Schools
17 open schools are in scope, including 0 primary and 0 secondary schools. Ysgol G.G. Tonyrefail is the nearest published school at 677 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
CF39 8LJ
Tonyrefail East · Rhondda Cynon Taf · Wales
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Tonyrefail East
- Local authority
- Rhondda Cynon Taf
- Constituency
- Rhondda and Ogmore
- Postcode district
- CF39
- Postcode sector
- CF39 8
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- CF39 8LJ
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- CF
- Postcode district
- CF39
- Postcode sector
- CF39 8
- Latitude
- 51.579300
- Longitude
- -3.428399
- British National Grid easting
- 301,120
- British National Grid northing
- 187,682
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- Wales · W92000004
- Region
- W99999999
- Local authority district
- Rhondda Cynon Taf · W06000016
- Electoral ward
- Tonyrefail East · W05001106
- Parish or community
- W04000704
- Westminster constituency
- Rhondda and Ogmore · W07000107
- Output area
- W00006574
- Lower layer super output area
- Rhondda Cynon Taf 024B · W01001250
- Middle layer super output area
- Rhondda Cynon Taf 024 · W02000275
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 CF39
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 17
- Primary
- 0
- Secondary
- 0
- 677 m
Ysgol G.G. Tonyrefail
Welsh establishment
- 721 m
Tref-Y-Rhyg Primary School
Welsh establishment
- 868 m
Cwmlai Primary School
Welsh establishment
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 873
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 430
- Public order 97
- Criminal damage and arson 68
- Other theft 66
- Anti social behaviour 60
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- 26
- Postcode households
- 8
- Residents per household
- 3.3
- CF39 8 residents
- 15,662
13 female, 13 male
Age bands in CF39 8
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 17.5%
- Age 15 to 24
- 11.4%
- Age 25 to 44
- 25.2%
- Age 45 to 64
- 27.4%
- Age 65 and over
- 18.5%
2,752 residents
1,803 residents
3,961 residents
4,321 residents
2,912 residents
This postcode contained 0.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider CF39 8 sector, not people in this individual postcode.
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+
- 0%
- Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
- 0%
- Gigabit-capable
- 0%
- 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
4
within 5 km
PARK LANE SURGERY
PARK LANE, TONYREFAIL, PORTH, CF39 8AG
ODS code W95044
366 m
CWM GWYRDD MEDICAL CENTRE
HIGH STREET, GILFACH GOCH, PORTH, CF39 8TJ
ODS code W95295
3.5 km
PENYGRAIG SURGERY
GEORGE STREET, PENYGRAIG, TONYPANDY, CF40 1QN
ODS code W95057
3.8 km
PONT NEWYDD MEDICAL CENTRE
ABERRHONDDA ROAD, PORTH, CF39 0LD
ODS code W95004
4.1 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
- 0.2 miles
Tynybryn Crossing
BCT · Tonyrefail
- 0.2 miles
Tynybryn Crossing
BCT · Tonyrefail
- 0.2 miles
Mill Street
BCT · Tonyrefail
- 0.3 miles
Tynybryn Post Office
BCT · Tyn-y-bryn
- 0.3 miles
Mill Street
BCT · Tonyrefail
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
873 published events cover 12 months, averaging 72.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 430 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.