Schools
25 open schools are in scope, including 0 primary and 0 secondary schools. Nelson Primary School is the nearest published school at 468 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
CF46 6ES
Nelson · Caerphilly · Wales
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Nelson
- Local authority
- Caerphilly
- Constituency
- Caerphilly
- Postcode district
- CF46
- Postcode sector
- CF46 6
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- CF46 6ES
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- 1 June 1998
- Postcode area
- CF
- Postcode district
- CF46
- Postcode sector
- CF46 6
- Latitude
- 51.654039
- Longitude
- -3.287953
- British National Grid easting
- 310,998
- British National Grid northing
- 195,813
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- Wales · W92000004
- Region
- W99999999
- Local authority district
- Caerphilly · W06000018
- Electoral ward
- Nelson · W05001665
- Parish or community
- W04000739
- Westminster constituency
- Caerphilly · W07000088
- Output area
- W00007221
- Lower layer super output area
- Caerphilly 013B · W01001378
- Middle layer super output area
- Caerphilly 013 · W02000302
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 CF46
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 25
- Primary
- 0
- Secondary
- 0
- 468 m
Nelson Primary School
Welsh establishment
- 1.7 km
Trelewis Primary School
Welsh establishment
- 2.4 km
Greenhill Primary School
Welsh establishment
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 445
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 191
- Anti social behaviour 52
- Public order 42
- Criminal damage and arson 37
- Vehicle crime 35
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- CF46 6 residents
- 8,249
Age bands in CF46 6
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 16.6%
- Age 15 to 24
- 10.3%
- Age 25 to 44
- 23.3%
- Age 45 to 64
- 27.4%
- Age 65 and over
- 22.4%
1,371 residents
845 residents
1,916 residents
2,260 residents
1,847 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
6
within 5 km straight-line
NELSON SURGERY
BRYNCELYN, NELSON, TREHARRIS, CF46 6HL
ODS code W95043
498 m
TREHARRIS PRIMARY CARE CENTRE
FOX STREET, TREHARRIS, CF46 5HE
ODS code W95032
1.7 km
MEDDYGFA GELLIGAER SURGERY
HEOL HEN YSGOL, GELLIGAER, HENGOED, CF82 8FQ
ODS code W95050
2.8 km
ABERCYNON MEDICAL CENTRE
YNYSMEURIG ROAD, ABERCYNON, MOUNTAIN ASH, CF45 4YB
ODS code W95042
2.9 km
OAKFIELD SURGERY
OAKFIELD STREET, YSTRAD MYNACH, HENGOED, CF82 7WX
ODS code W95065
3.9 km
PENGAM HEALTH CENTRE
GLAN-YR-AFON LANE, FLEUR DE LIS, BLACKWOOD, NP12 3WA
ODS code W93614
4.5 km
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Llancaiach View
BCT · Nelson
- 0.1 miles
Llancaiach View
BCT · Nelson
- 0.2 miles
Llwyn yr Eos
BCT · Nelson
- 0.2 miles
Llwyn yr Eos
BCT · Nelson
- 0.2 miles
St John's Church
BCT · Nelson
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
445 published events cover 12 months, averaging 37.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 191 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.