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UK Property Check · Printed on 8 November 2026ukpropertycheck.co.uk/postcode/sy

House prices in the SY postcode area, Shrewsbury

Homes in the SY postcode area sold for a median of £265,000 between September 2024 and August 2026, from 8,878 standard sales.

That is 4% above the £255,000 median for the West Midlands, where most of the area lies.

Median sale price£265,0008,878 standard sales
Middle half of prices£195,000 to £368,000
Change since 2016+39%Median, 2016 to 2025, before inflation

Districts ranked by median price

The dearest district was SY6 (Church Stretton), at £385,000, and the cheapest was SY20 (Machynlleth), at £192,000. The dearest median is 2.0 times the cheapest.

The next dearest were SY14 (Malpas) and SY7 (Craven Arms), and the next cheapest SY25 (Tregaron) and SY16 (Newtown).

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Each dot is a postcode district in the SY area, placed at the centre of its postcodes and shaded by the median price of its standard sales, September 2024 to August 2026. The ranked list below gives the same figures.

Post towns in the SY area, by number of sales: Shrewsbury (SY1, SY2, SY3, SY4, SY5), Oswestry (SY10, SY11), Whitchurch (SY13), Aberystwyth (SY23), Ludlow (SY8), Newtown (SY16), Welshpool (SY21), Ellesmere (SY12), Craven Arms (SY7), Llanymynech (SY22), Church Stretton (SY6), Malpas (SY14), and 8 more.

Districts with at least 100 standard sales, September 2024 to August 2026
  1. SY6Church Stretton, 189 sales£385,000Too few
  2. SY14Malpas, 167 sales£350,000Too few
  3. SY7Craven Arms, 246 sales£340,000+13%
  4. SY10Oswestry, 362 sales£320,000+5%
  5. SY4Shrewsbury, 674 sales£310,000+3%
  6. SY5Shrewsbury, 492 sales£310,000−6%
  7. SY3Shrewsbury, 1,112 sales£304,500+3%
  8. SY2Shrewsbury, 600 sales£285,000−4%
  9. SY8Ludlow, 546 sales£275,000−2%
  10. SY13Whitchurch, 602 sales£275,000+5%
  11. SY22Llanymynech, 218 sales£265,000−6%
  12. SY15Montgomery, 109 sales£260,000Too few
  13. SY12Ellesmere, 282 sales£250,000−2%
  14. SY21Welshpool, 321 sales£242,000−1%
  15. SY24Borth, 107 sales£230,000Too few
  16. SY23Aberystwyth, 566 sales£227,500−4%
  17. SY1Shrewsbury, 683 sales£225,000+3%
  18. SY11Oswestry, 762 sales£225,000+2%
  19. SY16Newtown, 331 sales£212,000+14%
  20. SY25Tregaron, 106 sales£195,000Too few
  21. SY20Machynlleth, 155 sales£192,000Too few

Fewer than 100 sales, not ranked: SY9 £290k (47 sales), SY17 £230k (81 sales), SY18 £212k (98 sales), SY19 £236k (22 sales).

1-year change: 2025 against 2024, where both years had 100 or more standard sales. It moves with which homes sold, so treat it as a guide, not a price index.

From 2024 to 2025, the median rose most in SY16 (Newtown), up 14%, and fell most in SY22 (Llanymynech) and SY5 (Shrewsbury), down 6%.

Streets with the most standard sales, September 2024 to August 2026:

Of the streets with at least 10 sales, the dearest by median price were Lady Herbert Way, Shrewsbury (SY3, detached houses, £605,000), Woodfield Road, Shrewsbury (SY3, £522,500) and Morris Grove, Bicton Heath (SY3, £481,000).

The cheapest were Meadowbrook Court, Gobowen (SY10, semi-detached houses, £104,000), Shrewsbury Road, Church Stretton (SY6, £120,000) and Dairy Grove, Ellesmere (SY12, flats, £133,500).

Neighbouring postcode areas include LL (Llandudno), TF (Telford), LD (Llandrindod Wells), SA (Swansea) and CW (Crewe).

Prices by property type

Standard sales in the SY area, September 2024 to August 2026
TypeSalesMedian priceMiddle halfPer m²
Detached3,790£361,000£290,000 to £472,000£3,150/m²from 159 sales
Semi-detached2,691£240,000£196,000 to £285,000£2,786/m²from 98 sales
Terraced1,859£195,000£156,000 to £245,000£2,791/m²from 50 sales
Flats and maisonettes538£146,000£111,000 to £191,000Too few

Detached houses were the most common type sold in the SY area, at 43% of sales, ahead of semi-detached houses at 30%.

Most homes here are freehold: 7% of sales were leasehold, against 21% across England and Wales.

Prices over time

  1. 2016
  2. 2017
  3. 2018
  4. 2019
  5. 2020
  6. 2021
  7. 2022
  8. 2023
  9. 2024
  10. 2025
  11. 2026
Yearly median of standard sales, not adjusted for inflation. 2026 covers January to August only, and the ringed bar, 2025, is the latest full year.

The median rose 39%, from £190,000 in 2016 to £265,000 in 2025, more than the 35% rise across England and Wales.

Council areas in the SY postcode area

Most sales in the SY area, 72%, were in Shropshire, where homes in the area sold for a median of £275,000. The rest were mostly in Powys (15%), Ceredigion (9%), Cheshire West and Chester (2%) and Herefordshire (1%).

Standard sales in the SY area by council area, placed by postcode, September 2024 to August 2026
Council areaSales in SYMedian in SYWhole council area
Shropshire6,389£275,000£275,500
Powys1,312£235,000£250,000
Ceredigion801£225,000£234,000
Cheshire West and Chester163£335,000£265,000
Herefordshire91£390,000£295,000
Gwynedd49£200,000£195,000
Wrexham36£365,000£200,000
Cheshire East24£492,500£300,000
2 other council areas13Too fewNot shown

About these figures

The SY figures come from 8,878 standard sales in 25 postcode districts across 10 council areas (how sales are placed). The busiest district was SY3 (Shrewsbury), with 1,112 sales.

Updated 15 October 2026 with sales recorded to August 2026. Next update due in late November 2026.

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