Schools
16 open schools are in scope, including 0 primary and 0 secondary schools. Penygawsi Primary School is the nearest published school at 354 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
CF72 8YG
Llantrisant and Talbot Green · Rhondda Cynon Taf · Wales
Updated September 2026
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- Post town
- Pontyclun
- Local authority
- Rhondda Cynon Taf
- Constituency
- Pontypridd
- Postcode district
- CF72
- Postcode sector
- CF72 8
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- CF72 8YG
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 July 1995
- Terminated
- 1 July 2013
- Postcode area
- CF
- Postcode district
- CF72
- Postcode sector
- CF72 8
- Latitude
- 51.538751
- Longitude
- -3.369018
- British National Grid easting
- 305,150
- British National Grid northing
- 183,094
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- Wales · W92000004
- Region
- W99999999
- Local authority district
- Rhondda Cynon Taf · W06000016
- Electoral ward
- Llantrisant and Talbot Green · W05001089
- Parish or community
- W04001014
- Westminster constituency
- Pontypridd · W07000106
- Output area
- W00006297
- Lower layer super output area
- Rhondda Cynon Taf 030A · W01001193
- Middle layer super output area
- Rhondda Cynon Taf 030 · W02000281
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 CF72
Property
2 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Southgate Garage, Cross Inn Road, Llantrisant, Pontyclun, CF72 8YG | 3 May 2017 | £500,000 |
| Southgate Garage, Cross Inn Road, Llantrisant, Pontyclun, CF72 8YG | 3 May 2017 | £600,000 |
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 16
- Primary
- 0
- Secondary
- 0
- 354 m
Penygawsi Primary School
Welsh establishment
- 644 m
YGGG Llantrisant
Welsh establishment
- 936 m
Llantrisant Primary
Welsh establishment
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 751
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 232
- Shoplifting 164
- Anti social behaviour 82
- Public order 77
- Other theft 47
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- CF72 8 residents
- 10,893
Age bands in CF72 8
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 16.7%
- Age 15 to 24
- 9.5%
- Age 25 to 44
- 21.4%
- Age 45 to 64
- 29.3%
- Age 65 and over
- 23%
1,863 residents
1,061 residents
2,388 residents
3,261 residents
2,561 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
3
within 5 km straight-line
NEWPARK SURGERY
TALBOT GREEN GROUP PRACTICE, HEOL-Y-GYFRAITH, TALBOT GREEN, PONTYCLUN, CF72 8AJ
ODS code W95036
1.0 km
OLD SCHOOL SURGERY
SCHOOL STREET, PONTYCLUN, CF72 9AA
ODS code W95025
2.2 km
PARC CANOL SURGERY
CENTRAL PARK, CHURCH VILLAGE, PONTYPRIDD, CF38 1RJ
ODS code W95011
4.7 km
Nearby transport
- 0.0 miles
Greenlands Road
BCT · Cross Inn
- 0.1 miles
Cross Inn Garage
BCT · Cross Inn
- 0.1 miles
Cross Inn Garage
BCT · Cross Inn
- 0.1 miles
Southgate Avenue
BCT · Cross Inn
- 0.1 miles
Summerfield Drive
BCT · Cross Inn
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
751 published events cover 12 months, averaging 62.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 232 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.