Schools
26 open schools are in scope, including 0 primary and 0 secondary schools. Cwmaber Junior School is the nearest published school at 765 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
CF8 2AR
Aber Valley · Caerphilly · Wales
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Aber Valley
- Local authority
- Caerphilly
- Constituency
- Caerphilly
- Postcode district
- CF8
- Postcode sector
- CF8 2
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- CF8 2AR
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- 1 July 1995
- Postcode area
- CF
- Postcode district
- CF8
- Postcode sector
- CF8 2
- Latitude
- 51.593992
- Longitude
- -3.260353
- British National Grid easting
- 312,792
- British National Grid northing
- 189,102
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- Wales · W92000004
- Region
- W99999999
- Local authority district
- Caerphilly · W06000018
- Electoral ward
- Aber Valley · W05001648
- Parish or community
- W04000726
- Westminster constituency
- Caerphilly · W07000088
- Output area
- W00006980
- Lower layer super output area
- Caerphilly 018A · W01001330
- Middle layer super output area
- Caerphilly 018 · W02000307
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
- 26
- Primary
- 0
- Secondary
- 0
- 765 m
Cwmaber Junior School
Welsh establishment
- 908 m
Cwmaber Infant School
Welsh establishment
- 1.2 km
Ysgol Ifor Bach
Welsh establishment
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 745
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 314
- Anti social behaviour 101
- Criminal damage and arson 86
- Public order 79
- Vehicle crime 45
GP practices
8
within 5 km straight-line
ABER MEDICAL CENTRE
MEDDYGFA TRIDWR, 27-29 THOMAS STREET, CAERPHILLY, CF83 4AU
ODS code W00005
738 m
THE VILLAGE SURGERY
LLANBRADACH CENTRE FOR HEALTH, 12 PENCERRIG STREET, LLANBRADACH, CAERPHILLY, CF83 3LR
ODS code W95073
2.4 km
NANTGARW ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE
4 BEDDAU WAY, CAERPHILLY, CF83 2AX
ODS code W95049
2.8 km
COURT HOUSE MEDICAL CENTRE
HEOL BRO WEN, CAERPHILLY, CF83 3GH
ODS code W95059
3.1 km
MARKET STREET PRACTICE
TONYFELIN MEDICAL CENTRE, TONYFELIN SURGERY, BEDWAS ROAD, CAERPHILLY, CF83 1XP
ODS code W95046
3.6 km
TAFF VALE PRACTICE
DYFFRYN ROAD, RHYDYFELIN, PONTYPRIDD, CF37 5RW
ODS code W95058
3.7 km
TY BRYN SURGERY
THE BRYN, TRETHOMAS, CAERPHILLY, CF83 8GL
ODS code W95008
4.9 km
PARC CANOL SURGERY
CENTRAL PARK, CHURCH VILLAGE, PONTYPRIDD, CF38 1RJ
ODS code W95011
5.0 km
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Graigwen Crescent
BCT · Abertridwr
- 0.1 miles
Mountain View
BCT · Abertridwr
- 0.1 miles
Mountain View
BCT · Abertridwr
- 0.1 miles
Graigwen Crescent
BCT · Abertridwr
- 0.2 miles
Nursing Home
BCT · Abertridwr
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
745 published events cover 12 months, averaging 62.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 314 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.