A488 Colebatch, Shropshire
48 addresses across 7 postcodes (SY5), about 2.5 km (1.6 miles) long, classed as a a road. USRN 34701364.
- Energy: 10 homes have an energy certificate (D: 4, E: 3, F: 1, G: 2).
- Flood: 5 addresses on its postcodes are in areas at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water.
- Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band B; Band D in Shropshire costs £2,528 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 0% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Church Stretton, about 12.9 km (8 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden is about 1.4 km (0.8 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 2.7 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 4.8 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 120 to 193 m above sea level.
- Noise: 19 of its 48 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Pontesbury & Worthen Medical Practice, about 5.8 km (3.6 miles) away.
- People: About 260 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 80% of households owned their home and 33% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
Sales on this street
No sales recorded on this street since January 1995 under this street name.
Energy performance certificates
10 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 98 m². Most common: House, detached (8); Bungalow, detached (2). Built: before 1900 (4); 1976-1982 (2); 1983-1990 (2). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (7); rented (private) (2).
Each home's certificates and sales (7 addresses)
Council tax
What each band costs in Shropshire in 2026-27: Band D £2,528 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,685 | £1,966 | £2,247 | £2,528 | £3,090 | £3,652 | £4,214 | £5,056 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band B (40% of about 930 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 7.
- Article 4 direction (removing permitted development rights): none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Tree preservation orders: none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Green belt: no.
Listed buildings
- BARN AND ADJOINING PIGSTIES APPROXIMATELY 10 METRES TO THE WEST OF HOGSTOW MILL, grade II
- GREEN FARMHOUSE, grade II
- HOGSTOW MILL, grade II
- MILESTONE APPROXIMATELY 20 METRES SOUTH-WEST OF MISTY DAWN, grade II
- OAKFIELDS, grade II
- STABLES APPROXIMATELY 30 METRES TO SOUTH OF HOGSTOW MILL, grade II
- WATERMILL APPROXIMATELY 25 METRES TO SOUTH WEST OF HOGSTOW MILL, grade II
Roadworks
Finished in the last three months
- 17 September 2026: SEVERN TRENT WATER, Utility repair and maintenance works, no carriageway incursion, on the verge (minor works)
- 3 September 2026: SEVERN TRENT WATER, Utility repair and maintenance works, no carriageway incursion, on the footway (immediate - urgent works)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 3 addresses are in areas at high risk, 2 at medium risk and 7 at low risk. Each address counts once, at the higher of its rivers-and-sea and surface-water risk.
Rivers and the sea alone: of the 33 homes the Environment Agency counts, 0 are in areas at high risk, 0 medium, 3 low and 0 very low.
High: 3.3% (1 in 30) or more chance of flooding a year. Medium: 1% to 3.3%. Low: 0.1% to 1%. Very low: under 0.1%. The rivers and sea figures allow for flood defences. Counts cover whole postcodes, which can include other streets.
Flood zone for planning: at least one postcode centre is in flood zone 2. Zone 2 is between 0.1% and 1% a year from rivers (0.1% and 0.5% from the sea), ignoring defences.
| Postcode | Planning zone | Addresses at high / medium / low risk | Groundwater |
|---|---|---|---|
| SY5 0HX | not in 2 or 3 | 3 / 1 / 2 | unlikely |
| SY5 0HY | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
| SY5 0HU | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| SY5 0HT | zone 2 | 0 / 1 / 3 | unlikely |
| SY5 0EJ | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| SY5 0EL | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| SY5 0LN | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 49 addresses are between 120 m and 193 m above sea level (148 m on average); the ground rises about 72 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SY5 0EJ | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| SY5 0EL | 82% | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| SY5 0HT | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| SY5 0HU | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| SY5 0HX | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| SY5 0HY | 43% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| SY5 0LN | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Church Stretton 123,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 12.9 km (8 miles) |
| Welshpool 177,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 13.9 km (8.6 miles) | |
| Bus stops | None within 800 m (0.5 miles) | |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Liverpool John Lennon Airport LPL | 80.5 km (50 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Pontesbury & Worthen Medical Practice | 5.8 km (3.6 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Pontesbury Pharmacy | 5.6 km (3.5 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Minsterley Road Dental Practice | 5.3 km (3.3 miles) |
| Hospital | Bishops Castle Hospital | 13.8 km (8.6 miles) |
| Police station | Pontesbury Police Station | 5.4 km (3.3 miles) |
| Cash machines | Minsterley Service Station, Minsterley Cashzone | 3.2 km (2 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | Unnamed 5,460 m² | 1.4 km (0.8 miles) |
| Play area | Unnamed 350 m² | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) |
| Playing field | Unnamed 1.9 ha | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Wagbeach adit portal, 630m and 640m south of Hogstow Mill, a scheduled monument, 660 m (0.4 miles) north-east. 1 listed building is within 1 km (0.6 miles).
