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Thinking of living at SY5 7JT? Who your neighbours would be, how far the schools, station, shops, GP and parks are from the postcode itself, which schools are near and how they do, what there is to do at the weekend, and a day in the life here.
Most daily things are within reach on foot; the station is further.
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Working out the fit…
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| School | Stage | Distance | Latest results |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Edward's CofE Primary School | Primary | 550 m | 100% met the expected standard |
| Longnor CofE Primary School | Primary | 2.4 km | 69% met the expected standard |
| Condover CofE Primary School | Primary | 3.8 km | 75% met the expected standard |
| Longden CofE Primary School | Primary | 5.3 km | 64% met the expected standard |
Every primary near SY5 7JT, ranked → · Every secondary → Ranked on results, with Ofsted and SEN; each school's page says how hard it is to get in.
No state primary within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
| Sport | Nearest | Distance | Places |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bowls | Dorrington Crown Green Bowling Club | 640 m | 1 |
| Golf | Shrewsbury Golf Club | 3.7 km | 1 |
| Cycling | Condover Sports Ground | 4.0 km | 1 |
| Cricket | Condover Cricket Club | 4.1 km | 1 |
Named clubs, pitches and centres mapped in OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL) and facilities registered with Sport England Active Places (Contains Data © Sport England, CC BY 4.0). Neither list is complete, so a club not shown may still exist.
The nearest station is Church Stretton, a drive away (9.2 km), with 123k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Shrewsbury.
The nearest bus stop is Horseshoes Inn, 350 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (route X48).
Work usually means a journey: the nearest place with 5,000 or more jobs is about 49 minutes away by public transport (24 by car).
This is car country: only 6% of households have no car.
The nearest primary school is St Edward's CofE Primary School, about a 5-minute walk (550 m); 100% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
Few families with young children: only 14% of residents are under 15.
The weekly shop is an easy trip: a food store is about 12 minutes away without a car.
The GP surgery is around 40 minutes on foot or by bus.
The nearest full A&E is Royal Shrewsbury Hospital, 11 km away, rated requires improvement by the CQC.
At its trust, 43% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 68% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 13 weeks).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 10 restaurants and cafés, 13 pubs and bars.
Dorrington Old Hall Persian Cuisine is the closest café or restaurant (400 m), and The Horseshoes Inn the nearest pub (350 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 34 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 498 listed buildings.
Detached houses make up 61% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1955-1964.
The nearest park is Netley Hall, 1.0 km away.
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 3.1 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
For holidays, Birmingham is 67 km away.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 47% of households own their home outright.
It's an older community: 26% are 65 or over.
Written from the figures on this page: Census 2021, DfT journey times (2019), NaPTAN/ORR, Ofsted, CQC, FSA, police.uk and planning registers. Figures describe the neighbourhood around the street.
11 places on this map are within about a 10-minute walk.
Walking times are estimates from straight-line distance. Food businesses from the FSA food hygiene register; schools from the DfE register; nurseries from Ofsted's childcare register; care homes from the Care Quality Commission; pools, sports halls, tennis and golf from Sport England Active Places (contains data © Sport England); everything else © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Map © OpenFreeMap, OpenMapTiles, OpenStreetMap contributors.
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