SY3 — Shrewsbury
Shrewsbury's SY3 postcode sits in Shropshire. The board behind it is assembled from 21,431 sales over 32 years of actual sales in 8 areas.
Across the recorded period the typical SY3 sale went from £54,000 in 1995 to £292,000 in 2026 — 5.4× growth. If you could time-travel once, aim for just before 2003 — prices moved +26.8% that year. The one to avoid was 2009: the median moved -7.0%, the roughest year in the local record.
Median sold price in SY3
| Year | Median sold price | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | £54,000 | 572 |
| 2000 | £75,748 | 822 |
| 2005 | £163,000 | 594 |
| 2010 | £185,000 | 471 |
| 2015 | £205,000 | 762 |
| 2020 | £244,950 | 565 |
| 2025 | £300,000 | 595 |
| 2026 | £292,000 | 111 |
The areas on the board
8 areas make up the board, weighted by sales activity:
- Shrewsbury (SY3 8) (25% of local sales) — busiest streets: Copthorne Road, Mytton Oak Road, The Mount
- Shrewsbury (SY3 7) (22% of local sales) — busiest streets: Longden Coleham, Belle Vue Road, Hereford Road
- Bicton Heath (18% of local sales) — busiest streets: The Paddocks, Gains Avenue, Winterton Way
- Shrewsbury (SY3 9) (13% of local sales) — busiest streets: Meole Crescent, Upper Road, Washford Road
- Bayston Hill (12% of local sales) — busiest streets: Lythwood Road, Lyth Hill Road, Hollies Drive
- Shrewsbury (SY3 6) (8% of local sales) — busiest streets: Steepside, Stanhill Road, Ladycroft Close
- Bicton (2% of local sales) — busiest streets: Holyhead Road, The Oval, Bicton Lane
- Shrewsbury (SY3 5) (1% of local sales) — busiest streets: Lambourn Drive, Collingwood Drive, Grantley Avenue
Reading about 2003 is easy; surviving 2009 is the game. Play the SY3 board.
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Prices are medians of real Land Registry sales. Street lists show street names only — never individual addresses. New to the game? Start with how to play.