Map of SY5 8BJ postcode

General information
Postcode SY5 8BJ
Post Town Shrewsbury
Nearest station Shrewsbury (5 km)
Bus stops
Cygnets PH (SW)
Redhill Drive Jct (NE)
Redhill Drive Jct (SW)
Number of UPRNs 4 View
Known addresses
1 Rose Cottages, Hookagate
2 Rose Cottages, Hookagate
Main property type Detached
Businesses
No businesses found
Geography
Latitude 52.67742
Longitude -2.791797
Easting 346563
Northing 309152
Grid reference SJ465091
UTM reference 30U 514076 5836407
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Plus code 9C4VM6G5+X7
Altitude 74 metres (243 feet)
Sunrise (today) 4:51
Sunset (today) 21:31
Distance away
Distance to sea 62.4 KMs (38.7 miles)
Administrative areas
ParishLongdenE04011305
Ward Longden E05008164
Unitary Authority Shropshire E06000051
Constituency (2024) Shrewsbury E14001473
MPJulia BuckleyLabour
Police forceWest Mercia
Water companySevern Trent
NUTS/ITL 3 Shropshire
NUTS/ITL 2 Shropshire and Staffordshire
NUTS/ITL 1 West Midlands
Country England E92000001
Data
Date introduced January 1980
Last updated June 2025
User type Small (addresses receive less than 25 items of mail per day)
Quality Within the building of the matched address closest to the postcode mean
Demographics
Population (2011) 4
Households (2011) 1
Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019)
22,011 / 32,844
Most deprivedLeast deprived
Average household income (2020)
£43,700
Lowest (£22,200) Highest (£108,100)
Rural/urbanRural village
Census output area (2021)E00147448
Census output area (2011)E00147448
Lower layer super output area (2021)Shropshire 026AE01028954
Lower layer super output area (2011)Shropshire 026AE01028954
Middle layer super output area (2021)Hanwood, Pontesbury & MinsterleyE02006039
Middle layer super output area (2011)Hanwood, Pontesbury & MinsterleyE02006039
Travel to work areaShrewsburyE30000262
Property sales
Average property price in Shrewsbury £265,378
Annual change 1.8%
View all properties sold in the SY postcode area
Properties recently sold in this postcode
AddressTypeDatePrice
2 Rose Cottages, HookagateDetached (freehold)Sep 2013£172,500
Semi-detached (freehold)Oct 2001£62,000
1 Rose Cottages, HookagateSemi-detached (freehold)Feb 1996£56,750


View all properties sold in the SY5 8 sector

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