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Wagbeach adit portal, 630m and 640m south of Hogstow Mill | Scheduled monument | 660 m (0.4 miles) north-east |
| Motte castle 100m south west of Lady House Farm | Scheduled monument | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) west |
| Snailbeach lead mine | Scheduled monument | 1.6 km (1 mile) east |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Hope Coppice | Wood | 770 m (0.5 miles) west |
| Josey's Wood | Wood | 780 m (0.5 miles) south-east |
| Venusbank Wood | Wood | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) south-west |
| Ladyhouse Dingle | Valley | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) north-west |
| Resting Hill | Hill | 1.6 km (1 mile) east |
| Shelve Pool | Lake or reservoir | 4.9 km (3.1 miles) south-west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 2.7 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 4.8 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 8.7 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within both the UK limits and the WHO guidelines.
Road and rail noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| 60 to 64 | 10 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 9 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 29 | 48 |
19 of the street's 48 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, above the WHO guidelines.
Climate, daylight and earthquakes
Monthly temperatures and rainfall, sunrise and sunset through the year, and earthquakes recorded nearby since 1970 are much the same across the area, so they are worked out once for Shropshire: see them on the Shropshire page.
Nearest schools
No open schools within 2 km (1.2 miles).
Food hygiene ratings nearby
No rated food businesses within 500 m (0.3 miles).
Crime within 250 m
No crimes recorded at anonymised points within 250 m in this period (west-mercia).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 59 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 11% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 44% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 80% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 54% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 3% | 17% |
| Private rented | 17% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 47% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 3% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 43% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 3% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 25% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 67% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | under 1% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 6% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 11% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 23% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 33% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 15% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 9% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 100% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 4 of 10 on the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, where 1 is the most deprived tenth of England's 33,755 neighbourhoods and 10 the least.
What has changed
Nothing new since the change feed started on 30 October 2026. New sales and energy certificates, and hygiene ratings, school inspections and flood figures nearby, will be listed here as the sources update.
Postcodes on this street
- SY5 0HX: 22 addresses of 23 in the postcode
- SY5 0HY: 14 addresses
- SY5 0HU: 7 addresses of 9 in the postcode
- SY5 0HT: 2 addresses of 28 in the postcode
- SY5 0EJ: 1 address of 4 in the postcode
- SY5 0EL: 1 address of 34 in the postcode
- SY5 0LN: 1 address of 12 in the postcode
All the streets in SY5 and across Shropshire.
What this page cannot tell you
- Whether a particular house is at risk of flooding, subsiding or anything else: the flood map is a model of areas and there is no property-level data here.
- What a home is worth now: sales are historic prices for the homes that happened to sell.
- How safe the street is: crime points are moved to anonymised locations and many crimes are never reported.
- Whether you would get a place at a school: distances are straight lines, not catchments.
- Who lives on the street now: census figures describe the small areas around it in March 2021, during a lockdown.
- How long a journey takes or how often anything runs: transport distances are straight lines to the nearest stops.
- Whether a GP practice is taking new patients, or a dentist new NHS patients.
- How loud a home is inside, or noise from industry, neighbours or smaller airfields: noise figures are models of road, rail and air traffic outside.
How each figure on this page is matched to the street and worked out: methodology.