SY postcode area

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Shrewsbury
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Coordinates: 52°39′54″N3°03′11″W / 52.665°N 3.053°W / 52.665; -3.053
CountryUnited Kingdom
Postcode area
SY
Postcode area name
Shrewsbury
Post towns 32
Postcode districts 26
Postcode sectors86
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 England and Wales, within 32 post towns. These cover most of Shropshire (including Shrewsbury, Oswestry, Ludlow, Bucknell, Whitchurch, Bishop's Castle, Craven Arms, Church Stretton, Ellesmere, Lydbury North and Llanymynech), north Powys (including Montgomery, Newtown, Welshpool, Caersws, Llanbrynmair, Llanfechain, Llanfyllin, Llandinam, Llanidloes, Llansantffraid, Machynlleth and Meifod), and north Ceredigion (including Aberystwyth, Borth, Bow Street, Tregaron, Talybont, Ystrad Meurig, Llanrhystud and Llanon), plus small parts of south Cheshire (including Malpas) and north Herefordshire, and very small parts of Gwynedd and Wrexham County Borough.

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Coverage

The approximate coverage of the postcode districts:

Postcode district Post town CoverageLocal authority area(s)
SY1SHREWSBURY Shrewsbury (north and town centre) Shropshire
SY2SHREWSBURYShrewsbury (east)Shropshire
SY3SHREWSBURYShrewsbury (south and west), Bayston Hill Shropshire
SY4SHREWSBURY Baschurch, Bomere Heath, Nesscliffe, Shawbury, Wem Shropshire
SY5SHREWSBURY Atcham, Cressage, Criggion, Condover, Minsterley, Pontesbury, Ratlinghope, Westbury, Wroxeter Shropshire, Powys
SY6CHURCH STRETTON Church Stretton, Cardington Shropshire
SY7BUCKNELL Bucknell, Lingen, Munslow, Tugford Shropshire, Herefordshire
CRAVEN ARMS Craven Arms, Clun Valley, Diddlebury, Leintwardine, Munslow, Tugford
LYDBURY NORTH Lydbury North Shropshire
SY8LUDLOW Ludlow, Brimfield, Clee Hill, Culmington, Leinthall Starkes, Richard's Castle, Stoke St. Milborough Shropshire, Herefordshire
SY9BISHOPS CASTLE Bishop's Castle, Wentnor Shropshire
SY10OSWESTRY Oswestry (outskirts), Gobowen, Llansilin, Llangedwyn, Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant, Pen-y-bont-fawr, LlanwddynShropshire, Powys
SY11OSWESTRYOswestry (most of), St Martin's, West Felton Shropshire
SY12ELLESMERE Ellesmere, Dudleston Heath (Criftins), Welshampton, Lyneal, Colemere, Cockshutt, English Frankton, Tetchill, Hordley, Bagley Shropshire
SY13WHITCHURCH Whitchurch, Whixall Shropshire
SY14MALPAS Malpas, Tilston, No Man's Heath, Bickley, Hampton, Shocklach, Bulkeley, Bickerton, Cuddington Heath, Cholmondeley, Threapwood, Barton, Duckington Cheshire West and Chester, Cheshire East, Wrexham
SY15MONTGOMERY Montgomery, Abermule, Chirbury, Church Stoke Powys, Shropshire
SY16NEWTOWN Newtown, Tregynon, Bettws Cedewain Powys
SY17CAERSWS Caersws, Trefeglwys, Carno, Llanwnnog, Pontdolgoch, Clatter Powys
LLANDINAM Llandinam
SY18LLANIDLOES Llanidloes, Llangurig, Van, Tylwch Powys
SY19LLANBRYNMAIR Llanbrynmair, Llan, Bont Dolgadfan, Dolfach, Talerddig, Staylittle, Pennant, Dylife Powys
SY20MACHYNLLETH Machynlleth, Corris Powys, Gwynedd
SY21WELSHPOOL Welshpool, Marton, Stockton Powys, Shropshire
SY22LLANFECHAIN Llanfechain Powys
LLANFYLLIN Llanfyllin
LLANSANTFFRAID Llansantffraid-ym-Mechain
LLANYMYNECH Llanymynech
MEIFOD Meifod
SY23ABERYSTWYTH Aberystwyth, Llanbadarn Fawr, Penparcau Ceredigion, Powys
LLANON Llanon
LLANRHYSTUD Llanrhystud
SY24BORTH Borth Ceredigion
BOW STREET Bow Street, Pen-y-garn, Rhydypennau, Llandre
TALYBONT Talybont
SY25YSTRAD MEURIG Ystrad Meurig Ceredigion, Powys
TREGARON Tregaron
SY99SHREWSBURY Jobcentre Plus non-geographic

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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. SY postcode area map.svg
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.

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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)