Schools
42 open schools are in scope, including 0 primary and 0 secondary schools. Ysgol Pen Y Pil is the nearest published school at 81 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
CF3 1AB
Trowbridge · Cardiff · Wales
Updated September 2026
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- Post town
- Cardiff
- Ward
- Trowbridge
- Local authority
- Cardiff
- Constituency
- Cardiff East
- Postcode district
- CF3
- Postcode sector
- CF3 1
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- CF3 1AB
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 February 2012
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- CF
- Postcode district
- CF3
- Postcode sector
- CF3 1
- Latitude
- 51.517761
- Longitude
- -3.108744
- British National Grid easting
- 323,165
- British National Grid northing
- 180,454
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- Wales · W92000004
- Region
- W99999999
- Local authority district
- Cardiff · W06000015
- Electoral ward
- Trowbridge · W05001296
- Parish or community
- W04001008
- Westminster constituency
- Cardiff East · W07000089
- Output area
- W00009710
- Lower layer super output area
- Cardiff 016C · W01001883
- Middle layer super output area
- Cardiff 016 · W02000382
Postcode source versions
- Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
- Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
- Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence
Explore CF3
Property
1 recorded
sale at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Dol Yr Hafren, 1, Abergele Road, Rumney, Cardiff, CF3 1AB | 10 May 2018 | £442,359 |
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 42
- Primary
- 0
- Secondary
- 0
- 81 m
Ysgol Pen Y Pil
Welsh establishment
- 396 m
St John Lloyd R.C. Primary School
Welsh establishment
- 461 m
St Illtyds R.C. High School
Welsh establishment
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 3,211
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 1,246
- Public order 364
- Anti social behaviour 349
- Shoplifting 342
- Criminal damage and arson 301
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- 9
- Postcode households
- 8
- Residents per household
- 1.1
- CF3 1 residents
- 4,619
2 female, 7 male
Age bands in CF3 1
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 22.6%
- Age 15 to 24
- 13.1%
- Age 25 to 44
- 27.1%
- Age 45 to 64
- 22.7%
- Age 65 and over
- 14.5%
1,058 residents
610 residents
1,267 residents
1,062 residents
676 residents
This postcode contained 0.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider CF3 1 sector, not people in this individual postcode.
Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.
Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.
Fixed broadband coverage
Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.
- Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Gigabit-capable
- 100%
- Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
- 0%
- Next Generation Access
- 100%
- Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
- 100%
Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
GP practices
12
within 5 km
BRYNDERWEN SURGERY
CRICKHOWELL ROAD, ST MELLONS, CARDIFF, CF3 0EF
ODS code W97006
986 m
WILLOWBROOK SURGERY
5 STRATHY ROAD, ST. MELLONS, CARDIFF, CF3 0SH
ODS code W97069
1.4 km
RUMNEY PRIMARY CARE CENTRE
BARMOUTH ROAD, RUMNEY, CARDIFF, CF3 3LG
ODS code W97027
1.7 km
ST. DAVIDS MEDICAL CENTRE
PONTPRENNAU MEDICAL CENTR, PENTWYN DRIVE, CARDIFF, CF23 7SD
ODS code W97065
2.7 km
LLANEDEYRN HEALTH CENTRE
LLAN HEALTHCARE, WELLBEING HUB @ MAELFA, ROUND WOOD, LLANEDEYRN, CARDIFF, CF23 9PF
ODS code W97008
2.9 km
CYNCOED MEDICAL PRACTICE
DARTINGTON DRIVE, PONTPRENNAU, CARDIFF, CF23 8SQ
ODS code W97010
3.2 km
FOUR ELMS MEDICAL CENTRE
STERLING CLOSE, FFORDD PENGAM PENGAM GREE, SPLOTT, CARDIFF, CF24 2HB
ODS code W97048
3.5 km
ROATH HOUSE SURGERY
100 PEN-Y-LAN ROAD, PENYLAN, CARDIFF, CF23 5RH
ODS code W97034
4.3 km
THE PENYLAN SURGERY
74 PEN-Y-LAN ROAD, CARDIFF, CF23 5SY
ODS code W97033
4.5 km
CLOUGHMORE MEDICAL CENTRE
19 SOUTH PARK ROAD, SPLOTT, CARDIFF, CF24 2LU
ODS code W97007
4.8 km
ROATHWELL SURGERY
116 NEWPORT ROAD, CARDIFF, CF24 1YT
ODS code W97002
4.8 km
CLIFTON SURGERY
151-153 NEWPORT ROAD, ROATH, CARDIFF, CF24 1AG
ODS code W97060
4.8 km
Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.
Source acquired on 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.
Nearby transport
- 0.0 miles
Abergele Close
BCT · Trowbridge
- 0.1 miles
Tresigin Road
BCT · Trowbridge
- 0.1 miles
Abergele Road
BCT · Trowbridge
- 0.1 miles
Pensarn Road
BCT · Trowbridge
- 0.1 miles
Glan y Mor Road
BCT · Trowbridge
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
3,211 published events cover 12 months, averaging 267.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,246 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.