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Atcham market report SY5 8, Shrewsbury
The SY5 8 (Atcham) house price history in full, 1995 to 2026, in cash and in today's money. Everything below comes from 1,704 sales recorded by HM Land Registry in SY5 8 (Shrewsbury) since 1995, real completion prices from real purchases, alongside the ONS's current rent figures. No valuations, no estimates, no asking prices.
Covers registered sales to 2026 and ONS rents for May 2026. Refreshed monthly as new sales reach the register.
In short: the middle 2026 sale in SY5 8 (Shrewsbury) came in at £340,000, out of 17 registered, up 5% on five years earlier, and the mean stands at £388,000, and by floor area homes here have averaged about £3,120 per square metre over the last five years. The record behind it is 1,704 completed sales lodged with HM Land Registry since 1995, monthly refreshed, with no valuations or asking prices anywhere in the figures.
A postcode sector like SY5 8 is a single group of streets within SY5 (Shrewsbury), the finest slice the public record supports. Fewer sales stand behind each figure than at district level, so the lines jump about more.
Where SY5 8 sits
Shaded by median price on the same scale as the average prices map. Click any shape to open it on the live map with every sale plotted at its address, or zoom in past street level to see the sold homes right here.
Today's SY5 8 prices, from the sold record
The SY5 8 median stands at £340,000 for 2026, built from 17 registered sales; the mean, the figure usually quoted as the "average house price", is £388,000, somewhat above it, as happens wherever a market carries an expensive tail.
SY5 8 prices by floor area
The last five years of sales put SY5 8 at roughly £3,120 per square metre. That figure, built from each sale's Energy Performance Certificate floor area, is the one that makes a small flat and a big house comparable.
Set against the £285,000 England and Wales median, SY5 8 sits 19% above the national market.
The price of a typical SY5 8 home, 1995 to 2026
The cash median beside its inflation-adjusted twin (ONS CPIH). The adjusted line answers the harder question, whether homes really got dearer. Hover for the figures; the legend toggles each series.
See this chart as a table
| Year | Median (cash) | Median (today's £) | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | £340,000 | £340,000 | 17 |
| 2025 | £310,000 | £317,413 | 64 |
| 2024 | £323,800 | £344,266 | 46 |
| 2023 | £348,000 | £382,367 | 46 |
| 2022 | £300,000 | £351,784 | 48 |
| 2021 | £323,500 | £409,593 | 84 |
| 2020 | £330,000 | £428,182 | 103 |
| 2019 | £300,000 | £393,228 | 140 |
| 2018 | £300,000 | £399,906 | 128 |
| 2017 | £285,000 | £388,711 | 117 |
| 2016 | £300,000 | £419,703 | 91 |
| 2015 | £270,000 | £381,510 | 61 |
| 2014 | £270,000 | £383,042 | 41 |
| 2013 | £225,000 | £323,753 | 41 |
| 2012 | £237,500 | £349,570 | 21 |
| 2011 | £230,000 | £347,212 | 21 |
| 2010 | £234,000 | £366,972 | 20 |
| 2009 | £204,800 | £329,218 | 20 |
| 2008 | £238,500 | £390,952 | 22 |
| 2007 | £220,000 | £373,181 | 44 |
| 2006 | £212,500 | £368,873 | 59 |
| 2005 | £196,000 | £348,801 | 30 |
| 2004 | £193,000 | £350,526 | 40 |
| 2003 | £158,700 | £292,364 | 34 |
| 2002 | £150,000 | £282,224 | 53 |
| 2001 | £136,400 | £262,222 | 48 |
| 2000 | £105,800 | £207,633 | 40 |
| 1999 | £98,000 | £195,309 | 53 |
| 1998 | £86,500 | £174,606 | 38 |
| 1997 | £75,000 | £153,810 | 40 |
| 1996 | £66,200 | £139,613 | 60 |
| 1995 | £94,000 | £204,342 | 34 |
In cash terms the typical SY5 8 home went from £94,000 in 1995 to £340,000 in 2026, roughly 3.6 times the price. Even after inflation that is a real rise of about 66%: homes here genuinely became dearer, not merely more expensive on paper. In inflation-adjusted terms the high-water mark was 2020. The market now sits about 21% below it, so a peak-time purchase has yet to recover its real value.
Year-on-year change in the SY5 8 median
Each bar is the change on the year before, in cash. The zero line is the boundary between rising and falling.
The strongest year on record here is 2001 (+28.9% on the year before); the weakest, 1996 (−29.6%). Single-year swings like these are why the annualised table below matters more than any one year's headline.
What SY5 8 has returned, per year
| Period | Cash, per year | Real terms, per year |
|---|---|---|
| 1 years (since 2025) | +9.7% | +7.1% |
| 5 years (since 2021) | +1.0% | −3.7% |
| 10 years (since 2016) | +1.3% | −2.1% |
| 20 years (since 2006) | +2.4% | −0.4% |
The table annualises median growth over each period, with the real column deflated by ONS CPIH. Smoothing hides the cycle (see the chart above for it), and none of this forecasts: it is the record.
The turnover behind the prices
Sales per year, counted
Recorded sales per year. The dip after 2008 is the financial crisis; the last bar is still filling in as recent sales get registered.
