SY postcode area

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Shrewsbury
Postcode area
SY
Coordinates: 52°39′54″N3°03′11″W / 52.665°N 3.053°W / 52.665; -3.053
Country	United Kingdom
Postcode area	SY
Postcode area name	Shrewsbury
Post towns	32
Postcode districts	26
Postcode sectors	86
Postcodes (live)	14,402
Postcodes (total)	17,187
Statistics as at May 2020 [1]

The SY postcode area, also known as the Shrewsbury postcode area, ^[2] is a group of 25 postcode districts in the West Midlands and Mid Wales, with small areas in North West England and North Wales. Together the districts cover most of Shropshire, north Powys, north Ceredigion, and part of south Cheshire. In addition, the SY7 and SY8 districts cover a small part of north Herefordshire, and the SY14 and SY20 districts also contain very small parts of Gwynedd and Wrexham County Borough respectively. The postcode area contains 32 post towns.

Mail for the SY postcode area is processed at Chester Mail Centre, along with mail for the CH and LL postcode areas.

Post towns

• Aberystwyth
• Bishop's Castle
• Borth
• Bow Street
• Bucknell
• Caersws
• Church Stretton
• Craven Arms
• Ellesmere
• Llanbrynmair
• Llandinam
• Llanfechain
• Llanfyllin
• Llanidloes
• Llanon
• Llanrhystud
• Llansantffraid
• Llanymynech
• Ludlow
• Lydbury North
• Machynlleth
• Malpas
• Meifod
• Montgomery
• Newtown
• Oswestry
• Shrewsbury
• Talybont
• Tregaron
• Welshpool
• Whitchurch
• Ystrad Meurig

Coverage

The approximate coverage of the postcode districts:

Postcode district	Post town	Coverage	Local authority area(s)
SY1	SHREWSBURY	Shrewsbury (north and town centre)	Shropshire
SY2	SHREWSBURY	Shrewsbury (east)	Shropshire
SY3	SHREWSBURY	Shrewsbury (south and west), Bayston Hill	Shropshire
SY4	SHREWSBURY	Baschurch, Bomere Heath, Nesscliffe, Shawbury, Wem	Shropshire
SY5	SHREWSBURY	Atcham, Cressage, Criggion, Condover, Minsterley, Pontesbury, Ratlinghope, Westbury, Wroxeter	Shropshire, Powys
SY6	CHURCH STRETTON	Church Stretton, Cardington	Shropshire
SY7	BUCKNELL	Bucknell, Lingen	Shropshire, Herefordshire
	CRAVEN ARMS	Craven Arms, Clun Valley, Diddlebury, Leintwardine, Munslow, Tugford
	LYDBURY NORTH	Lydbury North	Shropshire
SY8	LUDLOW	Ludlow, Brimfield, Clee Hill, Culmington, Leinthall Starkes, Richard's Castle, Stoke St. Milborough	Shropshire, Herefordshire
SY9	BISHOPS CASTLE	Bishop's Castle, Wentnor	Shropshire
SY10	OSWESTRY	Oswestry (outskirts), Gobowen, Llansilin, Llangedwyn, Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant, Pen-y-bont-fawr, Llanwddyn	Shropshire, Powys
SY11	OSWESTRY	Oswestry (most of), St Martin's, West Felton	Shropshire
SY12	ELLESMERE	Ellesmere, Dudleston Heath (Criftins), Welshampton, Lyneal, Colemere, Cockshutt, English Frankton, Tetchill, Hordley, Bagley	Shropshire
SY13	WHITCHURCH	Whitchurch, Whixall	Shropshire
SY14	MALPAS	Malpas, Tilston, No Man's Heath, Bickley, Hampton, Shocklach, Bulkeley, Bickerton, Cuddington Heath, Cholmondeley, Threapwood, Barton, Duckington	Cheshire West and Chester, Cheshire East, Wrexham
SY15	MONTGOMERY	Montgomery, Abermule, Chirbury, Church Stoke	Powys, Shropshire
SY16	NEWTOWN	Newtown, Tregynon, Bettws Cedewain	Powys
SY17	CAERSWS	Caersws, Trefeglwys, Carno, Llanwnnog, Pontdolgoch, Clatter	Powys
	LLANDINAM	Llandinam
SY18	LLANIDLOES	Llanidloes, Llangurig, Van, Tylwch	Powys
SY19	LLANBRYNMAIR	Llanbrynmair, Llan, Bont Dolgadfan, Dolfach, Talerddig, Staylittle, Pennant, Dylife	Powys
SY20	MACHYNLLETH	Machynlleth, Corris	Powys, Gwynedd
SY21	WELSHPOOL	Welshpool, Marton, Stockton	Powys, Shropshire
SY22	LLANFECHAIN	Llanfechain	Powys, Shropshire
	LLANFYLLIN	Llanfyllin
	LLANSANFFRAID	Llansantffraid-ym-Mechain
	LLANYMYNECH	Llanymynech
	MEIFOD	Meifod
SY23	ABERYSTWYTH	Aberystwyth, Llanbadarn Fawr, Penparcau	Ceredigion, Powys
	LLANON	Llanon
	LLANRHYSTUD	Llanrhystud
SY24	BORTH	Borth	Ceredigion
	BOW STREET	Bow Street, Pen-y-garn, Rhydypennau, Llandre
	TALYBONT	Talybont
SY25	YSTRAD MEURIG	Ystrad Meurig	Ceredigion, Powys
	TREGARON	Tregaron
SY99	SHREWSBURY	Jobcentre Plus	non-geographic

Map

Template:Attached KML/SY postcode area

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SY postcode area map, showing postcode districts in red and post towns in grey text, with links to nearby CH, CW, DY, HR, LD, LL, SA, TF, WR and WV postcode areas.

See also

• Postcode Address File
• List of postcode areas in the United Kingdom

References

1. "ONS Postcode Directory Version Notes" (ZIP). National Statistics Postcode Products. Office for National Statistics. May 2020. Table 2. Retrieved 19 June 2020. Coordinates from mean of unit postcode points, "Code-Point Open". OS OpenData. Ordnance Survey. February 2012. Retrieved 21 April 2012.
2. Royal Mail, Address Management Guide, (2004)