Schools
20 open schools are in scope, including 0 primary and 0 secondary schools. Afon Taf High School is the nearest published school at 812 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
CF48 4LN
Plymouth · Merthyr Tydfil · Wales
Updated September 2026
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- Post town
- Merthyr Tydfil
- Ward
- Plymouth
- Local authority
- Merthyr Tydfil
- Constituency
- Merthyr Tydfil and Aberdare
- Postcode district
- CF48
- Postcode sector
- CF48 4
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- CF48 4LN
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- CF
- Postcode district
- CF48
- Postcode sector
- CF48 4
- Latitude
- 51.703542
- Longitude
- -3.338359
- British National Grid easting
- 307,612
- British National Grid northing
- 201,381
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
- W00006879
- Lower layer super output area
- Merthyr Tydfil 006E · W01001312
- Middle layer super output area
- Merthyr Tydfil 006 · W02000288
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
Property
1 recorded
sale at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Kings House, Cardiff Road, Troedyrhiw, Merthyr Tydfil, CF48 4LN | 8 August 2016 | £264,000 |
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 20
- Primary
- 0
- Secondary
- 0
- 812 m
Afon Taf High School
Welsh establishment
- 857 m
Ynysowen Community Primary School
Welsh establishment
- 1.3 km
Troedyrhiw Primary School
Welsh establishment
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 411
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 197
- Public order 43
- Criminal damage and arson 40
- Anti social behaviour 39
- Other theft 26
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- 1
- Postcode households
- 1
- Residents per household
- 1.0
- CF48 4 residents
- 7,701
0 female, 1 male
Age bands in CF48 4
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 16.9%
- Age 15 to 24
- 10.8%
- Age 25 to 44
- 25.7%
- Age 45 to 64
- 26.5%
- Age 65 and over
- 20.1%
1,276 residents
815 residents
1,942 residents
1,999 residents
1,518 residents
This postcode contained 0% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider CF48 4 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+
- 0%
- 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 Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
GP practices
4
within 5 km straight-line
BROOKSIDE MEDICAL CENTRE
HEOL AFON TAF, TROEDYRHIW, MERTHYR TYDFIL, CF48 4DT
ODS code W95634
1.1 km
MEDDYGFA GLAN CYNON SURGE
TY CALON LAN, OXFORD STREET, MOUNTAIN ASH, CF45 3HD
ODS code W95029
3.7 km
HEALTH HUB IW
YSBYTY CWM CYNON, NEW ROAD, MOUNTAIN ASH, CF45 4BZ
ODS code W00208
4.2 km
TREHARRIS PRIMARY CARE CENTRE
FOX STREET, TREHARRIS, CF46 5HE
ODS code W95032
4.9 km
Nearby transport
- 0.2 miles
Ynysygored Cottages
BCT · Aberfan
- 0.3 miles
Ynysygored Cottages
BCT · Aberfan
- 0.3 miles
Edward Stephens Terrace
BCT · Troedyrhiw
- 0.3 miles
Edward Stephens Terrace
BCT · Troedyrhiw
- 0.3 miles
Pantglas
BCT · Aberfan
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
411 published events cover 12 months, averaging 34.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 197 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.