Over the last twelve months of data, 17 sales completed in SY5 8. Turnover has held fairly steady across the cycle: about 44 sales a year recently, against 44 a year before 2008. Volume matters as much as price: when few homes change hands, the median gets jumpy and a single street can move the figure. The most recent year is always still filling in, because sales appear in the Land Registry weeks or months after completion.
The shape of the SY5 8 market
This is a thin market: 17 sales in the last twelve months of data. With that few transactions, one street selling well (or one block of cheap transfers) can move the median, so read the year lines as a range rather than a verdict.
What homes rent for around SY5 8
The local authority for SY5 8 is Shropshire, and its ONS average private rent currently stands at £813 a month (May 2026 figures). The spread runs from £600 a month for a typical one-bed to £1,384 at four-plus bedrooms, which is size doing most of the pricing.
Average monthly rent by size, Shropshire
ONS Price Index of Private Rents, May 2026.
Set against the £340,000 median sold price, £813 a month is £9,756 a year, a gross yield of 2.9%: gross, before letting costs, voids, maintenance and tax, so a ceiling rather than a promise. Rents are published at local-authority level, so nearby districts in the same authority share these figures.
SY5 8 (Atcham): the questions that come up
Is SY5 8 (Atcham) a good place to buy a house?
How much did a house sell for in SY5 8 (Atcham)?
Are property prices falling in SY5 8 (Atcham)?
Where do SY5 8 prices go next?
That question has no honest answer, only evidence. The evidence: the median is up 5% over five years in cash but down 17% after inflation. Weigh the volume chart alongside the price one before deciding anything, and bear in mind every figure is a completed sale that reached the register weeks after completion.
What is for sale in SY5 right now
Turning to what is actually available: 83 homes on the market right now, from 3 agents publishing to HomesIndex.
These cover the whole SY5 district, not just SY5 8: live asking prices are collected per district.
26% of what is on the market here is asking below what comparable homes actually sold for. Each listing is compared with recent recorded sales of similar homes nearby.
- Orchard Lane, Hanwood, Shrewsbury, SY5, Shropshire
- Hawthorn Road, Minsterley, Shrewsbury
- Beech Close, Hanwood, Shrewsbury, SY5, Shrewsbury
"Under comparable sales" compares each asking price with what similar homes nearby actually sold for. It is a starting point for a conversation, not a valuation. Always look at the home itself.
See every SY5 home for sale on the map →
Live asking prices from estate agents who publish a feed to HomesIndex, refreshed every Monday and Thursday: a sample of the market, not every home for sale. Asking prices are not sale prices.
What another bedroom costs in SY
Real sold prices by size across the SY area, straight from the Land Registry record. How much a size step costs is a local fact: the third-bedroom premium runs from about a quarter to nearly four fifths depending on the area, and national rules of thumb miss it.
| Type | 1 bed | 2 bed | 3 bed | 4 bed | 5 bed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | — | £257,700 | £355,000 (+38%) | £522,750 (+47%) | £680,000 (+30%) |
| Semi-detached | £187,500 | £220,000 (+17%) | £257,000 (+17%) | £347,500 (+35%) | £440,000 (+27%) |
| Terraced | £155,000 | £183,750 (+19%) | £215,000 (+17%) | £275,500 (+28%) | £385,000 (+40%) |
| Flat | £124,000 | £176,500 (+42%) | £280,000 (+59%) | — | — |
Built from the last four years of recorded sales by form and bedroom count. Bedroom counts are estimated from EPC records (the register carries none), so expect a small number of homes one size adrift. Where too few homes exist to say anything meaningful, the cell is blank.
The risers and the fallers
The spread across the SY area is the point: the same five years treated these districts very differently.
Winners and losers across the SY area, five years
Cash-terms risers and fallers across the area; click any row for that district's full report.
Other sectors in SY5
A few minutes' walk can separate two very different markets. Here are SY5's other sectors, each with its own report:
| Sector | Median (latest) | Sales that year |
|---|---|---|
| SY5 0 | £340,000 | 29 |
| SY5 6 | £302,500 | 10 |
| SY5 7 | £320,000 | 13 |
| SY5 9 | £276,500 | 18 |
Zoom out to the full SY5 district report for the type split, monthly volumes and how SY5 compares with its neighbours.
Before you sell in SY5 8: what the record supports
Start from what homes here actually sold for, not an estimate. Before booking a house valuation or flat valuation in SY5 8, use the average prices map for a rough value: zoom from SY5 8's shading down to the sold homes on your own street. The figures above are every recorded SY5 8 sale; agents price with this same Land Registry record, and now you have it too.
For local estate agents: each district report carries one featured-agent spot, free while founding places last. Claim SY5 8.
Go deeper
Answers come from the same Land Registry data behind this report, and the AI knows you are asking about SY5 8. Free, with a one click sign in.
See every individual SY5 8 sale on the live map, mapped to the exact address, or zoom the average prices map from neighbourhood shading down to single homes. The report tool writes a custom answer to a specific question, and the mortgage and rent calculator on any sale runs the numbers on a real purchase.
About the numbers: everything is computed from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data (Crown copyright, OGL v3.0), geocoded to the address; today's-money figures use the ONS CPIH index, and rents are the ONS Price Index of Private Rents by local authority. These are medians of recorded sales, not valuations, and none of it is financial advice.