Schools
14 open schools are in scope, including 0 primary and 0 secondary schools. Ysgol G.G. Ynyswen is the nearest published school at 278 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
CF42 6EP
Treorchy · Rhondda Cynon Taf · Wales
Updated September 2026
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- Post town
- Treorchy
- 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 6EP
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 December 1994
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- CF
- Postcode district
- CF42
- Postcode sector
- CF42 6
- Latitude
- 51.666340
- Longitude
- -3.523708
- British National Grid easting
- 294,718
- British National Grid northing
- 197,495
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
- W00006668
- Lower layer super output area
- Rhondda Cynon Taf 010D · W01001272
- 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
Property
1 recorded
sale at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Unit 36, Ynyswen Industrial Estate, Treorchy, CF42 6EP | 30 January 2020 | £550,000 |
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 14
- Primary
- 0
- Secondary
- 0
- 278 m
Ysgol G.G. Ynyswen
Welsh establishment
- 470 m
Penyrenglyn Primary School
Welsh establishment
- 1.2 km
Treorchy Comprehensive School
Welsh establishment
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 812
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 380
- Public order 103
- Anti social behaviour 76
- Criminal damage and arson 55
- Other theft 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.
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
2
within 5 km
FOREST VIEW MEDICAL CENTRE
FOREST VIEW HEALTH, RHONDDA, TREORCHY, CF42 6DL
ODS code W95054
509 m
THE SURGERY
ST DAVID STREET, TON PENTRE, PENTRE, CF41 7BD
ODS code W95030
3.5 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
Payne`s Shop
BCT · Ynys-wen
- 0.1 miles
Payne`s Shop
BCT · Ynys-wen
- 0.1 miles
Ynyswen Rail Station
RLY · Ynys-wen
- 0.1 miles
Ynyswen Rail Station
RSE · Ynys-wen
- 0.2 miles
Penyrenglyn School
BCT · Pen-yr-Englyn
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
812 published events cover 12 months, averaging 67.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 380 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.