Schools
36 open schools are in scope, including 0 primary and 0 secondary schools. Y Cwmpawd Gilfach is the nearest published school at 50 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
CF8 8NA
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 8NA
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- 1 July 1995
- Postcode area
- CF
- Postcode district
- CF8
- Postcode sector
- CF8 8
- Latitude
- 51.681694
- Longitude
- -3.228620
- British National Grid easting
- 315,154
- British National Grid northing
- 198,818
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
- W00007133
- 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
- 50 m
Y Cwmpawd Gilfach
Welsh establishment
- 345 m
Ysgol Gymraeg Gilfach Fargoed
Welsh establishment
- 488 m
Gilfach Fargoed Primary School
Welsh establishment
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 1,642
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 681
- Anti social behaviour 215
- Public order 179
- Criminal damage and arson 166
- Vehicle crime 104
GP practices
10
within 5 km straight-line
BRYNTIRION SURGERY
WEST STREET, BARGOED, CF81 8SA
ODS code W95068
783 m
SOUTH STREET SURGERY
SOUTH STREET, BARGOED, CF81 8SU
ODS code W95078
968 m
PENGAM HEALTH CENTRE
GLAN-YR-AFON LANE, FLEUR DE LIS, BLACKWOOD, NP12 3WA
ODS code W93614
1.7 km
SUNNYBANK HEALTH CENTRE
BRYN ROAD, CEFN FFOREST, BLACKWOOD, NP12 3NA
ODS code W93014
2.0 km
MEDDYGFA GELLIGAER SURGERY
HEOL HEN YSGOL, GELLIGAER, HENGOED, CF82 8FQ
ODS code W95050
2.5 km
MARKHAM MEDICAL CENTRE
JAMES STREET, MARKHAM, BLACKWOOD, NP12 0QN
ODS code W93010
2.8 km
BLACKWOOD MEDICAL GROUP
AVICENNA MEDICAL CENTRE, PONTLLANFRAITH BLACKWOOD, BLACKWOOD, NP12 2YU
ODS code W93011
4.0 km
PONTLLANFRAITH HEALTH CENTRE
RIVERSIDE MEDICAL PRACTIC, PONTLLANFRAITH HEALTH CENTRE, BLACKWOOD ROAD, PONTLLANFRAITH, BLACKWOOD, NP12 2YU
ODS code W93012
4.0 km
MEDDYGFA CWM RHYMNI PRACTICE
WHITE ROSE WAY MEDICAL CENTRE, WHITE ROSE WAY, NEW TREDEGAR, NP24 6EE
ODS code W95080
4.2 km
OAKFIELD SURGERY
OAKFIELD STREET, YSTRAD MYNACH, HENGOED, CF82 7WX
ODS code W95065
4.5 km
Nearby transport
- 0.0 miles
Gilfach Workingmen's Club
BCT · Gilfach
- 0.0 miles
Gilfach Workingmen's Club
BCT · Gilfach
- 0.1 miles
Capel Hotel
BCT · Gilfach
- 0.1 miles
Capel Hotel
BCT · Gilfach
- 0.1 miles
Hillside Park
BCT · Gilfach
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
1,642 published events cover 12 months, averaging 136.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 681 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.