Brookside Newtown, Shropshire
49 addresses across 8 postcodes (SY13,SY4), about 2 km (1.2 miles) long. USRN 28200865.
- Sales: 8 recorded sales since 1995; in 2016 the median was £188,250 across 2 sales.
- Energy: 18 homes have an energy certificate (B: 1, C: 1, D: 11, E: 4, F: 1).
- Flood: 1 address on its postcodes is 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 E; Band D in Shropshire costs £2,528 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 0% to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Wem, about 5.3 km (3.3 miles) away in a straight line.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 3.2 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 5.2 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 84 to 91 m above sea level.
- Noise: 13 of its 49 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Wem And Prees Medical Practice, about 4.8 km (3 miles) away.
- People: About 670 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 89% of households owned their home and 37% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
Sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 2 | £188,250 | £182,500 | £194,000 |
| 2005 | 1 | £119,000 | £119,000 | £119,000 |
| 2003 | 1 | £140,000 | £140,000 | £140,000 |
| 2001 | 1 | £89,000 | £89,000 | £89,000 |
| 2000 | 2 | £41,500 | £33,000 | £50,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 Jul 2025 | 4 SY4 5NR | Semi-detached | £270,000 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 12 Aug 2016 | 5 SY4 5NR | Semi-detached | £194,000 | |
| 1 Jul 2016 | 3 SY4 5NR | Semi-detached | £182,500 | |
| 21 Nov 2005 | 5 SY4 5NR | Semi-detached | £119,000 | |
| 20 Jun 2003 | 3 SY4 5NR | Detached | £140,000 | |
| 19 Oct 2001 | 3 SY4 5NR | Detached | £89,000 | |
| 31 Oct 2000 | 3 SY4 5NR | Detached | £33,000 | |
| 30 Jun 2000 | 4 SY4 5NR | Semi-detached | £50,000 |
Energy performance certificates
18 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 99 m². Most common: House, semi-detached (13); House, detached (3); Bungalow, semi-detached (2). Built: 1930-1949 (6); 1950-1966 (5); 1976-1982 (2). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (11); rented (social) (5).
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 E (23% of about 1,380 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
- CHURCH OF KING CHARLES THE MARTYR, grade II
- THE LAWN, grade II
Roadworks
Planned, as of 30 September 2026
- 26 October 2026 to 30 October 2026: SHROPSHIRE COUNCIL, Highway improvement works, road closure, on the carriageway (major (paa) works)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 1 address is in areas at high risk, 0 at medium risk and 5 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 34 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: no postcode centre on this street is in flood zone 2 or 3.
| Postcode | Planning zone | Addresses at high / medium / low risk | Groundwater |
|---|---|---|---|
| SY4 5NU | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 3 | unlikely |
| SY4 5NR | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| SY4 5NP | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 2 | unlikely |
| SY4 5NS | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| SY4 5NT | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| SY4 5NQ | not in 2 or 3 | 1 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| SY13 2QB | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| SY4 5UG | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 49 addresses are between 84 m and 91 m above sea level (85 m on average); the ground rises about 7 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SY13 2QB | 43% | 43% | 43% | 57% |
| SY4 5NP | 77% | 77% | 77% | 8% |
| SY4 5NQ | 75% | 75% | 75% | 0% |
| SY4 5NR | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| SY4 5NS | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| SY4 5NT | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| SY4 5NU | 70% | 20% | 20% | 5% |
| SY4 5UG | 0% | 0% | 0% | 100% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Wem 112,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 5.3 km (3.3 miles) |
| Prees 9,330 journeys in 2024–25 | 5.9 km (3.7 miles) | |
| Yorton 8,550 journeys in 2024–25 | 9.2 km (5.7 miles) | |
| Bus stops | None within 800 m (0.5 miles) | |
| EV charging points | Connected Kerb Charging Stations | 4.9 km (3 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Liverpool John Lennon Airport LPL | 49.9 km (31 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Wem And Prees Medical Practice | 4.8 km (3 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Rowlands Pharmacy | 4.8 km (3 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Drawwell House Dental Surgery | 5 km (3.1 miles) |
| Hospital | Penley Hospital | 9.7 km (6 miles) |
| Police station | West Mercia Police - Ellesmere Police Station | 8.4 km (5.2 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Play area | Unnamed 540 m² | 920 m (0.6 miles) |
Landmarks
2 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles).
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Rookery Plantation | Wood | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) west |
| Wem Moss | Wood | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) north |
| Jubilee Plantation | Wood | 2.2 km (1.4 miles) south |
| Cadney Moss | Wood | 2.3 km (1.4 miles) north |
| Lyneal Gorse | Wood | 2.3 km (1.4 miles) west |
| Cole Mere | Lake or reservoir | 4.6 km (2.8 miles) west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 3.2 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 5.2 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 10.0 | 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 | 1 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 12 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 36 | 49 |
13 of the street's 49 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
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newtown CofE Primary School Church of England | Primary | 2–11 | 850 m (0.5 miles) | No overall grade (Jan 2025, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Good |
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 | 51 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 13% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 23% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 89% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 51% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 3% | 17% |
| Private rented | 9% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 60% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 6% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 26% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 2% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 34% | 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 | under 1% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 5% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 35% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 14% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 37% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 12% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 7% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 99% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhoods around this street are all 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
- SY4 5NU: 17 addresses of 65 in the postcode
- SY4 5NR: 10 addresses
- SY4 5NP: 9 addresses of 46 in the postcode
- SY4 5NS: 5 addresses
- SY4 5NT: 4 addresses
- SY4 5NQ: 2 addresses of 45 in the postcode
- SY13 2QB: 1 address of 18 in the postcode
- SY4 5UG: 1 address of 36 in the postcode
All the streets in SY13, 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 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.