SY postcode area

Shrewsbury postcode area
SY
Postcode area	SY
Postcode area name	Shrewsbury
Post towns	32
Postcode districts	26
Postcode sectors	86
Postcodes (live)	14,284
Postcodes (total)	16,559
Statistics as at February 2012

The SY postcode area, also known as the Shrewsbury postcode area, is a group of postcode districts primarily around Shrewsbury, but also covering Aberystwyth, Bishop's Castle, Borth, Bow Street, Bucknell, Caersws, Church Stretton, Craven Arms, Ellesmere, Llanbrynmair, Llandinam, Llanfechain, Llanfyllin, Llanidloes, Llanon, Llanrhystud, Llansanffraid, Llanymynech, Ludlow, Lydbury North, Machynlleth, Malpas, Meifod, Montgomery, Newtown, Oswestry, Talybont, Tregaron, Welshpool, Whitchurch and Ystrad Meurig. Despite being centred on the large English town of Shrewsbury, more than half of the postcode area is in Wales.

Coverage

The SY postcode area covers a geographically large area, covering a large part of Shropshire and small parts of Cheshire and Herefordshire in England, and a large area of mid-Wales from the English border to the Cambrian coast.

The approximate coverage of the postcode districts:

Postcode district	Post town	Coverage	Local authority area
SY1	SHREWSBURY	Town Centre & North Shrewsbury	Shropshire
SY2	SHREWSBURY	East Shrewsbury	Shropshire
SY3	SHREWSBURY	South & West Shrewsbury, Bayston Hill	Shropshire
SY4	SHREWSBURY	Baschurch, Bomere Heath, Nesscliffe, Shawbury, Wem	Shropshire
SY5	SHREWSBURY	Atcham, Cressage, Condover, Minsterley, Pontesbury, Ratlinghope, Westbury	Shropshire
SY6	CHURCH STRETTON	Church Stretton, Cardington	Shropshire
SY7	BUCKNELL, CRAVEN ARMS, LYDBURY NORTH	Clun Valley, Craven Arms, Diddlebury, Leintwardine, Lingen, Munslow, Tugford	Shropshire, Herefordshire
SY8	LUDLOW	Brimfield, Clee Hill, Culmington, Leinthall Starkes, Ludlow, Richard's Castle, Stoke St. Milborough	Shropshire, Herefordshire
SY9	BISHOPS CASTLE	Bishop's Castle, Wentnor	Shropshire
SY10	OSWESTRY	Oswestry, Gobowen	Shropshire
SY11	OSWESTRY	St Martin's, West Felton	Shropshire
SY12	ELLESMERE	Ellesmere	Shropshire
SY13	WHITCHURCH	Whitchurch	Shropshire
SY14	MALPAS	Malpas	Cheshire West and Chester, Wrexham County Borough
SY15	MONTGOMERY	Montgomery, Abermule, Chirbury, Church Stoke	Powys, Shropshire
SY16	NEWTOWN	Newtown	Powys
SY17	CAERSWS, LLANDINAM	Caersws	Powys
SY18	LLANIDLOES	Llanidloes	Powys
SY19	LLANBRYNMAIR	Llanbrynmair	Powys
SY20	MACHYNLLETH	Machynlleth	Powys
SY21	WELSHPOOL	Welshpool	Powys
SY22	LLANFECHAIN, LLANFYLLIN, LLANSANTFFRAID, LLANYMYNECH, MEIFOD	Meifod	Powys
SY23	ABERYSTWYTH, LLANON, LLANRHYSTUD	Aberystwyth, Llanbadarn Fawr, Penparcau	Ceredigion
SY24	BORTH, BOW STREET, TALYBONT	Bow Street, Pen-y-garn, Rhydypennau, Llandre	Ceredigion
SY25	YSTRAD MEURIG, TREGARON	Ystrad Meurig, Tregaron	Ceredigion

Map

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

External Links

• Text to be displayedRoyal Mail's Postcode Address File
• A quick introduction to Royal Mail's Postcode Address File (PAF)
• Using Welsh alternative addresses within Royal Mail's Postcode Address File (PAF)