Schools
14 open schools are in scope, including 0 primary and 0 secondary schools. Pen-Y-Dre High School is the nearest published school at 909 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
CF48 2XR
Dowlais and Pant · Merthyr Tydfil · Wales
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Dowlais and Pant
- Local authority
- Merthyr Tydfil
- Constituency
- Merthyr Tydfil and Aberdare
- Postcode district
- CF48
- Postcode sector
- CF48 2
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- CF48 2XR
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 February 1990
- Terminated
- 1 December 1992
- Postcode area
- CF
- Postcode district
- CF48
- Postcode sector
- CF48 2
- Latitude
- 51.774353
- Longitude
- -3.372513
- British National Grid easting
- 305,400
- British National Grid northing
- 209,300
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- Wales · W92000004
- Region
- W99999999
- Local authority district
- Merthyr Tydfil · W06000024
- Electoral ward
- Dowlais and Pant · W05001618
- Parish or community
- W04000718
- Westminster constituency
- Merthyr Tydfil and Aberdare · W07000099
- Output area
- W00006802
- Lower layer super output area
- Merthyr Tydfil 002B · W01001296
- Middle layer super output area
- Merthyr Tydfil 002 · W02000284
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
- 14
- Primary
- 0
- Secondary
- 0
- 909 m
Pen-Y-Dre High School
Welsh establishment
- 1.2 km
Pantysgallog Primary School
Welsh establishment
- 1.5 km
Gellifaelog Primary School
Welsh establishment
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 1,076
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 436
- Criminal damage and arson 131
- Public order 106
- Anti social behaviour 75
- Other theft 72
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- CF48 2 residents
- 5,952
Age bands in CF48 2
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 15.5%
- Age 15 to 24
- 10.3%
- Age 25 to 44
- 22.9%
- Age 45 to 64
- 28.2%
- Age 65 and over
- 23.2%
919 residents
608 residents
1,359 residents
1,671 residents
1,373 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
5
within 5 km straight-line
MORLAIS MEDICAL PRACTICE
BERRY SQUARE, DOWLAIS, MERTHYR TYDFIL, CF48 3AL
ODS code W95086
1.7 km
PONTCAE MEDICAL PRACTICE
DYNEVOR STREET, GEORGETOWN, MERTHYR TYDFIL, CF48 1YE
ODS code W95072
3.2 km
PRACTICE 1
KEIR HARDIE HEALTH PARK, ABERDARE ROAD, MERTHYR TYDFIL, CF48 1BZ
ODS code W95023
3.3 km
PRACTICE 2
KEIR HARDIE HEALTH PARK, ABERDARE ROAD, MERTHYR TYDFIL, CF48 1BZ
ODS code W95647
3.3 km
PRACTICE 3 KEIR HARDIE HE
KEIR HARDIE HEALTH PARK, ABERDARE ROAD, MERTHYR TYDFIL, CF48 1BZ
ODS code W95005
3.3 km
Nearby transport
- 0.4 miles
Brecon Mountain Railway
BCT · Pant
- 0.4 miles
Mountain Railway Station
BCT · Pant
- 0.5 miles
Bryniau Road
BCT · Pant
- 0.5 miles
Bryniau Road
BCT · Pant
- 0.5 miles
Galon Uchaf Roundabout
BCT · Galon Uchaf
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
1,076 published events cover 12 months, averaging 89.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 436 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.