Swift Close Shrewsbury, Shropshire
15 addresses across 1 postcode (SY1), about 90 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 34701063.
- Sales: 22 recorded sales since 1995; in 2022 the median was £299,500 across 1 sale.
- Prices and rents: A typical home in Shropshire cost £277,521 in August 2026 (-0.9% on a year); private rents averaged £828 a month.
- Energy: 6 homes have an energy certificate (C: 1, D: 4, E: 1).
- Flood: No address on its postcodes is in an area at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water.
- Recorded floods: No recorded flood covers the centre of any of its postcodes.
- Landfill: 2 historic landfill sites within 500 m (0.3 miles) of its postcodes; the nearest, Albrightlee Farm No.2, is 410 m (0.3 miles) away.
- Storm overflows: 1 storm overflow within 1 km (0.6 miles) spilled 0 times (0 hours) in 2025.
- Radon: Up to 1 to 3% of homes in the 1 km squares around it are estimated to be at or above the radon Action Level.
- Traffic: The busiest counted road within 500 m (0.3 miles), the A49, carries 19,542 motor vehicles a day on average (2025).
- Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band D; Band D in Shropshire costs £2,528 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Shrewsbury, about 3.8 km (2.3 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden is about 350 m away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 5.8 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 5.9 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: It is about 64 m above sea level.
- Noise: None of its addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Severn Fields Medical Practice, about 1.2 km (0.7 miles) away.
- People: About 400 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 85% of households owned their home and 32% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 12 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often violence and sexual offences.
- Road safety: No collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around it in 2021 to 2025.
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Sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | £299,500 | £299,500 | £299,500 |
| 2021 | 1 | £220,000 | £220,000 | £220,000 |
| 2019 | 2 | £242,500 | £195,000 | £290,000 |
| 2017 | 1 | £269,950 | £269,950 | £269,950 |
| 2016 | 2 | £179,975 | £179,950 | £180,000 |
| 2015 | 1 | £179,000 | £179,000 | £179,000 |
| 2007 | 2 | £164,500 | £160,000 | £169,000 |
| 2006 | 4 | £194,250 | £149,950 | £265,000 |
| 2005 | 1 | £162,500 | £162,500 | £162,500 |
| 2004 | 1 | £200,000 | £200,000 | £200,000 |
| 2002 | 1 | £130,000 | £130,000 | £130,000 |
| 2001 | 1 | £78,000 | £78,000 | £78,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 Jul 2022 | 10 SY1 4UQ | Detached | £299,500 | |
| 5 Jul 2021 | 2 SY1 4UQ | Semi-detached | £220,000 | |
| 7 Jun 2019 | 2 SY1 4UQ | Semi-detached | £195,000 | |
| 5 Apr 2019 | 11 SY1 4UQ | Detached | £290,000 | |
| 27 Oct 2017 | 11 SY1 4UQ | Detached | £269,950 | |
| 8 Aug 2016 | 2 SY1 4UQ | Semi-detached | £179,950 | |
| 18 Jul 2016 | 7 SY1 4UQ | Semi-detached | £180,000 | |
| 16 Oct 2015 | 4 SY1 4UQ | Semi-detached | £179,000 | |
| 16 Aug 2007 | 3 SY1 4UQ | Semi-detached | £160,000 | |
| 30 Mar 2007 | 5 SY1 4UQ | Terraced | £169,000 | |
| 4 Dec 2006 | 11 SY1 4UQ | Detached | £220,000 | |
| 6 Oct 2006 | 4 SY1 4UQ | Semi-detached | £149,950 | |
| 1 Aug 2006 | 2 SY1 4UQ | Semi-detached | £168,500 | |
| 4 May 2006 | 9 SY1 4UQ | Detached | £265,000 | |
| 9 Jun 2005 | 2 SY1 4UQ | Semi-detached | £162,500 | |
| 15 Oct 2004 | 10 SY1 4UQ | Detached | £200,000 | |
| 22 Mar 2002 | 11 SY1 4UQ | Detached | £130,000 | |
| 16 Feb 2001 | 2 SY1 4UQ | Semi-detached | £78,000 | |
| 31 Dec 1997 | 5 SY1 4UQ | Terraced | £59,950 | |
| 16 Apr 1996 | 4 SY1 4UQ | Semi-detached | £53,500 | |
| 23 Oct 1995 | 12 SY1 4UQ | Detached | £77,500 | |
| 31 Mar 1995 | 8 SY1 4UQ | Semi-detached | £55,000 |
House prices and rents in Shropshire
A typical home in Shropshire cost £277,521 in August 2026, 0.9% less than a year before. That is 16% more than five years earlier and 41% more than ten years earlier.
| Home | Typical price, Aug 2026 |
|---|---|
| Detached | £416,462 |
| Semi-detached | £259,969 |
| Terraced | £208,538 |
| Flat or maisonette | £135,574 |
| Bought by a first-time buyer | £224,381 |
Private renters in Shropshire paid £828 a month on average in September 2026, 4.8% more than a year before. That is 31% more than five years earlier.
| Home | Average rent a month, Sep 2026 |
|---|---|
| One bedroom | £611 |
| Two bedrooms | £773 |
| Three bedrooms | £959 |
| Four or more bedrooms | £1,406 |
Energy performance certificates
6 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 92 m². Most common: House, semi-detached (4); House, detached (2). Built: 1983-1990 (3); 1976-1982 (1); 1967-1975 (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (4).
