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WV15 6JH

Bridgnorth South & Alveley · Shropshire · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Bridgnorth South & Alveley
Local authority
Shropshire
Constituency
South Shropshire
Postcode district
WV15
Postcode sector
WV15 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
WV15 6JJ 58 m
WV15 6HZ 386 m
WV16 6NU 442 m
WV16 6NZ 611 m
WV16 6NP 736 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
WV15 6JH
Status
Current
Introduced
1 June 2021
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
WV
Postcode district
WV15
Postcode sector
WV15 6
Latitude
52.445195
Longitude
-2.362499
British National Grid easting
375,458
British National Grid northing
283,086

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
West Midlands · E12000005
Local authority district
Shropshire · E06000051
Electoral ward
Bridgnorth South & Alveley · E05016021
Parish or community
E04011205
Westminster constituency
South Shropshire · E14001493
Output area
E00146822
Lower layer super output area
Shropshire 034A · E01028828
Middle layer super output area
Shropshire 034 · E02006013

Postcode source versions

Explore WV15

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
4
Primary
4
Secondary
0

  1. Alveley Primary School

    Academy sponsor led

    1.9 km

  2. Highley Community Primary School

    Community school

    2.0 km

  3. Upper Arley CofE Primary School

    Academy sponsor led

    3.0 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
167
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 94
  • Vehicle crime 12
  • Criminal damage and arson 12
  • Anti social behaviour 11
  • Other theft 9

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
WV15 6 residents
4,410

Age bands in WV15 6

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
11.5%

508 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.4%

369 residents

Age 25 to 44
15.8%

696 residents

Age 45 to 64
29.3%

1,291 residents

Age 65 and over
34.9%

1,535 residents

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

1

within 5 km straight-line

  • ALVELEY MEDICAL PRACTICE

    ALVELEY, ALVELEY, BRIDGNORTH, WV15 6NG

    ODS code M82601

    1.2 km

Nearby transport

  • Lion Lane Crossroads

    BCT · Shatterford

    1.6 miles

  • Lion Lane Crossroads

    BCT · Shatterford

    1.6 miles

  • Church

    BCT · Upper Arley

    1.8 miles

  • Arley Forge

    BCT · Upper Arley

    1.8 miles

  • Arley Forge

    BCT · Upper Arley

    1.9 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Shropshire 034A, 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

4 of 10

Overall England rank

11,705 of 33,755

Income
5 of 10
Employment
6 of 10
Education and skills
4 of 10
Health and disability
6 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

4 open schools are in scope, including 4 primary and 0 secondary schools. Alveley Primary School is the nearest published school at 1.2 miles.

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

Recorded crime

167 published events cover 12 months, averaging 13.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 94 events.

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