Schools
38 open schools are in scope, including 0 primary and 0 secondary schools. Gwenfo C.I.W. Primary is the nearest published school at 691 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
CF5 6AP
Wenvoe · Vale of Glamorgan · Wales
Updated September 2026
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- Post town
- Cardiff
- Ward
- Wenvoe
- Local authority
- Vale of Glamorgan
- Constituency
- Vale of Glamorgan
- Postcode district
- CF5
- Postcode sector
- CF5 6
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- CF5 6AP
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- CF
- Postcode district
- CF5
- Postcode sector
- CF5 6
- Latitude
- 51.454956
- Longitude
- -3.267126
- British National Grid easting
- 312,055
- British National Grid northing
- 173,648
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- Wales · W92000004
- Region
- W99999999
- Local authority district
- Vale of Glamorgan · W06000014
- Electoral ward
- Wenvoe · W05001402
- Parish or community
- W04000675
- Westminster constituency
- Vale of Glamorgan · W07000110
- Output area
- W00010598
- Lower layer super output area
- Vale of Glamorgan 003C · W01001135
- Middle layer super output area
- Vale of Glamorgan 003 · W02000239
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 CF5
Property
1 recorded
sale at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Bryn Awel, Old Port Road, Wenvoe, Cardiff, CF5 6AP | 13 February 2004 | £360,000 |
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 38
- Primary
- 0
- Secondary
- 0
- 691 m
Gwenfo C.I.W. Primary
Welsh establishment
- 1.2 km
Mary Immaculate R.C. High School
Welsh establishment
- 2.0 km
Ely and Caerau Children's Centre
Welsh establishment
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 463
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Shoplifting 150
- Violence and sexual offences 125
- Public order 44
- Criminal damage and arson 34
- Anti social behaviour 28
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- 3
- Postcode households
- 1
- Residents per household
- 3.0
- CF5 6 residents
- 6,516
2 female, 1 male
Age bands in CF5 6
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 16.4%
- Age 15 to 24
- 8.8%
- Age 25 to 44
- 25.2%
- Age 45 to 64
- 28.2%
- Age 65 and over
- 21.3%
1,088 residents
588 residents
1,676 residents
1,877 residents
1,416 residents
This postcode contained 0% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider CF5 6 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
6
within 5 km
WOODLANDS MEDICAL CENTRE
1 GREENFARM ROAD, CARDIFF, CF5 4RG
ODS code W97023
1.9 km
THE CAERAU LANE SURGERY
DANESCOURT & GREENMOUNT SURGERY, 25 CHURCH ROAD, ELY, CARDIFF, CF5 5LQ
ODS code W97068
2.2 km
ELY BRIDGE SURGERY
23 MILL ROAD, ELY, CARDIFF, CF5 4AD
ODS code W97040
3.9 km
FAIRWATER HEALTH CENTRE
PLASMAWR ROAD, CARDIFF, CF5 3JT
ODS code W97047
4.4 km
MEDDYGFA LANSDOWNE SURGERY
AFON ELAI PARTNERSHIP, SANATORIUM ROAD, CARDIFF, CF11 8DG
ODS code W97031
4.4 km
THE PRACTICE OF HEALTH
31 BARRY ROAD, BARRY, CF63 1BA
ODS code W97611
4.7 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 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Wallston Castle
BCT · Wenvoe
- 0.2 miles
Alps Roundabout
BCT · Wenvoe
- 0.2 miles
Wallston Castle
BCT · Wenvoe
- 0.2 miles
Alps Roundabout
BCT · Wenvoe
- 0.4 miles
Station Road
BCT · Wenvoe
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
463 published events cover 12 months, averaging 38.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Shoplifting with 150 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.