Each home's certificates and sales (6 addresses)
Gas and electricity use
Homes with gas used 8,351 kWh of it on average in 2024, 10% less than the district's 9,330 kWh, and 3,044 kWh of electricity, about the same as the district. There are gas meters for about 100% of the homes.
These are all the homes on the postcode, whatever their size and however many live in them, so they show the kind of homes and heating here rather than what any one home uses. The typical figure is the median: half the homes used less. The district is SY1.
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 D (30% of about 690 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.
Energy projects nearby
2 energy projects near the street's postcodes.
| Project | Kind | Size | Stage | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sundorne Grove Shropshire 14/00759/FUL | Solar farm | 20 MW | Operational Mar 2015 | 410 m (0.3 miles) |
| Battlefield EfW Shropshire SC/MS2009/0125/SY | Energy from waste (incinerator) | 8 MW | Operational May 2015 | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
Planned projects can change or not go ahead; search the planning authority's applications by the reference shown for the plans, conditions and any objections. Construction brings traffic for some months; once built, solar farms and batteries are usually quiet, while turbines and waste plants can be seen or heard further away.
Roadworks
No street works under way, planned or finished in the last three months on this street, in permits up to 31 October 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 1 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 is in flood zone 2 or 3.
Recorded floods
No recorded flood covers the centre of this street's postcodes.
Recorded floods are where floodwater was seen or surveyed after a flood. Many floods were never mapped, an outline over a postcode's centre does not mean every home in it flooded, and homes outside one may have. Ask the seller whether the home itself has flooded.
Coastal erosion
No projected coastal erosion zone is within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes.
Storm overflows
1 storm overflow within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes spilled 0 times, for under an hour in all, in 2025. They discharge into Local Ditch.
| Overflow | Into | Spills | Hours | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shrewsbury - Harlescott Cres (Sso) Severn Trent Water | Local Ditch | 0 | 0 | 710 m (0.4 miles) |
A storm overflow lets sewage diluted with rainwater into a river, stream or the sea when heavy rain overwhelms the sewers, so the spills here affect the water they run into, not homes. A spill is counted the regulators' way: a first 12 hours, then each 24 hours it goes on.
Coal mining
No postcode centre here is in a coalfield: the Mining Remediation Authority records no coal mining risk here.
Radon
The postcode is in a 1 km square with radon potential up to 1 to 3%: up to that share of homes there is estimated to be at or above the Action Level of 200 becquerels per cubic metre. At least part of the square is a radon Affected Area, where 1% or more of homes are.
Radon is a natural radioactive gas from the ground that can build up indoors; long exposure raises the risk of lung cancer. A three-month test with two small detectors is the only way to know a home's level, and a high level can usually be brought down with a sump or better ventilation. UKHSA sells a radon report for a single address from its detailed map at ukradon.org.
Historic landfill
2 historic landfill sites are within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the street's postcodes, the nearest 410 m (0.3 miles) away.
| Site | Waste went in | Waste | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albrightlee Farm No.2 Albrightlee, Shrewsbury, Shropshire | 1987 to 1989 | Inert | 410 m (0.3 miles) |
| Albrightlee Farm Albrightlee, Shrewsbury, Shropshire | 1987 | Inert | 470 m (0.3 miles) |
Closed tips can give off gas (methane and carbon dioxide) and leak into the ground for years. An environmental search, which conveyancers usually order, looks at landfill and contaminated land around the home; the council keeps a register of land it has found to be contaminated.
Height above sea level
The street's addresses are about 64 m above sea level.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SY1 4UQ | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Shrewsbury 2.3 million journeys in 2024–25 | 3.8 km (2.3 miles) |
| Yorton 8,550 journeys in 2024–25 | 8.1 km (5.1 miles) | |
| Wem 112,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 13.3 km (8.2 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 3 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 12 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Jewsons Sundorne | 290 m |
| Bus or coach station | Battlefield 1403 Upper Battlefield | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) |
| EV charging points | InstaVolt Charging Station | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Liverpool John Lennon Airport LPL | 67.1 km (42 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 1 practice within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Severn Fields Medical Practice Good Mar 2022 | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 2 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Tesco Pharmacy | 810 m (0.5 miles) |
| NHS dentists | 3 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Ambleside Dental Practice | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
| Hospital | Royal Shrewsbury Hospital Requires improvement Aug 2026 | 6.3 km (3.9 miles) |
| Care homes | 1 home within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Montgomery House Good Aug 2019 | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) |
| Police station | Shrewsbury Police Station | 2.5 km (1.6 miles) |
| Cash machines | BR Spar Battlefield, Robert Jones Way Cashzone | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 3.4 ha | 350 m |
| Play area | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 790 m² | 500 m (0.3 miles) |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 2.9 ha | 790 m (0.5 miles) |
| Allotments | Heathgates Allotments 2.3 ha | 2 km (1.2 miles) |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 2 parks and gardens, 3.7 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is College of St Mary Magdalene at Battlefield, a scheduled monument, 1.7 km (1 mile) north-west. 5 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles).
