Latitude: 52.4885 / 52°29'18"N
Longitude: -2.9962 / 2°59'46"W
OS Eastings: 332451
OS Northings: 288305
OS Grid: SO324883
Mapcode National: GBR B6.J90R
Mapcode Global: VH75Y.0QV6
Plus Code: 9C4VF2Q3+9G
Maidenhead Locator System: IO82ml07
What Three Birds: treecreeper.greenshank.starling
Marker point and cooordinate accuracy: Within the building of the matched address closest to the postcode mean.
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SY9 5AY is a large user postcode in Bishop's Castle, Shropshire. It was first introduced in January 1980.
'Large User' postcodes are allocated to organisations which receive large amounts of post. Unlike standard geographic postcodes, which cover up to 80 addresses, a large user postcode is unique to a single address.
To the best of our knowledge, the current address of this postcode is:
The Community College, Bishops Castle SY9 5AY.
The geographic coordinates assigned to a large user postcode may not necessarily be the actual coordinates of the location to which mail is delivered. If the address is a PO Box, then the coordinates will usually be the Royal Mail sorting office which handles mail for that postcode. In other cases, the coordinates of the postcode may be the headquarters, or registered office, of an organisation rather than the building which receives mail.
Commercial rateable values range from £108,000 to £167,000 with an average of £137,500. The most common recorded business types are School and Sports Centre.
Bishop's Castle is a town, which had a population of 1,893 in the 2011 census.
SY9 5AY is in the Ludlow travel to work area. NHS services are provided by the Shropshire County Primary Care Trust.
SY9 5AY is approximately 179m (587ft) above sea level.
Office of National Statistics Output Area Classification for the area containing SY9 5AY
1c1: Rural Residents - Ageing Rural Dwellers - Rural Employment and Retirees
Office of National Statistics Rural/Urban classification for SY9 5AY
England D2: a small town or larger village, surrounded by sparsely inhabited countryside
Healthy Living Index
8/10 (High)
Neighbourhood Retail Diversity Index
2/10 (Very low)
Area Retail Diversity Index
1/10 (Very low)
Supermarkets near SY9 5AY include Co-Operative Food. (Source: OpenStreetMap)
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Residents of SY9 5AY are represented at different levels of local, regional and national government by elected representatives. Where known, these are shown here.
This data is updated approximately monthly, and may not necessarily take account of the results of any elections or by-elections held recently.
Unitary Authority
Shropshire Council
Ward
Bishop's Castle
Councillor
Ruth Houghton (Liberal Democrat)
United Kingdom Parliament
Constituency
Ludlow
MP
Philip Dunne (Conservative)
Ofcom publishes annual statistics for Broadband availability. This is the most recent data for SY9 5AY.
Broadband statistics for commercial properties are less reliable than for domestic properties, as businesses are more likely to have other forms of Internet access that are not classified as 'Broadband'.
The most recent Ofsted rankings for schools near SY9 5AY.
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