:SY postcode area
{{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,Royal Mail, Address Management Guide, (2004) is a group of 25 postcode districts in the 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 towns.
Mail for the SY postcode area is processed at Chester Mail Centre, along with mail for the CH and LL postcode areas.
Post towns
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- Aberystwyth
- Bishop's Castle
- Borth
- Bow Street
- Bucknell
- Caersws
- Church Stretton
- Craven Arms
- Ellesmere
- Llanbrynmair
- Llandinam
- Llanfechain
- Llanfyllin
- Llanidloes
- Llanon
- Llanrhystud
- Llansantffraid
- Llanymynech
- Ludlow
- Lydbury North
- Machynlleth
- Malpas
- Meifod
- Montgomery
- Newtown
- Oswestry
- Shrewsbury
- Talybont
- Tregaron
- Welshpool
- Whitchurch
- Ystrad Meurig
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Coverage
The approximate coverage of the postcode districts:
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|-
! SY1
| SHREWSBURY
| Shrewsbury (north and town centre)
|-
! 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, Wroxeter
| Shropshire, Powys
|-
! SY6
| CHURCH STRETTON
| Shropshire
|-
!rowspan=3|SY7
| BUCKNELL
| rowspan=2|Shropshire, Herefordshire
|-
| CRAVEN ARMS
| Craven Arms, Clun Valley, Diddlebury, Leintwardine, Munslow, Tugford
|-
| LYDBURY NORTH
| Shropshire
|-
! SY8
| LUDLOW
| Ludlow, Brimfield, Clee Hill, Culmington, Leinthall Starkes, Richard's Castle, Stoke St. Milborough
| Shropshire, Herefordshire
|-
! SY9
| BISHOPS CASTLE
| 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, West Felton
| Shropshire
|-
! SY12
| ELLESMERE
| Ellesmere, Dudleston Heath (Criftins), Welshampton, Lyneal, Colemere, Cockshutt, English Frankton, Tetchill, Hordley, Bagley
| Shropshire
|-
! SY13
| WHITCHURCH
| Shropshire
|-
! SY14
| MALPAS
| Malpas, Tilston, No Man's Heath, Bickley, Hampton, Shocklach, Bulkeley, Bickerton, Cuddington Heath, Cholmondeley, Threapwood, Barton, Duckington
| Cheshire West and Chester, Cheshire East, Wrexham
|-
! SY15
| MONTGOMERY
| Montgomery, Abermule, Chirbury, Church Stoke
| Powys, Shropshire
|-
! SY16
| NEWTOWN
| Newtown, Tregynon, Bettws Cedewain
| Powys
|-
!rowspan=2|SY17
| CAERSWS
| Caersws, Trefeglwys, Carno, Llanwnnog, Pontdolgoch, Clatter
|rowspan=2|Powys
|-
| LLANDINAM
|-
! SY18
| LLANIDLOES
| Llanidloes, Llangurig, Van, Tylwch
| Powys
|-
! SY19
| LLANBRYNMAIR
| Llanbrynmair, Llan, Bont Dolgadfan, Dolfach, Talerddig, Staylittle, Pennant, Dylife
| Powys
|-
! SY20
| MACHYNLLETH
| Powys, Gwynedd
|-
! SY21
| WELSHPOOL
| Powys, Shropshire
|-
!rowspan=5|SY22
| LLANFECHAIN
|rowspan=5|Powys
|-
| LLANFYLLIN
|-
| LLANSANTFFRAID
|-
| LLANYMYNECH
|-
| MEIFOD
| Meifod
|-
!rowspan=3|SY23
| ABERYSTWYTH
| Aberystwyth, Llanbadarn Fawr, Penparcau
|rowspan=3|Ceredigion, Powys
|-
| LLANON
| Llanon
|-
| LLANRHYSTUD
|-
!rowspan=3|SY24
| BORTH
| Borth
|rowspan=3|Ceredigion
|-
| BOW STREET
| Bow Street, Pen-y-garn, Rhydypennau, Llandre
|-
| TALYBONT
| Talybont
|-
!rowspan=2|SY25
| 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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See also
References
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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)]
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