A495 Llynclys, Shropshire
103 addresses across 11 postcodes (SY12), about 2.8 km long, classed as a a road. USRN 28210057.
49 homes have an energy certificate (A: 1, B: 5, C: 5, D: 14, E: 17, F: 4, G: 3). 3 addresses on its postcodes are in areas at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water. Most homes around it are in council tax band A; Band D in Shropshire costs £2,528 a year in 2026-27. Gigabit broadband is available to 0% to 86% of premises. The nearest railway station is Prees, about 9.5 km away in a straight line. Background air pollution in 2024 was 4.3 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 5.4 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits. Its addresses are 87 to 101 m above sea level. 67 of its 103 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic. The nearest GP surgery is The Surgery, about 2.9 km away. About 560 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 74% of households owned their home and 38% 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
49 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 123 m². Most common: House, detached (22); Bungalow, detached (7); House, semi-detached (6). Built: before 1900 (22); 1900-1929 (4); 1967-1975 (4). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (25); rented (private) (9); rented (social) (4).
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 A (32% of about 760 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 8.
- 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
- CHURCH OF ST MICHAEL, grade II
- HAMPTON HOUSE FARMHOUSE, grade II
- HAZEL COTTAGE, grade II
- HOLBROOK AND MENLOVE MEMORIALS APPROXIMATELY 35 METRES NORTH EAST OF CHURCH OF ST MICHAEL, grade II
- LEE MEMORIAL APPROXIMATELY 25 METRES NORTH EAST OF CHANCEL OF CHURCH OF ST MICHAEL, grade II
- LYCH GATE AT ENTRANCE TO CHURCHYARD OF CHURCH OF ST MICHAEL, grade II
- OLD SHOP FARMHOUSE, grade II
- SUNDIAL APPROXIMATELY 20 METRES NORTH OF NORTH EAST CORNER OF NAVE OF CHURCH OF ST MICHAEL, grade II
Roadworks
Finished in the last three months
- 10 September 2026: BT, Utility repair and maintenance works, two-way signals, on the carriageway (immediate - urgent works)
- 6 August 2026: BT, Utility repair and maintenance works, two-way signals, on the carriageway (minor works)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 1 address is in areas at high risk, 2 at medium risk and 2 at low risk. Each address counts once, at the higher of its rivers-and-sea and surface-water risk.
Rivers and the sea alone: no home is in an area at risk.
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: no postcode centre on this street is in flood zone 2 or 3.
| Postcode | Planning zone | Addresses at high / medium / low risk | Groundwater |
|---|---|---|---|
| SY12 0PH | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 1 / 0 | unlikely |
| SY12 0PG | not in 2 or 3 | 1 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
| SY12 0QA | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
| SY12 0PY | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 1 / 0 | unlikely |
| SY12 0PL | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| SY12 0PJ | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| SY12 0PW | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| SY12 0NP | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| SY12 0NT | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| SY12 0FQ | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| SY12 0NR | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 103 addresses are between 87 m and 101 m above sea level (96 m on average); the ground rises about 15 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SY12 0FQ | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| SY12 0NP | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| SY12 0NR | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| SY12 0NT | 100% | 50% | 50% | 0% |
| SY12 0PG | 100% | 73% | 73% | 0% |
| SY12 0PH | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| SY12 0PJ | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| SY12 0PL | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| SY12 0PW | 100% | 60% | 60% | 0% |
| SY12 0PY | 94% | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| SY12 0QA | 86% | 86% | 86% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Prees 9,330 journeys in 2024–25 | 9.5 km |
| Wem 112,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 10.1 km | |
| Whitchurch (Shropshire) 164,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 11.8 km | |
| Bus stops | 2 stops within 400 m, 2 within 800 m; nearest Crossroads Breadenheath | 320 m |
| EV charging points | Connected Kerb Charging Stations | 4.6 km |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Liverpool John Lennon Airport LPL | 46.4 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | The Surgery | 2.9 km |
| Pharmacies | Ellesmere Pharmacy | 4.6 km |
| NHS dentists | Dental Surgery | 4.6 km |
| Hospital | Penley Hospital | 4.9 km |
| Police station | West Mercia Police - Ellesmere Police Station | 4.6 km |
| Cash machines | The Cooperative Food Ellesmere | 4.7 km |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Play area | Unnamed 1,220 m² | 1.5 km |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is The Ashes Farmhouse, a listed building (Grade II*), 1.0 km north. 3 listed buildings are within 1.0 km, 1 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| The Ashes Farmhouse | Listed building, Grade II* | 1.0 km north |
| Bowl barrow at Old Shop Farm, 220m north east of St Michael's Church | Scheduled monument | 1.3 km south-west |
| Bettisfield Hall | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 1.7 km east |
| Gredington Park | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 2.7 km north |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Deerbarn Wood | Wood | 1.7 km north-east |
| Towery Moss | Wood | 1.8 km south-west |
| Lewis's Wood | Wood | 1.9 km north-west |
| Lyneal Coppice | Wood | 1.9 km south |
| Park Pool | Lake or reservoir | 2.1 km north |
| Tarts Hill | Hill | 3.0 km north |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 4.3 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 5.4 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 10.3 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within the UK legal limits; PM2.5 is above the WHO guideline, as in most towns and cities.
Road and rail noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| 65 to 69 | 22 | 0 |
| 60 to 64 | 29 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 16 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 36 | 103 |
67 of the street's 103 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, above the WHO guidelines.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Welshampton CofE Primary School Church of England | Primary | 5–11 | 1.5 km | Good (Apr 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
No rated food businesses within 500 m.
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 | 55 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 11% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 28% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 74% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 50% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | under 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 5% | 17% |
| Private rented | 21% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 56% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 4% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 31% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 3% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 38% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 57% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | under 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 1% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 3% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 21% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 24% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 38% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 15% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 5% | 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 5 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
- SY12 0PH: 36 addresses of 42 in the postcode
- SY12 0PG: 17 addresses of 25 in the postcode
- SY12 0QA: 13 addresses of 15 in the postcode
- SY12 0PY: 11 addresses of 28 in the postcode
- SY12 0PL: 8 addresses
- SY12 0PJ: 6 addresses
- SY12 0PW: 5 addresses of 9 in the postcode
- SY12 0NP: 3 addresses of 24 in the postcode
- SY12 0NT: 2 addresses of 4 in the postcode
- SY12 0FQ: 1 address of 9 in the postcode
- SY12 0NR: 1 address of 11 in the postcode
All the streets in SY12 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 aircraft, industry or neighbours: noise figures are models of road and rail traffic outside, in England only.
How each figure on this page is matched to the street and worked out: methodology.