Schools
36 open schools are in scope, including 0 primary and 0 secondary schools. The Lewis School is the nearest published school at 316 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
CF8 8JT
Gilfach · Caerphilly · Wales
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Gilfach
- Local authority
- Caerphilly
- Constituency
- Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney
- Postcode district
- CF8
- Postcode sector
- CF8 8
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- CF8 8JT
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- 1 July 1995
- Postcode area
- CF
- Postcode district
- CF8
- Postcode sector
- CF8 8
- Latitude
- 51.673751
- Longitude
- -3.228926
- British National Grid easting
- 315,118
- British National Grid northing
- 197,935
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- Wales · W92000004
- Region
- W99999999
- Local authority district
- Caerphilly · W06000018
- Electoral ward
- Gilfach · W05001658
- Parish or community
- W04000728
- Westminster constituency
- Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney · W07000084
- Output area
- W00007132
- Lower layer super output area
- Caerphilly 003C · W01001362
- Middle layer super output area
- Caerphilly 003 · W02000292
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
- 36
- Primary
- 0
- Secondary
- 0
- 316 m
The Lewis School
Welsh establishment
- 404 m
Gilfach Fargoed Primary School
Welsh establishment
- 547 m
Ysgol Gymraeg Gilfach Fargoed
Welsh establishment
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 1,516
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 628
- Anti social behaviour 188
- Criminal damage and arson 174
- Public order 164
- Vehicle crime 103
GP practices
9
within 5 km straight-line
PENGAM HEALTH CENTRE
GLAN-YR-AFON LANE, FLEUR DE LIS, BLACKWOOD, NP12 3WA
ODS code W93614
872 m
SUNNYBANK HEALTH CENTRE
BRYN ROAD, CEFN FFOREST, BLACKWOOD, NP12 3NA
ODS code W93014
1.5 km
BRYNTIRION SURGERY
WEST STREET, BARGOED, CF81 8SA
ODS code W95068
1.6 km
SOUTH STREET SURGERY
SOUTH STREET, BARGOED, CF81 8SU
ODS code W95078
1.8 km
MEDDYGFA GELLIGAER SURGERY
HEOL HEN YSGOL, GELLIGAER, HENGOED, CF82 8FQ
ODS code W95050
1.8 km
BLACKWOOD MEDICAL GROUP
AVICENNA MEDICAL CENTRE, PONTLLANFRAITH BLACKWOOD, BLACKWOOD, NP12 2YU
ODS code W93011
3.4 km
PONTLLANFRAITH HEALTH CENTRE
RIVERSIDE MEDICAL PRACTIC, PONTLLANFRAITH HEALTH CENTRE, BLACKWOOD ROAD, PONTLLANFRAITH, BLACKWOOD, NP12 2YU
ODS code W93012
3.4 km
MARKHAM MEDICAL CENTRE
JAMES STREET, MARKHAM, BLACKWOOD, NP12 0QN
ODS code W93010
3.5 km
OAKFIELD SURGERY
OAKFIELD STREET, YSTRAD MYNACH, HENGOED, CF82 7WX
ODS code W95065
3.6 km
Nearby transport
- 0.2 miles
The Square
BCT · Glan-y-nant
- 0.2 miles
Lewis School
BCT · Glan-y-nant
- 0.2 miles
Mamgu Statue
BCT · Glan-y-nant
- 0.2 miles
Gwerthonor Place
BCT · Gilfach
- 0.2 miles
Lewis School
BCT · Glan-y-nant
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
1,516 published events cover 12 months, averaging 126.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 628 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.