Schools
17 open schools are in scope, including 0 primary and 0 secondary schools. Deri Primary School is the nearest published school at 259 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
CF8 9GU
Darran Valley · Caerphilly · Wales
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Darran Valley
- Local authority
- Caerphilly
- Constituency
- Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney
- Postcode district
- CF8
- Postcode sector
- CF8 9
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- CF8 9GU
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- 1 July 1995
- Postcode area
- CF
- Postcode district
- CF8
- Postcode sector
- CF8 9
- Latitude
- 51.709617
- Longitude
- -3.263102
- British National Grid easting
- 312,824
- British National Grid northing
- 201,964
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- Wales · W92000004
- Region
- W99999999
- Local authority district
- Caerphilly · W06000018
- Electoral ward
- Darran Valley · W05001657
- Parish or community
- W04000735
- Westminster constituency
- Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney · W07000084
- Output area
- W00007129
- Lower layer super output area
- Caerphilly 002A · W01001360
- Middle layer super output area
- Caerphilly 002 · W02000291
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
- 17
- Primary
- 0
- Secondary
- 0
- 259 m
Deri Primary School
Welsh establishment
- 2.0 km
Whiterose Primary
Welsh establishment
- 2.3 km
Phillipstown Primary School
Welsh establishment
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 65
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 18
- Anti social behaviour 12
- Criminal damage and arson 12
- Vehicle crime 11
- Burglary 6
GP practices
4
within 5 km straight-line
MEDDYGFA CWM RHYMNI PRACTICE
WHITE ROSE WAY MEDICAL CENTRE, WHITE ROSE WAY, NEW TREDEGAR, NP24 6EE
ODS code W95080
1.9 km
SOUTH STREET SURGERY
SOUTH STREET, BARGOED, CF81 8SU
ODS code W95078
3.0 km
BRYNTIRION SURGERY
WEST STREET, BARGOED, CF81 8SA
ODS code W95068
3.2 km
MARKHAM MEDICAL CENTRE
JAMES STREET, MARKHAM, BLACKWOOD, NP12 0QN
ODS code W93010
4.1 km
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Deri Library
BCT · Deri
- 0.1 miles
Deri Library
BCT · Deri
- 0.1 miles
Darran Hotel
BCT · Deri
- 0.1 miles
Darran Hotel
BCT · Deri
- 0.3 miles
New Road
BCT · Deri
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
65 published events cover 12 months, averaging 5.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 18 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.