Green Lane Upper College, Shropshire
34 addresses across 8 postcodes (SY13), about 4.7 km (2.9 miles) long, classed as a minor road. USRN 28200732.
- Energy: 8 homes have an energy certificate (C: 1, D: 2, E: 4, F: 1).
- Flood: 2 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 C; 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 Prees, about 5.1 km (3.2 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 85 to 114 m above sea level.
- Noise: 8 of its 34 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Hodnet Medical Practice, about 8 km (5 miles) away.
- People: About 1,380 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 70% of households owned their home and 34% 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
8 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 111 m². Most common: House, detached (6); House, semi-detached (2). Built: before 1900 (5); 1950-1966 (2); 1967-1975 (1). Tenure at assessment: rented (private) (4); owner-occupied (3).
Each home's certificates and sales (5 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 neighbourhoods around this street: most are in band C (21% of about 2,150 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: none.
- 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.
Roadworks
Finished in the last three months
- 21 September 2026: SEVERN TRENT WATER, Utility repair and maintenance works, no carriageway incursion, on the verge (minor works)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 2 at medium risk and 10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SY13 4NX | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| SY13 2HX | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
| SY13 2AN | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 1 / 8 | unlikely |
| SY13 2HB | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| SY13 2HU | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 1 / 0 | unlikely |
| SY13 4BL | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| SY13 4NS | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| SY13 4NU | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 34 addresses are between 85 m and 114 m above sea level (99 m on average); the ground rises about 29 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SY13 2AN | 100% | 90% | 100% | 0% |
| SY13 2HB | 0% | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| SY13 2HU | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| SY13 2HX | 17% | 17% | 17% | 75% |
| SY13 4BL | 0% | 0% | 0% | 88% |
| SY13 4NS | 100% | 40% | 40% | 0% |
| SY13 4NU | 100% | 20% | 20% | 0% |
| SY13 4NX | 50% | 0% | 0% | 8% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Prees 9,330 journeys in 2024–25 | 5.1 km (3.2 miles) |
| Whitchurch (Shropshire) 164,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 6.2 km (3.8 miles) | |
| Wem 112,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 9.6 km (6 miles) | |
| Bus stops | None within 800 m (0.5 miles) | |
| Bus or coach station | Stand D Market Drayton | 9.3 km (5.8 miles) |
| EV charging points | Church Street Car Park, Prees | 3.8 km (2.4 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Liverpool John Lennon Airport LPL | 48.5 km (30 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Hodnet Medical Practice | 8 km (5 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Green End Pharmacy Limited | 6.7 km (4.1 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Green End Dental Practice | 6.7 km (4.1 miles) |
| Hospital | Whitchurch Hospital | 6.9 km (4.3 miles) |
| Police station | West Mercia Police - Whitchurch Police Station | 6.5 km (4 miles) |
| Cash machines | Esso Prees Heath, Sycamore View, Prees Heath Cashzone | 3.2 km (2 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Play area | Unnamed 1,950 m² | 2.4 km (1.5 miles) |
| Playing field | Unnamed 1.7 ha | 2.4 km (1.5 miles) |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Motte castle 220m north west of Higher Kempley Farm, Willaston, a scheduled monument, 1.5 km (1 mile) east.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Motte castle 220m north west of Higher Kempley Farm, Willaston | Scheduled monument | 1.5 km (1 mile) east |
| Moated site in Upper Kempley Wood, Willaston | Scheduled monument | 1.6 km (1 mile) east |
| Motte castle 100m north of The Hall, Sandford | Scheduled monument | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) south |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Millenheath Plantation | Wood | 340 m south-east |
| Brickfield Plantation | Wood | 730 m (0.5 miles) south-east |
| Twemlows Old Wood | Wood | 940 m (0.6 miles) west |
| Sandford Pool | Lake or reservoir | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) south |
| Brown Moss | Wetland | 3.9 km (2.4 miles) north-west |
| The Dingle | Valley | 5 km (3.1 miles) north-east |
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) | 8.8 | 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 | 7 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 26 | 34 |
8 of the street's 34 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 | 49 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 14% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 23% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 70% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 44% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | under 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 5% | 17% |
| Private rented | 24% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 59% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 3% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 26% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 3% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 33% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 61% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | under 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | under 1% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 3% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 40% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 15% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 34% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 17% | 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 3 neighbourhoods around this street are in deciles 4 to 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
- SY13 4NX: 26 addresses of 31 in the postcode
- SY13 2HX: 2 addresses of 21 in the postcode
- SY13 2AN: 1 address of 49 in the postcode
- SY13 2HB: 1 address of 16 in the postcode
- SY13 2HU: 1 address of 4 in the postcode
- SY13 4BL: 1 address of 37 in the postcode
- SY13 4NS: 1 address of 12 in the postcode
- SY13 4NU: 1 address of 16 in the postcode
All the streets in SY13 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.