Schools
11 open schools are in scope, including 0 primary and 0 secondary schools. Tynyrheol Primary School is the nearest published school at 286 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
CF32 8PL
Garw Valley · Bridgend · Wales
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Garw Valley
- Local authority
- Bridgend
- Constituency
- Rhondda and Ogmore
- Postcode district
- CF32
- Postcode sector
- CF32 8
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- CF32 8PL
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 April 2003
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- CF
- Postcode district
- CF32
- Postcode sector
- CF32 8
- Latitude
- 51.578689
- Longitude
- -3.567898
- British National Grid easting
- 291,453
- British National Grid northing
- 187,812
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- Wales · W92000004
- Region
- W99999999
- Local authority district
- Bridgend · W06000013
- Electoral ward
- Garw Valley · W05001240
- Parish or community
- W04000636
- Westminster constituency
- Rhondda and Ogmore · W07000107
- Output area
- W00005349
- Lower layer super output area
- Bridgend 004C · W01001009
- Middle layer super output area
- Bridgend 004 · W02000221
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 CF32
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 11
- Primary
- 0
- Secondary
- 0
- 286 m
Tynyrheol Primary School
Welsh establishment
- 1.8 km
Betws Primary School
Welsh establishment
- 1.9 km
Ysgol Gynradd Gymraeg Calon Y Cymoedd
Welsh establishment
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 179
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 129
- Public order 23
- Anti social behaviour 8
- Criminal damage and arson 7
- Other theft 4
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- CF32 8 residents
- 7,819
Age bands in CF32 8
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 18.4%
- Age 15 to 24
- 11.6%
- Age 25 to 44
- 25.5%
- Age 45 to 64
- 27.2%
- Age 65 and over
- 17.3%
1,415 residents
893 residents
1,962 residents
2,094 residents
1,327 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
OGMORE VALE SURGERY
COMMERCIAL STREET, OGMORE VALE, BRIDGEND, CF32 7BL
ODS code W95067
3.3 km
TYNYCOED SURGERY
20 MERFIELD CLOSE, SARN, BRYNCETHIN, BRIDGEND, CF32 9SW
ODS code W95037
4.3 km
CWM GARW PRACTICE
VICTORIA STREET, PONTYCYMER, BRIDGEND, CF32 8NN
ODS code W95031
4.3 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
Llangeinor Bridge
BCT · Llangeinor
- 0.1 miles
Llangeinor Bridge
BCT · Llangeinor
- 0.1 miles
Green Meadow
BCT · Llangeinor
- 0.1 miles
Brynawel
BCT · Llangeinor
- 0.1 miles
Green Meadow
BCT · Llangeinor
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
179 published events cover 12 months, averaging 14.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 129 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.