Schools
19 open schools are in scope, including 0 primary and 0 secondary schools. Caedraw Primary School is the nearest published school at 640 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
CF48 1AT
Cyfarthfa · Merthyr Tydfil · Wales
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Cyfarthfa
- Local authority
- Merthyr Tydfil
- Constituency
- Merthyr Tydfil and Aberdare
- Postcode district
- CF48
- Postcode sector
- CF48 1
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- CF48 1AT
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- CF
- Postcode district
- CF48
- Postcode sector
- CF48 1
- Latitude
- 51.746925
- Longitude
- -3.385052
- British National Grid easting
- 304,477
- British National Grid northing
- 206,266
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- Wales · W92000004
- Region
- W99999999
- Local authority district
- Merthyr Tydfil · W06000024
- Electoral ward
- Cyfarthfa · W05001617
- Parish or community
- W04000714
- Westminster constituency
- Merthyr Tydfil and Aberdare · W07000099
- Output area
- W00010287
- Lower layer super output area
- Merthyr Tydfil 004B · W01001293
- Middle layer super output area
- Merthyr Tydfil 004 · W02000286
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 CF48
Schools
Within 5 km of this postcode
- Open schools
- 19
- Primary
- 0
- Secondary
- 0
- 640 m
Caedraw Primary School
Welsh establishment
- 745 m
Cyfarthfa Park Primary School
Welsh establishment
- 912 m
Ysgol Gynradd Gymraeg Santes Tudful
Welsh establishment
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 2,691
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 915
- Shoplifting 468
- Anti social behaviour 289
- Public order 280
- Criminal damage and arson 200
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- CF48 1 residents
- 9,045
Age bands in CF48 1
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 19.1%
- 1,789 residents
- Age 15 to 24
- 9.7%
- 909 residents
- Age 25 to 44
- 25.7%
- 2,411 residents
- Age 45 to 64
- 25.9%
- 2,430 residents
- Age 65 and over
- 19.7%
- 1,851 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, coverage at January 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
GP practices
6
within 5 km straight-line
PONTCAE MEDICAL PRACTICE
DYNEVOR STREET, GEORGETOWN, MERTHYR TYDFIL, CF48 1YE
ODS code W95072
96 m
PRACTICE 1
KEIR HARDIE HEALTH PARK, ABERDARE ROAD, MERTHYR TYDFIL, CF48 1BZ
ODS code W95023
319 m
PRACTICE 2
KEIR HARDIE HEALTH PARK, ABERDARE ROAD, MERTHYR TYDFIL, CF48 1BZ
ODS code W95647
319 m
PRACTICE 3 KEIR HARDIE HE
KEIR HARDIE HEALTH PARK, ABERDARE ROAD, MERTHYR TYDFIL, CF48 1BZ
ODS code W95005
319 m
MORLAIS MEDICAL PRACTICE
BERRY SQUARE, DOWLAIS, MERTHYR TYDFIL, CF48 3AL
ODS code W95086
2.5 km
BROOKSIDE MEDICAL CENTRE
HEOL AFON TAF, TROEDYRHIW, MERTHYR TYDFIL, CF48 4DT
ODS code W95634
4.7 km
Nearby transport
- 20 m
Kirkhouse Memorial Hall
BCT · Georgetown
- 55 m
Kirkhouse Memorial Hall
BCT · Georgetown
- 90 m
RAFA Club
BCT · Georgetown
- 108 m
RAFA Club
BCT · Georgetown
- 134 m
Coffins Row
BCT · Georgetown
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
2,691 published events cover 12 months, averaging 224 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 915 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.