Schools
75 open schools are in scope, including 0 primary and 0 secondary schools. Howardian Primary School is the nearest published school at 524 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
CF3 7AD
Penylan · Cardiff · Wales
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Penylan
- Local authority
- Cardiff
- Constituency
- Cardiff East
- Postcode district
- CF3
- Postcode sector
- CF3 7
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- CF3 7AD
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- 1 June 1999
- Postcode area
- CF
- Postcode district
- CF3
- Postcode sector
- CF3 7
- Latitude
- 51.497157
- Longitude
- -3.143754
- British National Grid easting
- 320,700
- British National Grid northing
- 178,200
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- Wales · W92000004
- Region
- W99999999
- Local authority district
- Cardiff · W06000015
- Electoral ward
- Penylan · W05001288
- Parish or community
- W04000860
- Westminster constituency
- Cardiff East · W07000089
- Output area
- W00009408
- Lower layer super output area
- Cardiff 029D · W01001825
- Middle layer super output area
- Cardiff 029 · W02000395
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
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 75
- Primary
- 0
- Secondary
- 0
- 524 m
Howardian Primary School
Welsh establishment
- 1.0 km
Stacey Primary School
Welsh establishment
- 1.2 km
St Albans RC Primary School
Welsh establishment
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 3,923
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 1,187
- Shoplifting 494
- Public order 436
- Vehicle crime 390
- Anti social behaviour 361
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- Postcode sector residents
- Not available
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 not available.
GP practices
32
within 5 km
FOUR ELMS MEDICAL CENTRE
STERLING CLOSE, FFORDD PENGAM PENGAM GREE, SPLOTT, CARDIFF, CF24 2HB
ODS code W97048
1.1 km
ROATH HOUSE SURGERY
100 PEN-Y-LAN ROAD, PENYLAN, CARDIFF, CF23 5RH
ODS code W97034
1.3 km
THE PENYLAN SURGERY
74 PEN-Y-LAN ROAD, CARDIFF, CF23 5SY
ODS code W97033
1.4 km
ROATHWELL SURGERY
116 NEWPORT ROAD, CARDIFF, CF24 1YT
ODS code W97002
1.5 km
CLIFTON SURGERY
151-153 NEWPORT ROAD, ROATH, CARDIFF, CF24 1AG
ODS code W97060
1.5 km
RUMNEY PRIMARY CARE CENTRE
BARMOUTH ROAD, RUMNEY, CARDIFF, CF3 3LG
ODS code W97027
1.6 km
CLOUGHMORE MEDICAL CENTRE
19 SOUTH PARK ROAD, SPLOTT, CARDIFF, CF24 2LU
ODS code W97007
1.7 km
CARDIFF HEALTH ACCESS PRACTICE
CARDIFF AND VALE HIS, CARDIFF ROYAL INFIRMARY, CARDIFF, CF24 0SZ
ODS code W00100
1.9 km
LLANEDEYRN HEALTH CENTRE
LLAN HEALTHCARE, WELLBEING HUB @ MAELFA, ROUND WOOD, LLANEDEYRN, CARDIFF, CF23 9PF
ODS code W97008
1.9 km
THE CITY SURGERY
187 CITY ROAD, ROATH, CARDIFF, CF24 3WD
ODS code W97056
2.0 km
MEDDYGFA ALBANY SURGERY
219 - 221 CITY ROAD, ROATH, CARDIFF, CF24 3JD
ODS code W97014
2.0 km
CATHAYS SURGERY
137 CATHAYS TERRACE, CARDIFF, CF24 4HU
ODS code W97009
2.7 km
CRWYS MEDICAL CENTRE
THE CRWYS SURGERY, WEDAL ROAD, CARDIFF, CF14 3QX
ODS code W97041
2.8 km
ST. DAVIDS MEDICAL CENTRE
PONTPRENNAU MEDICAL CENTR, PENTWYN DRIVE, CARDIFF, CF23 7SD
ODS code W97065
3.1 km
WHITCHURCH ROAD SURGERY
SACHVILLE AVENUE, CARDIFF, CF14 3NY
ODS code W97025
3.4 km
BUTETOWN MEDICAL PRACTICE
LOUDOUN, PLAS IONA, CARDIFF, CF10 5HW
ODS code W97291
3.5 km
NORTH ROAD MEDICAL PRACTICE
182 NORTH ROAD, CARDIFF, CF14 3XQ
ODS code W97020
3.5 km
CYNCOED MEDICAL PRACTICE
DARTINGTON DRIVE, PONTPRENNAU, CARDIFF, CF23 8SQ
ODS code W97010
3.7 km
ST. ISAN ROAD SURGERY
46 ST. ISAN ROAD, HEATH CARDIFF, CARDIFF, CF14 4UU
ODS code W97053
3.9 km
THE SURGERY
ST DAVIDS COURT, 68A COWBRIDGE ROAD EAST, CARDIFF, CF11 9DN
ODS code W97018
4.0 km
Showing 20 of 32 matching practices.
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 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Colchester Avenue Bottom
BCT · Penylan
- 0.1 miles
Sainsbury's
BCT · Penylan
- 0.1 miles
Sainsbury's
BCT · Penylan
- 0.1 miles
Colchester Avenue Bottom
BCT · Penylan
- 0.1 miles
Ipswich Road
BCT · Penylan
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
3,923 published events cover 12 months, averaging 326.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,187 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.