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WV16 5BQ

Bridgnorth Castle · Shropshire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Bridgnorth
Ward
Bridgnorth Castle
Local authority
Shropshire
Constituency
South Shropshire
Postcode district
WV16
Postcode sector
WV16 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
WV16 5BA 54 m
WV16 5BD 60 m
WV16 5BE 86 m
WV16 5BB 97 m
WV16 5BG 97 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
WV16 5BQ
Status
Current
Introduced
1 August 1993
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
WV
Postcode district
WV16
Postcode sector
WV16 5
Latitude
52.535835
Longitude
-2.433968
British National Grid easting
370,661
British National Grid northing
293,195

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
West Midlands · E12000005
Local authority district
Shropshire · E06000051
Electoral ward
Bridgnorth Castle · E05016019
Parish or community
E04011228
Westminster constituency
South Shropshire · E14001493
Output area
E00146836
Lower layer super output area
Shropshire 031B · E01028831
Middle layer super output area
Shropshire 031 · E02006011

Postcode source versions

Explore WV16

Property

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5 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
1, Wheatlands Rise, Bridgnorth, WV16 5BQ 5 December 2025 £605,000
1, Wheatlands Rise, Bridgnorth, WV16 5BQ 20 May 2016 £430,000
3, Wheatlands Rise, Bridgnorth, WV16 5BQ 26 January 2016 £380,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
7
Primary
5
Secondary
2

  1. Castlefields Primary School

    Academy converter

    648 m

  2. St John's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy

    Academy converter

    753 m

  3. Oldbury Wells School

    Academy converter

    763 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
732
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 267
  • Anti social behaviour 81
  • Criminal damage and arson 81
  • Shoplifting 63
  • Public order 59

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
16

10 female, 6 male

Postcode households
6
Residents per household
2.7
WV16 5 residents
3,729

Age bands in WV16 5

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.7%

575 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.1%

369 residents

Age 25 to 44
18.3%

669 residents

Age 45 to 64
28.4%

1,038 residents

Age 65 and over
27.4%

1,002 residents

This postcode contained 0.4% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider WV16 5 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+
100%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
33.3%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
33.3%
Gigabit-capable
33.3%
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

  • BRIDGNORTH MEDICAL PRACTICE

    NORTHGATE, BRIDGNORTH, WV16 4EN

    ODS code M82004

    782 m

Nearby transport

  • China Museum

    BCT · Coalport

    5.8 miles

  • China Museum

    BCT · Coalport

    5.8 miles

  • St Marys Close

    BCT · Jackfield

    6.0 miles

  • St Marys Close

    BCT · Jackfield

    6.1 miles

  • Council Houses

    BCT · Jackfield

    6.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Shropshire 031B, 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

10 of 10

Overall England rank

30,845 of 33,755

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

Property market

The five-year median is £605,000 from 1 recorded sale in WV16 5BQ. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Shropshire is £284,036 in June 2026, up 4.9% year on year.

Schools

7 open schools are in scope, including 5 primary and 2 secondary schools. Castlefields Primary School is the nearest published school at 648 m.

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

Recorded crime

732 published events cover 12 months, averaging 61 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 267 events.

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