Schools
14 open schools are in scope, including 0 primary and 0 secondary schools. Fochriw Primary School is the nearest published school at 219 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
CF8 9LQ
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 9LQ
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- 1 July 1995
- Postcode area
- CF
- Postcode district
- CF8
- Postcode sector
- CF8 9
- Latitude
- 51.744041
- Longitude
- -3.294059
- British National Grid easting
- 310,753
- British National Grid northing
- 205,830
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
- W00007124
- Lower layer super output area
- Caerphilly 002B · W01001361
- 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
- 14
- Primary
- 0
- Secondary
- 0
- 219 m
Fochriw Primary School
Welsh establishment
- 1.4 km
Idris Davies School 3 to 18
Welsh establishment
- 1.7 km
Bryn Awel Primary School
Welsh establishment
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 421
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 171
- Anti social behaviour 51
- Vehicle crime 46
- Criminal damage and arson 46
- Public order 36
GP practices
5
within 5 km straight-line
MEDDYGFA CWM RHYMNI PRACTICE
R.I.H.S.C.C LAWNS INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, RHYMNEY, TREDEGAR, NP22 5PW
ODS code W95081
1.7 km
GLAN YR AFON SURGERY
BEVAN HEALTH & WELLBEING CENTRE, PARK ROW, TREDEGAR, NP22 3NG
ODS code W93065
4.3 km
HEALTH CENTRE
PARK ROW, TREDEGAR, NP22 3NG
ODS code W93063
4.3 km
MEDDYGFA CWM RHYMNI PRACTICE
WHITE ROSE WAY MEDICAL CENTRE, WHITE ROSE WAY, NEW TREDEGAR, NP24 6EE
ODS code W95080
4.6 km
MORLAIS MEDICAL PRACTICE
BERRY SQUARE, DOWLAIS, MERTHYR TYDFIL, CF48 3AL
ODS code W95086
4.8 km
Nearby transport
- 0.0 miles
Pontlottyn Road
BCT · Fochriw
- 0.1 miles
Pontlottyn Road
BCT · Fochriw
- 0.1 miles
Heol y Bryn
BCT · Fochriw
- 0.1 miles
Heol-y-Bryn
BCT · Fochriw
- 0.2 miles
Fochriw Community Centre
BCT · Fochriw
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
421 published events cover 12 months, averaging 35.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 171 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.