Schools
6 open schools are in scope, including 0 primary and 0 secondary schools. Ysgol Iolo Morganwg is the nearest published school at 213 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
CF71 7WD
Cowbridge · Vale of Glamorgan · Wales
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Cowbridge
- 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 7WD
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 June 2002
- Terminated
- 1 January 2006
- Postcode area
- CF
- Postcode district
- CF71
- Postcode sector
- CF71 7
- Latitude
- 51.460601
- Longitude
- -3.443835
- British National Grid easting
- 299,790
- British National Grid northing
- 174,503
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- Wales · W92000004
- Region
- W99999999
- Local authority district
- Vale of Glamorgan · W06000014
- Electoral ward
- Cowbridge · W05001385
- Parish or community
- W04000652
- Westminster constituency
- Vale of Glamorgan · W07000110
- Output area
- W00005724
- Lower layer super output area
- Vale of Glamorgan 002A · W01001082
- Middle layer super output area
- Vale of Glamorgan 002 · W02000238
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
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 6
- Primary
- 0
- Secondary
- 0
- 213 m
Ysgol Iolo Morganwg
Welsh establishment
- 276 m
Y Bontfaen Primary
Welsh establishment
- 533 m
Cowbridge Comprehensive School
Welsh establishment
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 166
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 59
- Anti social behaviour 21
- Public order 20
- Other theft 14
- Shoplifting 14
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- CF71 7 residents
- 9,573
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
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
2
within 5 km straight-line
COWBRIDGE & VALE MEDICAL PRACTICE
COWBRIDGE HEALTH CENTRE, THE BROADSHOARD, COWBRIDGE, CF71 7DA
ODS code W97038
769 m
WESTERN VALE FAMILY PRACTICE
THE BROADSHOARD, COWBRIDGE, CF71 7DA
ODS code W97052
769 m
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Ysgol Iolo Morganwg
BCT · Cowbridge
- 0.2 miles
Ysgol Iolo Morganwg
BCT · Cowbridge
- 0.2 miles
Cowbridge Town Hall
BCT · Cowbridge
- 0.2 miles
Geoffrey Ashe Court
BCT · Cowbridge
- 0.2 miles
Geoffrey Ashe Court
BCT · Cowbridge
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
166 published events cover 12 months, averaging 13.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 59 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.