Schools
16 open schools are in scope, including 0 primary and 0 secondary schools. Ysgol G.G. Ynyswen is the nearest published school at 119 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
CF42 6EF
Treorchy · Rhondda Cynon Taf · Wales
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Treorchy
- Local authority
- Rhondda Cynon Taf
- Constituency
- Rhondda and Ogmore
- Postcode district
- CF42
- Postcode sector
- CF42 6
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- CF42 6EF
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- 1 July 2011
- Postcode area
- CF
- Postcode district
- CF42
- Postcode sector
- CF42 6
- Latitude
- 51.664797
- Longitude
- -3.518595
- British National Grid easting
- 295,068
- British National Grid northing
- 197,316
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- Wales · W92000004
- Region
- W99999999
- Local authority district
- Rhondda Cynon Taf · W06000016
- Electoral ward
- Treorchy · W05001112
- Parish or community
- W04000708
- Westminster constituency
- Rhondda and Ogmore · W07000107
- Output area
- W00006670
- Lower layer super output area
- Rhondda Cynon Taf 010E · W01001273
- Middle layer super output area
- Rhondda Cynon Taf 010 · W02000261
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 CF42
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 16
- Primary
- 0
- Secondary
- 0
- 119 m
Ysgol G.G. Ynyswen
Welsh establishment
- 805 m
Penyrenglyn Primary School
Welsh establishment
- 829 m
Treorchy Comprehensive School
Welsh establishment
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 787
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 379
- Public order 100
- Anti social behaviour 71
- Criminal damage and arson 54
- Shoplifting 42
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- CF42 6 residents
- 7,372
Age bands in CF42 6
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 15.7%
- Age 15 to 24
- 12%
- Age 25 to 44
- 23.5%
- Age 45 to 64
- 27.2%
- Age 65 and over
- 21.7%
1,152 residents
880 residents
1,725 residents
1,999 residents
1,597 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
3
within 5 km straight-line
FOREST VIEW MEDICAL CENTRE
FOREST VIEW HEALTH, RHONDDA, TREORCHY, CF42 6DL
ODS code W95054
120 m
THE SURGERY
ST DAVID STREET, TON PENTRE, PENTRE, CF41 7BD
ODS code W95030
3.1 km
THE MAERDY FERNDALE MGP
FERNDALE MEDICAL CENTRE, 56-58 HIGH STREET, FERNDALE, CF43 4XX
ODS code W95051
4.9 km
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Forest View Health Centre
BCT · Ynys-wen
- 0.1 miles
Ynyswen Railway Station
BCT · Ynys-wen
- 0.1 miles
Ynyswen Railway Station
BCT · Ynys-wen
- 0.1 miles
Ynyswen Rail Station
RSE · Ynys-wen
- 0.1 miles
Ynyswen Rail Station
RLY · Ynys-wen
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
787 published events cover 12 months, averaging 65.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 379 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.