Schools
24 open schools are in scope, including 0 primary and 0 secondary schools. Bedwas Junior School is the nearest published school at 548 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
CF8 3DX
Van · Caerphilly · Wales
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Van
- Local authority
- Caerphilly
- Constituency
- Caerphilly
- Postcode district
- CF8
- Postcode sector
- CF8 3
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- CF8 3DX
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- 1 July 1995
- Postcode area
- CF
- Postcode district
- CF8
- Postcode sector
- CF8 3
- Latitude
- 51.586684
- Longitude
- -3.201821
- British National Grid easting
- 316,833
- British National Grid northing
- 188,221
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
- W00007427
- Lower layer super output area
- Caerphilly 022D · W01001420
- 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
- 24
- Primary
- 0
- Secondary
- 0
- 548 m
Bedwas Junior School
Welsh establishment
- 712 m
St Helen's Catholic Primary School
Welsh establishment
- 712 m
St James Primary
Welsh establishment
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 1,841
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 697
- Anti social behaviour 258
- Criminal damage and arson 215
- Public order 194
- Shoplifting 137
GP practices
6
within 5 km straight-line
TY BRYN SURGERY
THE BRYN, TRETHOMAS, CAERPHILLY, CF83 8GL
ODS code W95008
1.1 km
COURT HOUSE MEDICAL CENTRE
HEOL BRO WEN, CAERPHILLY, CF83 3GH
ODS code W95059
1.2 km
MARKET STREET PRACTICE
TONYFELIN MEDICAL CENTRE, TONYFELIN SURGERY, BEDWAS ROAD, CAERPHILLY, CF83 1XP
ODS code W95046
1.4 km
THE VILLAGE SURGERY
LLANBRADACH CENTRE FOR HEALTH, 12 PENCERRIG STREET, LLANBRADACH, CAERPHILLY, CF83 3LR
ODS code W95073
3.0 km
NANTGARW ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE
4 BEDDAU WAY, CAERPHILLY, CF83 2AX
ODS code W95049
3.5 km
ABER MEDICAL CENTRE
MEDDYGFA TRIDWR, 27-29 THOMAS STREET, CAERPHILLY, CF83 4AU
ODS code W00005
4.9 km
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Darren Close
BCT · Porset
- 0.1 miles
Maes-yr-Afon
BCT · Porset
- 0.1 miles
Rudry Road Footpath
BCT · Mornington Meadows
- 0.1 miles
Hafan Werdd
BCT · Mornington Meadows
- 0.2 miles
Penclawdd
BCT · Mornington Meadows
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
1,841 published events cover 12 months, averaging 153.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 697 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.