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
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
Coverage The approximate coverage of the postcode districts:
! SY1 | SHREWSBURY | Shrewsbury (north and town centre) | Shropshire |- ! SY2 | SHREWSBURY | Shrewsbury (east) | Shropshire |- ! SY3 | SHREWSBURY | Shrewsbury (south and west), Bayston Hill | Shropshire |- ! SY4 | SHREWSBURY | Baschurch, Bomere Heath, Nesscliffe, Ruyton-XI-Towns Shawbury, Wem | Shropshire |- ! SY5 | SHREWSBURY | Atcham, Cressage, Criggion, Condover, Minsterley, Pontesbury, Ratlinghope, Westbury, Wroxeter | Shropshire, Powys |- ! SY6 | CHURCH STRETTON | Church Stretton, Cardington | Shropshire |- !rowspan=3|SY7 | BUCKNELL | Bucknell, Lingen | rowspan=2|Shropshire, Herefordshire |- | CRAVEN ARMS | Craven Arms, Clun Valley, Diddlebury, Leintwardine, Munslow, Tugford |- | LYDBURY NORTH | Lydbury North | Shropshire |- ! SY8 | LUDLOW | Ludlow, Brimfield, 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, West Felton | Shropshire |- ! SY12 | ELLESMERE | Ellesmere, Dudleston Heath (Criftins), Welshampton, Lyneal, Colemere, Cockshutt, English Frankton, Tetchill, Hordley, Bagley | Shropshire |- ! SY13 | WHITCHURCH | Whitchurch, Whixall | 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 | Llandinam |- ! SY18 | LLANIDLOES | Llanidloes, Llangurig, Van, Tylwch | Powys |- ! SY19 | LLANBRYNMAIR | Llanbrynmair, Llan, Bont Dolgadfan, Dolfach, Talerddig, Staylittle, Pennant, Dylife | Powys |- ! SY20 | MACHYNLLETH | Machynlleth, Corris | Powys, Gwynedd |- ! SY21 | WELSHPOOL | Welshpool, Marton, Stockton | Powys, Shropshire |- !rowspan=5|SY22 | LLANFECHAIN | Llanfechain |rowspan=5|Powys, Shropshire |- | LLANFYLLIN | Llanfyllin |- | LLANSANFFRAID | Llansantffraid-ym-Mechain |- | LLANYMYNECH | Llanymynech |- | MEIFOD | Meifod |- !rowspan=3|SY23 | ABERYSTWYTH | Aberystwyth, Llanbadarn Fawr, Penparcau |rowspan=3|Ceredigion, Powys |- | LLANON | Llanon |- | LLANRHYSTUD | 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 | Ystrad Meurig |rowspan=2|Ceredigion, Powys |- | TREGARON | Tregaron |- !SY99 |SHREWSBURY |Jobcentre Plus |non-geographic
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See also Postcode Address File List of postcode areas in the United Kingdom
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