Schools
21 open schools are in scope, including 0 primary and 0 secondary schools. Caedraw Primary School is the nearest published school at 832 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
CF48 1YG
Plymouth · Merthyr Tydfil · Wales
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Plymouth
- 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 1YG
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 June 1997
- Terminated
- 1 April 2005
- Postcode area
- CF
- Postcode district
- CF48
- Postcode sector
- CF48 1
- Latitude
- 51.735993
- Longitude
- -3.373379
- British National Grid easting
- 305,260
- British National Grid northing
- 205,035
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- Wales · W92000004
- Region
- W99999999
- Local authority district
- Merthyr Tydfil · W06000024
- Electoral ward
- Plymouth · W05001623
- Parish or community
- W04000723
- Westminster constituency
- Merthyr Tydfil and Aberdare · W07000099
- Output area
- W00006884
- Lower layer super output area
- Merthyr Tydfil 005A · W01001314
- Middle layer super output area
- Merthyr Tydfil 005 · W02000287
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 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 21
- Primary
- 0
- Secondary
- 0
- 832 m
Caedraw Primary School
Welsh establishment
- 872 m
Twynrodyn Community School
Welsh establishment
- 1.5 km
Cyfarthfa High School
Welsh establishment
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 1,854
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 664
- Shoplifting 312
- Anti social behaviour 202
- Public order 197
- Criminal damage and arson 128
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%
- Age 15 to 24
- 9.7%
- Age 25 to 44
- 25.7%
- Age 45 to 64
- 25.9%
- Age 65 and over
- 19.7%
1,789 residents
909 residents
2,411 residents
2,430 residents
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.
GP practices
6
within 5 km straight-line
PONTCAE MEDICAL PRACTICE
DYNEVOR STREET, GEORGETOWN, MERTHYR TYDFIL, CF48 1YE
ODS code W95072
1.4 km
PRACTICE 1
KEIR HARDIE HEALTH PARK, ABERDARE ROAD, MERTHYR TYDFIL, CF48 1BZ
ODS code W95023
1.6 km
PRACTICE 2
KEIR HARDIE HEALTH PARK, ABERDARE ROAD, MERTHYR TYDFIL, CF48 1BZ
ODS code W95647
1.6 km
PRACTICE 3 KEIR HARDIE HE
KEIR HARDIE HEALTH PARK, ABERDARE ROAD, MERTHYR TYDFIL, CF48 1BZ
ODS code W95005
1.6 km
MORLAIS MEDICAL PRACTICE
BERRY SQUARE, DOWLAIS, MERTHYR TYDFIL, CF48 3AL
ODS code W95086
3.1 km
BROOKSIDE MEDICAL CENTRE
HEOL AFON TAF, TROEDYRHIW, MERTHYR TYDFIL, CF48 4DT
ODS code W95634
3.2 km
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Mardy Terrace
BCT · Merthyr Tydfil
- 0.1 miles
Gladstone Terrace
BCT · Merthyr Tydfil
- 0.1 miles
Evans Halshaw
BCT · Merthyr Tydfil
- 0.1 miles
Evans Halshaw
BCT · Merthyr Tydfil
- 0.2 miles
Mardy
BCT · Merthyr Tydfil
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
1,854 published events cover 12 months, averaging 154.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 664 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.