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| College of St Mary Magdalene at Battlefield | Scheduled monument | 1.7 km (1 mile) north-west |
| Battle of Shrewsbury 1403 | Registered battlefield | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) north-west |
| Harlescott Grange moated site | Scheduled monument | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) west |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Lion Coppice | Wood | 760 m (0.5 miles) north-west |
| Sunderton Pool | Lake or reservoir | 880 m (0.5 miles) north-east |
| Pool Rough | Wood | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) north-east |
| Sundorne Pool | Lake or reservoir | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) south-east |
| Haughmond Hill | Hill | 3.3 km (2 miles) south-east |
| The Dell | Valley | 4.7 km (2.9 miles) west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 5.8 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 5.9 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 9.8 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Under 55 | 15 | 15 |
None of the street's 15 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic or railways.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harlescott Junior School | Primary | 7–11 | 520 m (0.3 miles) | Good (May 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Shrewsbury Academy | Secondary | 11–16 | 1 km (0.6 miles) | Requires improvement (Jan 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Sundorne Infant School and Nursery | Primary | 3–7 | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) | Good (Nov 2021, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Greenacres Primary School | Primary | 2–11 | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) | No overall grade (Mar 2025, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Good |
| Grange Primary School | Primary | 2–11 | 2 km (1.2 miles) | Good (Jan 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) |
Nurseries and childcare
4 nurseries, pre-schools and clubs within 1.5 km (0.9 miles), the nearest 490 m (0.3 miles) from the middle of the street.
| Provider | Kind | Places | Latest inspection | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Explorers Childcare LTD SY1 4QN | Full day care | 80 | Outstanding (Jul 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) | 490 m (0.3 miles) |
| Meadow Farm Pre-School SY1 4PW | Sessional day care | 32 | Good (Apr 2025, overall grade under the previous framework) | 700 m (0.4 miles) |
| Kids Planet Shrewsbury SY1 4AN | Full day care | 120 | Good (Jul 2025, overall grade under the previous framework) | 840 m (0.5 miles) |
| Shrewsbury Superstars SY1 4RQ | Out-of-school day care (over fives) | Not inspected yet | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) |
Ofsted also registers 92 childminders and 10 home childcarers (nannies) in Shropshire. It does not publish their addresses, so they cannot be shown here; the council's family information service lists those taking children.
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bookers Limited SY1 4YA | Distributors/Transporters | 410 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 21 Aug 2025 |
| Cafe Pausa @ Dunelm SY1 4YA | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 410 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 14 Jul 2026 |
| The Range Home and Leisure SY1 4YA | Retailers - other | 410 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 8 Aug 2022 |
| Go Outdoors SY1 4YA | Retailers - other | 410 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 2 Aug 2023 |
| Cafe 89 @ The Range SY1 4YA | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 410 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 14 Aug 2024 |
| Costa Limited T/A Costa Coffee | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 430 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 21 Jul 2026 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 6 |
| Vehicle crime | 2 |
| Other theft | 1 |
| Other crime | 1 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 1 |
| Burglary | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Farran Grove (3); On or near Ramsey Meadows (3); On or near Swallow Drive (1); On or near Mallard Close (1); On or near Peacehaven (1).
Road safety
No collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around the street in 2021 to 2025.
Only collisions in which someone was hurt and which the police were told about are here: damage-only collisions and near misses are not, and some injuries are never reported. Positions are recorded by the police, usually to within a few metres. Each year's figures are published the following September.
Traffic on nearby roads
The busiest counted road within 500 m (0.3 miles) is the A49 between B5062 and A53/A5124/A5112, with 19,542 motor vehicles a day on average in 2025, 230 m from the street's postcodes.
| Road | Between | Vehicles a day | Lorries | Ten years before | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A49 | B5062 to A53/A5124/A5112 | 19,542 estimated; counted 2022 | 8% | +10% since 2015 | 230 m |
Each figure is the annual average daily flow: the motor vehicles passing the count point, both ways, on an average day of the year. A point is counted by hand on a weekday every few years and estimated from the trend on similar roads in between. Lorries are heavy goods vehicles, as a share of all motor vehicles.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 44 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 14% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 18% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 85% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 43% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 0% | 17% |
| Private rented | 15% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 67% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | under 1% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 22% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 4% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 22% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 63% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 1% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 13% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 60% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 10% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 32% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 13% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 7% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 96% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 8 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
- SY1 4UQ: 15 addresses
Nearby streets
Heron Drive · Mallard Close · Ramsey Meadows · Peacehaven · Long Pack · Partridge Close · A49 · Latchford Lane · Swallow Drive · Woodpecker Close · Gowan Court · Farran Grove
All the streets in SY1 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; road collisions count only those in which someone was hurt and the police were told.
- 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.