Schools
29 open schools are in scope, including 0 primary and 0 secondary schools. Ysgol Afon Wen is the nearest published school at 954 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
CF37 5YU
Hawthorn and Lower Rhydfelen · Rhondda Cynon Taf · Wales
Updated September 2026
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- Local authority
- Rhondda Cynon Taf
- Constituency
- Pontypridd
- Postcode district
- CF37
- Postcode sector
- CF37 5
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- CF37 5YU
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- CF
- Postcode district
- CF37
- Postcode sector
- CF37 5
- Latitude
- 51.578917
- Longitude
- -3.292942
- British National Grid easting
- 310,505
- British National Grid northing
- 187,465
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- Wales · W92000004
- Region
- W99999999
- Local authority district
- Rhondda Cynon Taf · W06000016
- Electoral ward
- Hawthorn and Lower Rhydfelen · W05001086
- Parish or community
- W04001039
- Westminster constituency
- Pontypridd · W07000106
- Output area
- W00006247
- Lower layer super output area
- Rhondda Cynon Taf 026A · W01001184
- Middle layer super output area
- Rhondda Cynon Taf 026 · W02000277
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 CF37
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 29
- Primary
- 0
- Secondary
- 0
- 954 m
Ysgol Afon Wen
Welsh establishment
- 980 m
Cardinal Newman R.C. Comprehensive School
Welsh establishment
- 1.3 km
Ysgol Gynradd Gymraeg Awel Taf
Welsh establishment
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 705
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 298
- Public order 79
- Anti social behaviour 63
- Criminal damage and arson 47
- Shoplifting 42
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- CF37 5 residents
- 8,700
Age bands in CF37 5
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 17.8%
- Age 15 to 24
- 11.5%
- Age 25 to 44
- 26.8%
- Age 45 to 64
- 24.4%
- Age 65 and over
- 19.6%
1,592 residents
1,027 residents
2,396 residents
2,188 residents
1,752 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+
- 91.3%
- Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
- 91.3%
- Gigabit-capable
- 91.3%
- Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
- 0%
- Next Generation Access
- 100%
- Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
- 39.1%
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
7
within 5 km
TAFF VALE PRACTICE
DYFFRYN ROAD, RHYDYFELIN, PONTYPRIDD, CF37 5RW
ODS code W95058
1.6 km
PARC CANOL SURGERY
CENTRAL PARK, CHURCH VILLAGE, PONTYPRIDD, CF38 1RJ
ODS code W95011
2.2 km
ABER MEDICAL CENTRE
MEDDYGFA TRIDWR, 27-29 THOMAS STREET, CAERPHILLY, CF83 4AU
ODS code W00005
2.5 km
NANTGARW ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE
4 BEDDAU WAY, CAERPHILLY, CF83 2AX
ODS code W95049
3.4 km
THE MEDICAL CENTRE
TAFFS WELL MEDICAL CENTRE, CARDIFF ROAD, TAFFS WELL, CARDIFF, CF15 7YG
ODS code W95060
4.3 km
THE ASHGROVE SURGERY
MORGAN STREET, PONTYPRIDD, CF37 2DR
ODS code W95024
4.4 km
EGLWYSBACH MEDICAL PRACTI
BERW ROAD, PONTYPRIDD, CF37 2AA
ODS code W95014
4.5 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
Pontypridd Tesco
BCT · Upper Boat
- 0.2 miles
Williams Place
BCT · Upper Boat
- 0.2 miles
Williams Place
BCT · Upper Boat
- 0.2 miles
Foundry Houses
BCT · Hawthorn
- 0.2 miles
Severn Road
BCT · Upper Boat
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
705 published events cover 12 months, averaging 58.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 298 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.