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WV7 3AG

Shifnal Rural · Shropshire · England

Updated September 2026

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Post town
Wolverhampton
Ward
Shifnal Rural
Local authority
Shropshire
Constituency
The Wrekin
Postcode district
WV7
Postcode sector
WV7 3

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
WV7 3AF 330 m
WV7 3JL 403 m
WV7 3JJ 455 m
WV7 3FR 481 m
WV7 3JH 582 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
WV7 3AG
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
WV
Postcode district
WV7
Postcode sector
WV7 3
Latitude
52.635189
Longitude
-2.255861
British National Grid easting
382,781
British National Grid northing
304,189

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
West Midlands · E12000005
Local authority district
Shropshire · E06000051
Electoral ward
Shifnal Rural · E05016068
Parish or community
E04013496
Westminster constituency
The Wrekin · E14001543
Output area
E00146903
Lower layer super output area
Shropshire 027D · E01028845
Middle layer super output area
Shropshire 027 · E02006009

Postcode source versions

Explore WV7

Property

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9 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Beamish Farm, 3, Beamish Lane, Albrighton, Wolverhampton, WV7 3AG 9 June 2025 £540,000
Beamish Farm, 3, Beamish Lane, Albrighton, Wolverhampton, WV7 3AG 26 November 2021 £499,950
Beamish Farm, 4, Beamish Lane, Albrighton, Wolverhampton, WV7 3AG 1 July 2019 £475,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
9
Primary
5
Secondary
2

  1. The Gables Learning Centre

    Other independent special school

    172 m

  2. Birchfield School

    Other independent school

    330 m

  3. St Mary's CofE Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    1.0 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
114
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 38
  • Shoplifting 30
  • Anti social behaviour 12
  • Public order 8
  • Burglary 6

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
23

12 female, 11 male

Postcode households
7
Residents per household
3.3
WV7 3 residents
7,669

Age bands in WV7 3

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
11.4%

904 residents

Age 15 to 24
17.2%

1,360 residents

Age 25 to 44
24.5%

1,943 residents

Age 45 to 64
24.1%

1,911 residents

Age 65 and over
22.8%

1,806 residents

This postcode contained 0.3% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider WV7 3 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+
66.7%
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
66.7%

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 straight-line

  • ALBRIGHTON MEDICAL PRACT

    SHAW LANE, ALBRIGHTON, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV7 3DT

    ODS code M82021

    1.1 km

  • RUSSELL HOUSE SURGERY

    BUSINESS HUB, WOLVERHAMPTON ROAD, CODSALL, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV8 1PE

    ODS code M83031

    4.6 km

Nearby transport

  • Albrighton Rail Station

    RLY · Albrighton

    0.6 miles

  • Park Farm

    BCT · Kingswood Common

    1.0 miles

  • Mobile Homes Park

    BCT · Kingswood Common

    1.2 miles

  • Mobile Homes Park

    BCT · Kingswood Common

    1.2 miles

  • Cross Guns Inn PH

    BCT · Codsall Wood

    1.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Shropshire 027D, 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

9 of 10

Overall England rank

29,833 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
9 of 10
Education and skills
10 of 10
Health and disability
8 of 10
Crime
9 of 10
Housing and services
5 of 10
Living environment
6 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 £519,975 from 2 recorded sales in WV7 3AG. 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

9 open schools are in scope, including 5 primary and 2 secondary schools. The Gables Learning Centre is the nearest published school at 172 m.

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

Recorded crime

114 published events cover 12 months, averaging 9.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 38 events.

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