Schools
15 open schools are in scope, including 0 primary and 0 secondary schools. Pen-Y-Dre High School is the nearest published school at 763 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
CF47 9DR
Gurnos · Merthyr Tydfil · Wales
Updated September 2026
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- Post town
- Merthyr Tydfil
- Ward
- Gurnos
- Local authority
- Merthyr Tydfil
- Constituency
- Merthyr Tydfil and Aberdare
- Postcode district
- CF47
- Postcode sector
- CF47 9
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- CF47 9DR
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- CF
- Postcode district
- CF47
- Postcode sector
- CF47 9
- Latitude
- 51.764805
- Longitude
- -3.389932
- British National Grid easting
- 304,178
- British National Grid northing
- 208,261
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- Wales · W92000004
- Region
- W99999999
- Local authority district
- Merthyr Tydfil · W06000024
- Electoral ward
- Gurnos · W05001619
- Parish or community
- W04000716
- Westminster constituency
- Merthyr Tydfil and Aberdare · W07000099
- Output area
- W00006815
- Lower layer super output area
- Merthyr Tydfil 008B · W01001300
- Middle layer super output area
- Merthyr Tydfil 008 · W02000415
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 CF47
Property
11 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 24, Forsythia Close, Merthyr Tydfil, CF47 9DR | 23 October 2017 | £64,000 |
| 5, Forsythia Close, Merthyr Tydfil, CF47 9DR | 12 July 2017 | £50,000 |
| 34, Forsythia Close, Merthyr Tydfil, CF47 9DR | 29 June 2017 | £63,000 |
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 15
- Primary
- 0
- Secondary
- 0
- 763 m
Pen-Y-Dre High School
Welsh establishment
- 838 m
Ysgol-Y-Graig Primary School
Welsh establishment
- 1.3 km
Cyfarthfa Park Primary School
Welsh establishment
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 1,488
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 635
- Public order 152
- Anti social behaviour 146
- Criminal damage and arson 145
- Other theft 96
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- 153
- Postcode households
- 56
- Residents per household
- 2.7
- CF47 9 residents
- 10,591
78 female, 75 male
Age bands in CF47 9
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 22.4%
- Age 15 to 24
- 11.7%
- Age 25 to 44
- 26.5%
- Age 45 to 64
- 24.7%
- Age 65 and over
- 14.7%
2,462 residents
1,280 residents
2,917 residents
2,710 residents
1,618 residents
This postcode contained 1.4% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider CF47 9 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
5
within 5 km
PRACTICE 1
KEIR HARDIE HEALTH PARK, ABERDARE ROAD, MERTHYR TYDFIL, CF48 1BZ
ODS code W95023
2.1 km
PRACTICE 2
KEIR HARDIE HEALTH PARK, ABERDARE ROAD, MERTHYR TYDFIL, CF48 1BZ
ODS code W95647
2.1 km
PRACTICE 3 KEIR HARDIE HE
KEIR HARDIE HEALTH PARK, ABERDARE ROAD, MERTHYR TYDFIL, CF48 1BZ
ODS code W95005
2.1 km
PONTCAE MEDICAL PRACTICE
DYNEVOR STREET, GEORGETOWN, MERTHYR TYDFIL, CF48 1YE
ODS code W95072
2.1 km
MORLAIS MEDICAL PRACTICE
BERRY SQUARE, DOWLAIS, MERTHYR TYDFIL, CF48 3AL
ODS code W95086
2.2 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 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Lupin Close
BCT · Gurnos
- 0.1 miles
Pen Gurnos
BCT · Gurnos
- 0.1 miles
Marigold Close
BCT · Gurnos
- 0.1 miles
Marigold Close
BCT · Gurnos
- 0.1 miles
Pen Gurnos
BCT · Gurnos
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
1,488 published events cover 12 months, averaging 124 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 635 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.