Schools
24 open schools are in scope, including 0 primary and 0 secondary schools. Heronsbridge School is the nearest published school at 842 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
CF31 3SL
Brackla East and Coychurch Lower · Bridgend · Wales
Updated September 2026
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Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- CF31 3SL
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 March 1983
- Terminated
- 1 January 2007
- Postcode area
- CF
- Postcode district
- CF31
- Postcode sector
- CF31 3
- Latitude
- 51.500346
- Longitude
- -3.562499
- British National Grid easting
- 291,641
- British National Grid northing
- 179,092
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
- 24
- Primary
- 0
- Secondary
- 0
- 842 m
Heronsbridge School
Welsh establishment
- 871 m
Archbishop McGrath Catholic High School
Welsh establishment
- 1.1 km
Brynteg Comprehensive School
Welsh establishment
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 2,608
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 1,010
- Public order 393
- Shoplifting 301
- Anti social behaviour 288
- Criminal damage and arson 170
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.
GP practices
5
within 5 km straight-line
OAK TREE SURGERY
WHITETHORN DRIVE, BRACKLA, BRIDGEND, CF31 2PQ
ODS code W95010
795 m
BRIDGEND GROUP
MERTHYR MAWR ROAD, BRIDGEND, CF31 3NW
ODS code W95070
1.1 km
RIVERSDALE HOUSE
MERTHYRMAWR ROAD, BRIDGEND, CF31 3NL
ODS code W95035
1.2 km
TYNYCOED SURGERY
20 MERFIELD CLOSE, SARN, BRYNCETHIN, BRIDGEND, CF32 9SW
ODS code W95037
4.8 km
THE NEW SURGERY
NEW SURGERY PRIMARY CARE CENTRE, MIN-Y-NANT, PENCOED, BRIDGEND, CF35 6YP
ODS code W95017
4.9 km
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
ELAC Industrial Estate
BCT · Bridgend
- 0.1 miles
Kent Road
BCT · Bridgend
- 0.1 miles
Kent Road
BCT · Bridgend
- 0.2 miles
York Road
BCT · Bridgend
- 0.2 miles
Police Headquarters
BCT · Waterton
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
2,608 published events cover 12 months, averaging 217.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,010 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.