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{{short description|Postcode area within the United Kingdom}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}}
{{Use British English|date=April 2025}}
{{Infobox UK postcode area|area_code=SY}}
The '''SY postcode area''', also known as the '''Shrewsbury postcode area''',<ref>Royal Mail, ''Address Management Guide'', (2004)</ref> is a group of 25 postcode districts in the [[West Midlands (region)|West Midlands]] and [[Mid Wales]], with small areas in [[North West England]] and [[North Wales]]. Together the districts cover most of [[Shropshire]], north [[Powys]], north [[Ceredigion]], and part of south [[Cheshire]]. In addition, the SY7 and SY8 districts cover a small part of north [[Herefordshire]], and the SY14 and SY20 districts also contain very small parts of [[Gwynedd]] and [[Wrexham County Borough]] respectively. The postcode area contains 32 [[post town]]s.

Mail for the SY postcode area is processed at Chester Mail Centre, along with mail for the [[CH postcode area|CH]] and [[LL postcode area|LL]] postcode areas.

==Post towns==
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*[[Aberystwyth]]
*[[Bishop's Castle]]
*[[Borth]]
*[[Bow Street, Ceredigion|Bow Street]]
*[[Bucknell, Shropshire|Bucknell]]
*[[Caersws]]
*[[Church Stretton]]
*[[Craven Arms]]
*[[Ellesmere, Shropshire|Ellesmere]]
*[[Llanbrynmair]]
*[[Llandinam]]
*[[Llanfechain]]
*[[Llanfyllin]]
*[[Llanidloes]]
*[[Llanon]]
*[[Llanrhystud]]
*[[Llansantffraid-ym-Mechain|Llansantffraid]]
*[[Llanymynech]]
*[[Ludlow]]
*[[Lydbury North]]
*[[Machynlleth]]
*[[Malpas, Cheshire|Malpas]]
*[[Meifod]]
*[[Montgomery, Powys|Montgomery]]
*[[Newtown, Powys|Newtown]]
*[[Oswestry]]
*[[Shrewsbury]]
*[[Tal-y-bont, Ceredigion|Talybont]]
*[[Tregaron]]
*[[Welshpool]]
*[[Whitchurch, Shropshire|Whitchurch]]
*[[Ystrad Meurig]]
{{div col end}}

==Coverage==
The approximate coverage of the postcode districts:

