Schools
21 open schools are in scope, including 0 primary and 0 secondary schools. Twyn Primary School is the nearest published school at 519 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
CF8 1RJ
Van · Caerphilly · Wales
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Van
- Local authority
- Caerphilly
- Constituency
- Caerphilly
- Postcode district
- CF8
- Postcode sector
- CF8 1
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- CF8 1RJ
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- 1 July 1995
- Postcode area
- CF
- Postcode district
- CF8
- Postcode sector
- CF8 1
- Latitude
- 51.577596
- Longitude
- -3.209489
- British National Grid easting
- 316,285
- British National Grid northing
- 187,219
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- Wales · W92000004
- Region
- W99999999
- Local authority district
- Caerphilly · W06000018
- Electoral ward
- Van · W05001676
- Parish or community
- W04000915
- Westminster constituency
- Caerphilly · W07000088
- Output area
- W00007436
- Lower layer super output area
- Caerphilly 022F · W01001422
- Middle layer super output area
- Caerphilly 022 · W02000311
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 CF8
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 21
- Primary
- 0
- Secondary
- 0
- 519 m
Twyn Primary School
Welsh establishment
- 540 m
St Helen's Catholic Primary School
Welsh establishment
- 540 m
St James Primary
Welsh establishment
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 2,235
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 792
- Anti social behaviour 331
- Criminal damage and arson 262
- Public order 261
- Shoplifting 174
GP practices
7
within 5 km straight-line
MARKET STREET PRACTICE
TONYFELIN MEDICAL CENTRE, TONYFELIN SURGERY, BEDWAS ROAD, CAERPHILLY, CF83 1XP
ODS code W95046
445 m
COURT HOUSE MEDICAL CENTRE
HEOL BRO WEN, CAERPHILLY, CF83 3GH
ODS code W95059
965 m
TY BRYN SURGERY
THE BRYN, TRETHOMAS, CAERPHILLY, CF83 8GL
ODS code W95008
2.2 km
NANTGARW ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE
4 BEDDAU WAY, CAERPHILLY, CF83 2AX
ODS code W95049
2.6 km
THE VILLAGE SURGERY
LLANBRADACH CENTRE FOR HEALTH, 12 PENCERRIG STREET, LLANBRADACH, CAERPHILLY, CF83 3LR
ODS code W95073
3.5 km
NORTH CARDIFF MEDICAL CENTRE
EXCALIBUR DRIVE, THORNHILL, CARDIFF, CF14 9BB
ODS code W97015
4.6 km
ABER MEDICAL CENTRE
MEDDYGFA TRIDWR, 27-29 THOMAS STREET, CAERPHILLY, CF83 4AU
ODS code W00005
4.7 km
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Allotments
BCT · Castle Park
- 0.1 miles
Trevelyan Court
BCT · Lansbury Park
- 0.1 miles
Graham Court
BCT · Lansbury Park
- 0.1 miles
Greenwood Court
BCT · Lansbury Park
- 0.1 miles
Brynau Road
BCT · Castle Park
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
2,235 published events cover 12 months, averaging 186.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 792 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.