Schools
16 open schools are in scope, including 0 primary and 0 secondary schools. Fochriw Primary School is the nearest published school at 355 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
CF8 9NE
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 9NE
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- 1 December 1981
- Postcode area
- CF
- Postcode district
- CF8
- Postcode sector
- CF8 9
- Latitude
- 51.741003
- Longitude
- -3.300533
- British National Grid easting
- 310,300
- British National Grid northing
- 205,500
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
- W00007126
- 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
- 16
- Primary
- 0
- Secondary
- 0
- 355 m
Fochriw Primary School
Welsh establishment
- 1.9 km
Idris Davies School 3 to 18
Welsh establishment
- 2.2 km
Bryn Awel Primary School
Welsh establishment
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 254
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 119
- Anti social behaviour 38
- Public order 26
- Criminal damage and arson 23
- Vehicle crime 17
GP practices
6
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
2.2 km
BROOKSIDE MEDICAL CENTRE
HEOL AFON TAF, TROEDYRHIW, MERTHYR TYDFIL, CF48 4DT
ODS code W95634
4.6 km
MORLAIS MEDICAL PRACTICE
BERRY SQUARE, DOWLAIS, MERTHYR TYDFIL, CF48 3AL
ODS code W95086
4.6 km
MEDDYGFA CWM RHYMNI PRACTICE
WHITE ROSE WAY MEDICAL CENTRE, WHITE ROSE WAY, NEW TREDEGAR, NP24 6EE
ODS code W95080
4.8 km
GLAN YR AFON SURGERY
BEVAN HEALTH & WELLBEING CENTRE, PARK ROW, TREDEGAR, NP22 3NG
ODS code W93065
4.8 km
HEALTH CENTRE
PARK ROW, TREDEGAR, NP22 3NG
ODS code W93063
4.8 km
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Station Terrace
BCT · Fochriw
- 0.1 miles
Station Terrace
BCT · Fochriw
- 0.1 miles
Fochriw Community Centre
BCT · Fochriw
- 0.2 miles
Fochriw Community Centre
BCT · Fochriw
- 0.2 miles
Pleasant View
BCT · Fochriw
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
254 published events cover 12 months, averaging 21.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 119 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.