Schools
19 open schools are in scope, including 0 primary and 0 secondary schools. Maesgwyn Special School is the nearest published school at 129 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
CF44 8ST
Aberdare West and Llwydcoed · Rhondda Cynon Taf · Wales
Updated September 2026
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- 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 8ST
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- 1 September 2017
- Postcode area
- CF
- Postcode district
- CF44
- Postcode sector
- CF44 8
- Latitude
- 51.723455
- Longitude
- -3.468799
- British National Grid easting
- 298,643
- British National Grid northing
- 203,769
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
- W00006074
- Lower layer super output area
- Rhondda Cynon Taf 002B · W01001152
- Middle layer super output area
- Rhondda Cynon Taf 002 · W02000253
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
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 19
- Primary
- 0
- Secondary
- 0
- 129 m
Maesgwyn Special School
Welsh establishment
- 265 m
Ty Gwyn Education Centres
Welsh establishment
- 547 m
Park Lane Special School
Welsh establishment
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 850
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 426
- Anti social behaviour 110
- Public order 92
- Criminal damage and arson 63
- Other theft 34
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- CF44 8 residents
- 8,860
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
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
4
within 5 km straight-line
ST JOHN'S MEDICAL PRACTICE
HIGH STREET, ABERDARE, CF44 7DD
ODS code W95001
1.8 km
74 MONK STREET
73-74 MONK STREET, ABERDARE, CF44 7PA
ODS code W95633
2.0 km
HIRWAUN MEDICAL CENTRE
HIGH STREET, HIRWAUN, ABERDARE, CF44 9SL
ODS code W95020
3.5 km
CWMAMAN SURGERY
6-14 GLANAMAN ROAD, CWMAMAN, ABERDARE, CF44 6HY
ODS code W95016
4.5 km
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Y Dolydd
BCT · Trecynon
- 0.1 miles
Y Dolydd
BCT · Cwmdare
- 0.1 miles
Aberdare Cemetery
BCT · Trecynon
- 0.1 miles
Graiglwyd
BCT · Cwmdare
- 0.1 miles
Graiglwyd
BCT · Cwmdare
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
850 published events cover 12 months, averaging 70.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 426 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.