acquired on 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Ludlow Mascall Centre adj

    BCT · Ludlow

    1.4 miles

  • Ludlow Mascall Centre opp

    BCT · Ludlow

    1.4 miles

  • Steventon New Road Jct

    BCT · Ludlow

    1.4 miles

  • Steventon New Road Jct

    BCT · Ludlow

    1.4 miles

  • NFU Mutual

    BCT · Ludlow

    1.5 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Shropshire 039B, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.

Overall IMD decile

5 of 10

Overall England rank

13,671 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
6 of 10
Education and skills
8 of 10
Health and disability
7 of 10
Crime
8 of 10
Housing and services
1 of 10
Living environment
1 of 10

These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.

Flood risk

Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.

High risk addresses
0
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
0
Groundwater flood alert area
Unlikely

Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.

Evidence in context

Schools

6 open schools are in scope, including 3 primary and 1 secondary schools. Overton School is the nearest published school at 842 m.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

9 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 3 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.