Schools
7 open schools are in scope, including 0 primary and 0 secondary schools. Llanfair C.P. School is the nearest published school at 1.7 miles.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
CF71 7LY
Llandow · Vale of Glamorgan · Wales
Updated September 2026
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- Post town
- Cowbridge
- Ward
- Llandow
- Local authority
- Vale of Glamorgan
- Constituency
- Vale of Glamorgan
- Postcode district
- CF71
- Postcode sector
- CF71 7
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- CF71 7LY
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 July 1995
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- CF
- Postcode district
- CF71
- Postcode sector
- CF71 7
- Latitude
- 51.435095
- Longitude
- -3.480149
- British National Grid easting
- 297,210
- British National Grid northing
- 171,717
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- Wales · W92000004
- Region
- W99999999
- Local authority district
- Vale of Glamorgan · W06000014
- Electoral ward
- Llandow · W05001391
- Parish or community
- W04000657
- Westminster constituency
- Vale of Glamorgan · W07000110
- Output area
- W00005840
- Lower layer super output area
- Vale of Glamorgan 001A · W01001105
- Middle layer super output area
- Vale of Glamorgan 001 · W02000237
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 CF71
Property
6 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 5, Orchard Close, Sigingstone, Cowbridge, CF71 7LY | 30 May 2018 | £425,000 |
| 5, Orchard Close, Sigingstone, Cowbridge, CF71 7LY | 24 July 2003 | £249,500 |
| 5, Orchard Close, Sigingstone, Cowbridge, CF71 7LY | 24 November 2000 | £167,000 |
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 7
- Primary
- 0
- Secondary
- 0
- 2.7 km
Llanfair C.P. School
Welsh establishment
- 2.8 km
St Illtyd Primary School
Welsh establishment
- 3.3 km
Llantwit Major School
Welsh establishment
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 16
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 5
- Other theft 3
- Vehicle crime 2
- Criminal damage and arson 2
- Burglary 1
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- 12
- Postcode households
- 6
- Residents per household
- 2.0
- CF71 7 residents
- 9,573
5 female, 7 male
Age bands in CF71 7
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 16.1%
- Age 15 to 24
- 8.4%
- Age 25 to 44
- 17.6%
- Age 45 to 64
- 28.6%
- Age 65 and over
- 29.3%
1,561 residents
819 residents
1,704 residents
2,773 residents
2,847 residents
This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider CF71 7 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
3
within 5 km
ERYL SURGERY
LLANTWIT MAJOR & COASTAL, MEDICAL PRACTICE STATION, STATION ROAD, LLANTWIT MAJOR, CF61 1ST
ODS code W97045
2.8 km
COWBRIDGE & VALE MEDICAL PRACTICE
COWBRIDGE HEALTH CENTRE, THE BROADSHOARD, COWBRIDGE, CF71 7DA
ODS code W97038
3.7 km
WESTERN VALE FAMILY PRACTICE
THE BROADSHOARD, COWBRIDGE, CF71 7DA
ODS code W97052
3.7 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 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.
Nearby transport
- 0.0 miles
Victoria Inn
BCT · Sigingstone
- 0.1 miles
Siginstone Cross
BCT · Sigingstone
- 0.6 miles
Vale Business Park
BCT · Llandow
- 0.6 miles
Vale Business Park
BCT · Llandow
- 0.9 miles
Vale Business Park
BCT · Llandow
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
16 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 5 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.