Main Road Woolston, Shropshire
70 addresses across 8 postcodes (SY10), about 1.8 km (1.1 miles) long, classed as a minor road. USRN 29600482.
- Energy: 30 homes have an energy certificate (C: 3, D: 10, E: 10, F: 4, G: 3).
- Flood: 3 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 88% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Gobowen, about 9 km (5.6 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden is about 2.7 km (1.7 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 3.1 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 5.0 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 71 to 84 m above sea level.
- Noise: 37 of its 70 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Knockin Medical Centre, about 2.7 km (1.7 miles) away.
- People: About 970 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 82% of households owned their home and 36% 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
30 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 110 m². Most common: House, detached (14); Bungalow, detached (7); House, semi-detached (5). Built: before 1900 (14); 1967-1975 (4); 1976-1982 (3). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (20); rented (private) (2).
Each home's certificates and sales (13 addresses)
- 2 Poplars, Maesbury Marsh
- 3, Coopers Terrace, Maesbury Marsh
- Benarth, Maesbury Marsh
- Brook Farm, Maesbury Marsh
- Brook Lodge, Maesbury Marsh
- Canal View
- Chainschool Cottage, Maesbury Marsh
- Coed Derw, Maesbury Marsh
- Maesfron, Maesbury Marsh
- Myway, Maesbury Marsh
- Pennant, Maesbury Marsh
- St. Winifreds Cottage, Maesbury Marsh
- The Annex, The Sycamores, Maesbury Marsh
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 C (22% of about 600 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 5.
- 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
- NAVIGATION INN AND ATTACHED WAREHOUSE, grade II
- SHROPSHIRE UNION CANAL BRIDGE NUMBER 79, grade II
- SHROPSHIRE UNION CANAL CRANE APPROXIMATELY 10 METRES WEST OF BRIDGE NUMBER 79, grade II
- Spiggots Bridge (Bridge no 80), grade II
- THE WHARFINGER'S HOUSE, grade II
Roadworks
Planned, as of 30 September 2026
- 1 September 2026 to 30 September 2026: SHROPSHIRE COUNCIL, Optional permit (no fee) e.g. for traffic management etc, some carriageway incursion, on the carriageway (major works)
- 19 October 2026 to 2 November 2026: SHROPSHIRE COUNCIL, Highway repair and maintenance works, road closure, on the carriageway (major (paa) works)
Finished in the last three months
- 7 September 2026 to 10 September 2026: BT, Utility asset works, two-way signals, on the carriageway, verge (standard works)
- 13 August 2026 to 14 August 2026: SEVERN TRENT WATER, Utility repair and maintenance works, no carriageway incursion, on the verge (immediate - urgent 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 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 10 homes the Environment Agency counts, 0 are in areas at high risk, 0 medium, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SY10 8JB | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 2 | unlikely |
| SY10 8JA | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 1 / 0 | unlikely |
| SY10 8JH | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 1 / 2 | unlikely |
| SY10 8JQ | not in 2 or 3 | 1 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| SY10 8JD | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| SY10 8HZ | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| SY10 8AX | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
| SY10 8JE | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 70 addresses are between 71 m and 84 m above sea level (77 m on average); the ground rises about 13 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SY10 8AX | 100% | 80% | 80% | 0% |
| SY10 8HZ | 0% | 0% | 0% | 7% |
| SY10 8JA | 71% | 71% | 71% | 0% |
| SY10 8JB | 64% | 64% | 64% | 0% |
| SY10 8JD | 21% | 21% | 21% | 0% |
| SY10 8JE | 92% | 88% | 88% | 0% |
| SY10 8JH | 60% | 33% | 33% | 0% |
| SY10 8JQ | 25% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Gobowen 248,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 9 km (5.6 miles) |
| Chirk 107,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 13.7 km (8.5 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 4 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 9 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Kettley Cottage Woolston | 100 m |
| Bus or coach station | Bus Station Oswestry | 5.9 km (3.7 miles) |
| EV charging points | MFG Charging Station | 4.5 km (2.8 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Liverpool John Lennon Airport LPL | 59 km (37 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Knockin Medical Centre | 2.7 km (1.7 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Day Lewis Pharmacy | 5.6 km (3.5 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Thomas Dental Practice | 5.5 km (3.4 miles) |
| Hospital | Robert Jones & Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital | 7.9 km (4.9 miles) |
| Police station | Oswestry Police Station | 5.2 km (3.3 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | Unnamed 2,730 m² | 2.7 km (1.7 miles) |
| Playing field | Unnamed 1.0 ha | 2.5 km (1.5 miles) |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is St Winifred's Well, a listed building (Grade II*), 490 m (0.3 miles) east. 6 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 1 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| St Winifred's Well | Listed building, Grade II* | 490 m (0.3 miles) east |
| Bromwich Park moated site and formal garden remains | Scheduled monument | 1 km (0.6 miles) north-east |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Bryn-y-wystyn | Hill | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) south-east |
| Locks Plantation | Wood | 1.6 km (1 mile) north-east |
| Morton Pool | Lake or reservoir | 1.7 km (1 mile) west |
| Osbaston Wood | Wood | 2.3 km (1.4 miles) south |
| The Moss | Wood | 2.6 km (1.6 miles) north-east |
| Llynclys Pool | Lake or reservoir | 3.2 km (2 miles) west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 3.1 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 5.0 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 9.7 | 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 | 4 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 33 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 33 | 70 |
37 of the street's 70 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 | 52 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 14% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 27% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 82% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 52% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | under 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 3% | 17% |
| Private rented | 15% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 61% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 3% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 27% | 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 | 59% | 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) | 44% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 21% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 36% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 15% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 6% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 99% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 1% | 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
- SY10 8JB: 23 addresses of 28 in the postcode
- SY10 8JA: 22 addresses of 33 in the postcode
- SY10 8JH: 13 addresses of 22 in the postcode
- SY10 8JQ: 5 addresses
- SY10 8JD: 3 addresses of 24 in the postcode
- SY10 8HZ: 2 addresses of 27 in the postcode
- SY10 8AX: 1 address of 15 in the postcode
- SY10 8JE: 1 address of 27 in the postcode
Nearby streets
All the streets in SY10 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.