Schools
13 open schools are in scope, including 0 primary and 0 secondary schools. Fochriw Primary School is the nearest published school at 303 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
CF81 9LP
Darran Valley · Caerphilly · Wales
Updated September 2026
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- Post town
- Bargoed
- Ward
- Darran Valley
- Local authority
- Caerphilly
- Constituency
- Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney
- Postcode district
- CF81
- Postcode sector
- CF81 9
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- CF81 9LP
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 July 1995
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- CF
- Postcode district
- CF81
- Postcode sector
- CF81 9
- Latitude
- 51.744326
- Longitude
- -3.292749
- British National Grid easting
- 310,844
- British National Grid northing
- 205,860
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 CF81
Property
10 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 6, Heol Y Bryn, Fochriw, Bargoed, CF81 9LP | 2 July 2020 | £85,000 |
| 64, Heol Y Bryn, Fochriw, Bargoed, CF81 9LP | 8 September 2014 | £65,000 |
| 6, Heol Y Bryn, Fochriw, Bargoed, CF81 9LP | 31 July 2014 | £83,000 |
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 13
- Primary
- 0
- Secondary
- 0
- 303 m
Fochriw Primary School
Welsh establishment
- 1.3 km
Idris Davies School 3 to 18
Welsh establishment
- 1.6 km
Bryn Awel Primary School
Welsh establishment
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 580
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 219
- Criminal damage and arson 69
- Vehicle crime 66
- Anti social behaviour 66
- Burglary 48
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- 65
- Postcode households
- 33
- Residents per household
- 2.0
- CF81 9 residents
- 8,052
40 female, 25 male
Age bands in CF81 9
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 17.4%
- Age 15 to 24
- 11.7%
- Age 25 to 44
- 25.1%
- Age 45 to 64
- 26.9%
- Age 65 and over
- 18.8%
1,410 residents
949 residents
2,035 residents
2,181 residents
1,523 residents
This postcode contained 0.8% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider CF81 9 sector, not people in this individual postcode.
Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.
Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.
Fixed broadband coverage
Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.
- Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Gigabit-capable
- 100%
- Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
- 0%
- Next Generation Access
- 100%
- Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
- 0%
Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
GP practices
5
within 5 km
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
4.2 km
HEALTH CENTRE
PARK ROW, TREDEGAR, NP22 3NG
ODS code W93063
4.2 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
4.9 km
Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.
Source acquired on 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Heol y Bryn
BCT · Fochriw
- 0.1 miles
Heol-y-Bryn
BCT · Fochriw
- 0.1 miles
Pontlottyn Road
BCT · Fochriw
- 0.1 miles
Pontlottyn Road
BCT · Fochriw
- 0.3 miles
Fochriw Community Centre
BCT · Fochriw
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
580 published events cover 12 months, averaging 48.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 219 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.