Schools
21 open schools are in scope, including 0 primary and 0 secondary schools. Heronsbridge School is the nearest published school at 1.1 miles.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
CF31 3BF
Brackla East and Coychurch Lower · Bridgend · Wales
Updated September 2026
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Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- CF31 3BF
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 June 2000
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- CF
- Postcode district
- CF31
- Postcode sector
- CF31 3
- Latitude
- 51.491847
- Longitude
- -3.551751
- British National Grid easting
- 292,367
- British National Grid northing
- 178,131
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- Wales · W92000004
- Region
- W99999999
- Local authority district
- Bridgend · W06000013
- Electoral ward
- Brackla East and Coychurch Lower · W05001230
- Parish or community
- W04000884
- Westminster constituency
- Bridgend · W07000086
- Output area
- W00005314
- Lower layer super output area
- Bridgend 015D · W01001003
- Middle layer super output area
- Bridgend 015 · W02000232
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 CF31
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 21
- Primary
- 0
- Secondary
- 0
- 1.8 km
Heronsbridge School
Welsh establishment
- 1.8 km
Archbishop McGrath Catholic High School
Welsh establishment
- 1.9 km
Brynteg Comprehensive School
Welsh establishment
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 523
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 184
- Shoplifting 104
- Public order 54
- Drugs 39
- Anti social behaviour 33
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- CF31 3 residents
- 4,709
Age bands in CF31 3
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 14.9%
- Age 15 to 24
- 9.7%
- Age 25 to 44
- 22.7%
- Age 45 to 64
- 28.4%
- Age 65 and over
- 24.2%
766 residents
497 residents
1,164 residents
1,457 residents
1,242 residents
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
- 0%
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
3
within 5 km
OAK TREE SURGERY
WHITETHORN DRIVE, BRACKLA, BRIDGEND, CF31 2PQ
ODS code W95010
1.7 km
BRIDGEND GROUP
MERTHYR MAWR ROAD, BRIDGEND, CF31 3NW
ODS code W95070
2.2 km
RIVERSDALE HOUSE
MERTHYRMAWR ROAD, BRIDGEND, CF31 3NL
ODS code W95035
2.3 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
- 0.1 miles
Waterton
BCT · Corntown
- 0.3 miles
Waterton
BCT · Waterton
- 0.5 miles
Bridgend Ind Est
BCT · Bridgend
- 0.5 miles
Sony Gate
BCT · Bridgend
- 0.5 miles
The Paddocks
BCT · Corntown
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
523 published events cover 12 months, averaging 43.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 184 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.