Schools
19 open schools are in scope, including 0 primary and 0 secondary schools. Ysgol G.G. Aberdar is the nearest published school at 48 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
CF44 8RJ
Aberdare West and Llwydcoed · Rhondda Cynon Taf · Wales
Updated September 2026
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- Post town
- Aberdare
- Local authority
- Rhondda Cynon Taf
- Constituency
- Merthyr Tydfil and Aberdare
- Postcode district
- CF44
- Postcode sector
- CF44 8
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- CF44 8RJ
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 February 1990
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- CF
- Postcode district
- CF44
- Postcode sector
- CF44 8
- Latitude
- 51.718920
- Longitude
- -3.466872
- British National Grid easting
- 298,766
- British National Grid northing
- 203,262
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- Wales · W92000004
- Region
- W99999999
- Local authority district
- Rhondda Cynon Taf · W06000016
- Electoral ward
- Aberdare West and Llwydcoed · W05001074
- Parish or community
- W04001012
- Westminster constituency
- Merthyr Tydfil and Aberdare · W07000099
- Output area
- W00006089
- Lower layer super output area
- Rhondda Cynon Taf 003C · W01001151
- Middle layer super output area
- Rhondda Cynon Taf 003 · W02000254
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 CF44
Property
4 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 1, Cherry Drive, Cwmdare, Aberdare, CF44 8RJ | 31 March 2016 | £232,500 |
| 1, Cherry Drive, Cwmdare, Aberdare, CF44 8RJ | 9 March 2004 | £172,000 |
| 3, Cherry Drive, Cwmdare, Aberdare, CF44 8RJ | 3 March 2000 | £107,000 |
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 19
- Primary
- 0
- Secondary
- 0
- 48 m
Ysgol G.G. Aberdar
Welsh establishment
- 289 m
Park Lane Special School
Welsh establishment
- 416 m
Ty Gwyn Education Centres
Welsh establishment
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 1,008
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 485
- Public order 139
- Anti social behaviour 131
- Criminal damage and arson 73
- Other theft 35
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- 12
- Postcode households
- 2
- Residents per household
- 6.0
- CF44 8 residents
- 8,860
6 female, 6 male
Age bands in CF44 8
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 15.2%
- Age 15 to 24
- 10.9%
- Age 25 to 44
- 23.6%
- Age 45 to 64
- 28.4%
- Age 65 and over
- 22%
1,342 residents
962 residents
2,084 residents
2,515 residents
1,944 residents
This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider CF44 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+
- 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
4
within 5 km
ST JOHN'S MEDICAL PRACTICE
HIGH STREET, ABERDARE, CF44 7DD
ODS code W95001
1.4 km
74 MONK STREET
73-74 MONK STREET, ABERDARE, CF44 7PA
ODS code W95633
1.6 km
HIRWAUN MEDICAL CENTRE
HIGH STREET, HIRWAUN, ABERDARE, CF44 9SL
ODS code W95020
3.9 km
CWMAMAN SURGERY
6-14 GLANAMAN ROAD, CWMAMAN, ABERDARE, CF44 6HY
ODS code W95016
4.0 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
- 0.0 miles
Cherry Drive
BCT · Cwmdare
- 0.0 miles
Laurel Close
BCT · Cwmdare
- 0.0 miles
Laurel Close
BCT · Cwmdare
- 0.0 miles
Cherry Drive
BCT · Cwmdare
- 0.1 miles
Bryn Eithin
BCT · Cwmdare
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
1,008 published events cover 12 months, averaging 84 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 485 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.