Schools
23 open schools are in scope, including 0 primary and 0 secondary schools. Penybont Primary School is the nearest published school at 559 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
CF31 9BQ
Oldcastle · Bridgend · Wales
Updated September 2026
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Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- CF31 9BQ
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 October 2005
- Terminated
- 1 October 2010
- Postcode area
- CF
- Postcode district
- CF31
- Postcode sector
- CF31 9
- Latitude
- 51.504666
- Longitude
- -3.570270
- British National Grid easting
- 291,112
- British National Grid northing
- 179,584
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- Wales · W92000004
- Region
- W99999999
- Local authority district
- Bridgend · W06000013
- Electoral ward
- Oldcastle · W05001248
- Parish or community
- W04000883
- Westminster constituency
- Bridgend · W07000086
- Output area
- W00005489
- Lower layer super output area
- Bridgend 014E · W01001035
- Middle layer super output area
- Bridgend 014 · W02000231
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
- 23
- Primary
- 0
- Secondary
- 0
- 559 m
Penybont Primary School
Welsh establishment
- 679 m
Heronsbridge School
Welsh establishment
- 879 m
Archbishop McGrath Catholic High School
Welsh establishment
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 3,050
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 1,195
- Public order 450
- Anti social behaviour 349
- Shoplifting 304
- Criminal damage and arson 213
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
4
within 5 km straight-line
BRIDGEND GROUP
MERTHYR MAWR ROAD, BRIDGEND, CF31 3NW
ODS code W95070
626 m
RIVERSDALE HOUSE
MERTHYRMAWR ROAD, BRIDGEND, CF31 3NL
ODS code W95035
630 m
OAK TREE SURGERY
WHITETHORN DRIVE, BRACKLA, BRIDGEND, CF31 2PQ
ODS code W95010
893 m
TYNYCOED SURGERY
20 MERFIELD CLOSE, SARN, BRYNCETHIN, BRIDGEND, CF32 9SW
ODS code W95037
4.2 km
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Castle Bingo
BCT · Tremains
- 0.1 miles
Waunscil Avenue
BCT · Tremains
- 0.1 miles
Heol Dwyrain
BCT · Tremains
- 0.1 miles
Heol Dwyrain
BCT · Tremains
- 0.1 miles
Haywain Court
BCT · Tremains
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
3,050 published events cover 12 months, averaging 254.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,195 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.