Booley Common Booley, Shropshire
25 addresses across 6 postcodes (SY4), about 3.1 km long. USRN 28210117.
4 recorded sales since 1995; in 2019 the median was £450,000 across 1 sale. 4 homes have an energy certificate (D: 3, E: 1). No address on its postcodes is in an area at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water. Most homes around it are in council tax band B; Band D in Shropshire costs £2,528 a year in 2026-27. Gigabit broadband is available to 0% to 73% of premises. The nearest railway station is Wem, about 6.1 km away in a straight line. Background air pollution in 2024 was 3.2 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 5.3 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits. Its addresses are 78 to 101 m above sea level. 7 of its 25 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic. The nearest GP surgery is Hodnet Medical Practice, about 4.8 km away. About 1,160 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 76% of households owned their home and 35% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
Sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1 | £450,000 | £450,000 | £450,000 |
| 2011 | 1 | £285,000 | £285,000 | £285,000 |
| 2009 | 1 | £187,500 | £187,500 | £187,500 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 Mar 2019 | 24 SY4 4LX | Detached | £450,000 | |
| 14 Sep 2017 | 20 - 21 SY4 4LX | Other | £220,000 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 14 Oct 2011 | 24 SY4 4LX | Detached | £285,000 | |
| 12 Nov 2009 | 23 SY4 4LX | Detached | £187,500 |
Energy performance certificates
4 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 135 m². Most common: House, detached (2); Bungalow, detached (1); House, semi-detached (1). Built: before 1900 (1); 1930-1949 (1); 1976-1982 (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (2); rented (private) (2).
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 neighbourhoods around this street: most are in band B (22% of about 1,290 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 2.
- 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
- HERMITAGE FARMHOUSE, grade II
- MOSTON COTTAGE, grade II
Roadworks
No street works under way, planned or finished in the last three months on this street, in permits up to 30 September 2026.
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 0 at medium risk and 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SY4 4LU | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| SY4 4LT | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| SY4 4LX | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
| SY4 4LZ | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
| SY4 4NA | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| SY4 5SA | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 25 addresses are between 78 m and 101 m above sea level (91 m on average); the ground rises about 23 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SY4 4LT | 0% | 0% | 0% | 67% |
| SY4 4LU | 86% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| SY4 4LX | 0% | 0% | 0% | 75% |
| SY4 4LZ | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| SY4 4NA | 73% | 73% | 73% | 27% |
| SY4 5SA | 100% | 8% | 8% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Wem 112,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 6.1 km |
| Yorton 8,550 journeys in 2024–25 | 7.3 km | |
| Prees 9,330 journeys in 2024–25 | 8.2 km | |
| Bus stops | None within 800 m | |
| EV charging points | High Street Car Park, Wem | 6.4 km |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Liverpool John Lennon Airport LPL | 57.6 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Hodnet Medical Practice | 4.8 km |
| Pharmacies | Rowlands Pharmacy | 6.5 km |
| NHS dentists | Shawbury Dental Centre | 4.8 km |
| Hospital | Market Drayton Cottage Hospital | 12.5 km |
| Police station | West Mercia Police | 12.4 km |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Play area | Unnamed 1,730 m² | 2.4 km |
| Playing field | Unnamed 1.9 ha | 1.3 km |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 3.2 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 5.3 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 9.4 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 60 to 64 | 2 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 5 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 18 | 25 |
7 of the street's 25 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, above the WHO guidelines.
Nearest schools
No open schools within 2.0 km.
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 | 53 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 12% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 26% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 76% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 47% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | under 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 5% | 17% |
| Private rented | 19% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 60% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 3% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 27% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 3% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 40% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 55% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | under 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | under 1% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 4% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 22% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 17% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 35% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 13% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 6% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 98% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The 2 neighbourhoods around this street are in deciles 5 to 6 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
- SY4 4LU: 17 addresses of 23 in the postcode
- SY4 4LT: 4 addresses of 11 in the postcode
- SY4 4LX: 1 address of 5 in the postcode
- SY4 4LZ: 1 address of 2 in the postcode
- SY4 4NA: 1 address of 25 in the postcode
- SY4 5SA: 1 address of 32 in the postcode
All the streets in SY4 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.