{{postcode area table start}}
|-
! SY1
| SHREWSBURY
| [[Shrewsbury]] (north and town centre)
| [[Shropshire Council|Shropshire]]
|-
! SY2
| SHREWSBURY
| Shrewsbury (east)
| Shropshire
|-
! SY3
| SHREWSBURY
| Shrewsbury (south and west), [[Bayston Hill]]
| Shropshire
|-
! SY4
| SHREWSBURY
| [[Baschurch]], [[Bomere Heath]], [[Nesscliffe]], [[Shawbury]], [[Wem]]
| Shropshire
|-
! SY5
| SHREWSBURY
| [[Atcham]], [[Cressage]], [[Criggion]], [[Condover]], [[Minsterley]], [[Pontesbury]], [[Ratlinghope]], [[Westbury, Shropshire|Westbury]], [[Wroxeter]]
| Shropshire, [[Powys]]
|-
! SY6
| CHURCH STRETTON
| [[Church Stretton]], [[Cardington, Shropshire|Cardington]]
| Shropshire
|-
!rowspan=3|SY7
| BUCKNELL
| [[Bucknell, Shropshire|Bucknell]], [[Lingen, Herefordshire|Lingen]]
| rowspan=2|Shropshire, [[Herefordshire Council|Herefordshire]]
|-
| CRAVEN ARMS
| [[Craven Arms]], [[River Clun, Shropshire|Clun Valley]], [[Diddlebury]], [[Leintwardine]], [[Munslow]], [[Tugford]]
|-
| LYDBURY NORTH
| [[Lydbury North]]
| Shropshire
|-
! SY8
| LUDLOW
| [[Ludlow]], [[Brimfield, Herefordshire|Brimfield]], [[Clee Hill Village|Clee Hill]], [[Culmington]], [[Leinthall Starkes]], [[Richard's Castle]], [[Stoke St. Milborough]]
| Shropshire, Herefordshire
|-
! SY9
| BISHOPS CASTLE
| [[Bishop's Castle]], [[Wentnor]]
| Shropshire
|-
! SY10
| OSWESTRY
| [[Oswestry]] (outskirts), [[Gobowen]], [[Llansilin]], [[Llangedwyn]], [[Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant]], Pen-y-bont-fawr, Llanwddyn
| Shropshire, Powys
|-
! SY11
| OSWESTRY
| Oswestry (most of), [[St Martin's, Shropshire|St Martin's]], [[West Felton]]
| Shropshire
|-
! SY12
| ELLESMERE
| [[Ellesmere, Shropshire|Ellesmere]], [[Dudleston Heath (Criftins)]], [[Welshampton]], Lyneal, Colemere, [[Cockshutt, Shropshire|Cockshutt]], [[English Frankton]], Tetchill, [[Hordley]], [[Bagley, Shropshire|Bagley]]
| Shropshire
|-
! SY13
| WHITCHURCH
| [[Whitchurch, Shropshire|Whitchurch]], [[Whixall]]
| Shropshire
|-
! SY14
| MALPAS
| [[Malpas, Cheshire|Malpas]], [[Tilston]], [[No Man's Heath, Cheshire|No Man's Heath]], [[Bickley, Cheshire|Bickley]], [[Hampton, Cheshire|Hampton]], [[Shocklach]], [[Bulkeley]], [[Bickerton, Cheshire|Bickerton]], [[Cuddington Heath, Cheshire|Cuddington Heath]], [[Cholmondeley, Cheshire|Cholmondeley]], [[Threapwood]], [[Barton, Cheshire|Barton]], [[Duckington]]
| [[Cheshire West and Chester]], [[Cheshire East]], [[Wrexham County Borough|Wrexham]]
|-
! SY15
| MONTGOMERY
| [[Montgomery, Powys|Montgomery]], [[Abermule]], [[Chirbury]], [[Church Stoke]]
| Powys, Shropshire
|-
! SY16
| NEWTOWN
| [[Newtown, Powys|Newtown]], [[Tregynon]], [[Bettws Cedewain]]
| Powys
|-
!rowspan=2|SY17
| CAERSWS
| [[Caersws]], [[Trefeglwys]], [[Carno]], [[Llanwnnog]], [[Pontdolgoch]], [[Clatter, Powys|Clatter]]
|rowspan=2|Powys
|-
| LLANDINAM
| [[Llandinam]]
|-
! SY18
| LLANIDLOES
| [[Llanidloes]], [[Llangurig]], [[Van, Llanidloes|Van]], [[Tylwch]]
| Powys
|-
! SY19
| LLANBRYNMAIR
| [[Llanbrynmair]], [[Llan, Powys|Llan]], [[Bont Dolgadfan]], [[Dolfach]], [[Talerddig]], [[Staylittle]], [[Pennant, Powys|Pennant]], [[Dylife]]
| Powys
|-
! SY20
| MACHYNLLETH
| [[Machynlleth]], [[Corris]]
| Powys, [[Gwynedd]]
|-
! SY21
| WELSHPOOL
| [[Welshpool]], [[Marton, Shropshire|Marton]], [[Stockton, Chirbury with Brompton|Stockton]]
| Powys, Shropshire
|-
!rowspan=5|SY22
| LLANFECHAIN
| [[Llanfechain]]
|rowspan=5|Powys
|-
| LLANFYLLIN
| [[Llanfyllin]]
|-
| LLANSANTFFRAID
| [[Llansantffraid-ym-Mechain]]
|-
| LLANYMYNECH
| [[Llanymynech]]
|-
| MEIFOD
| [[Meifod]]
|-
!rowspan=3|SY23
| ABERYSTWYTH
| [[Aberystwyth]], [[Llanbadarn Fawr, Ceredigion|Llanbadarn Fawr]], [[Penparcau]]
|rowspan=3|[[Ceredigion]], Powys
|-
| LLANON
| [[Llanon]]
|-
| LLANRHYSTUD
| [[Llanrhystud]]
|-
!rowspan=3|SY24
| BORTH
| [[Borth]]
|rowspan=3|Ceredigion
|-
| BOW STREET
| [[Bow Street, Ceredigion|Bow Street]], [[Pen-y-garn, Ceredigion|Pen-y-garn]], [[Rhydypennau, Ceredigion|Rhydypennau]], [[Llandre]]
|-
| TALYBONT
| [[Tal-y-bont, Ceredigion|Talybont]]
|-
!rowspan=2|SY25
| YSTRAD MEURIG
| [[Ystrad Meurig]]
|rowspan=2|Ceredigion, Powys
|-
| TREGARON
| [[Tregaron]]
|-
! style="background:#FFFFFF;"|SY99
| style="background:#FFFFFF;"|SHREWSBURY
| style="background:#FFFFFF;"|''[[Jobcentre Plus]]''
| style="background:#FFFFFF;"|''non-geographic''
|}

==Map==
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{{Postcode area imagemap|map=SY postcode area|size=650x650px}}

==See also==
*[[Postcode Address File]]
*[[List of postcode areas in the United Kingdom]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.poweredbypaf.com/ Text to be displayedRoyal Mail's Postcode Address File]
*[http://www.poweredbypaf.com/how-the-royal-mail-postcode-address-file-paf-helps-organisations-verify-their-customers-identities/ A quick introduction to Royal Mail's Postcode Address File (PAF)]
*[http://www.poweredbypaf.com/offering-royal-mail-postcode-address-file-customers-the-option-to-use-the-welsh-version-of-their-address/ Using Welsh alternative addresses within Royal Mail's Postcode Address File (PAF)]

{{Postcode areas in the United Kingdom}}

[[Category:Postcode areas covering Wales]]
[[Category:Shropshire]]
[[Category:Postcode areas covering the West Midlands (region)]]

SY postcode area - Revision history

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