CH7 5BW

Caerwys · Flintshire · Wales

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town: Mold
Ward: Caerwys
Local authority: Flintshire
Constituency: Clwyd East
Postcode district: CH7
Postcode sector: CH7 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode	Distance
CH7 5BP	554 m
CH8 8RX	836 m
CH8 8RY	1.1 km
CH7 5BG	1.2 km
CH7 5BQ	1.2 km

Complete postcode fields and official codes

Postcode: CH7 5BW
Status: Current
Introduced: 1 January 1980
Terminated: Not published
Postcode area: CH
Postcode district: CH7
Postcode sector: CH7 5
Latitude: 53.265636
Longitude: -3.314541
British National Grid easting: 312,420
British National Grid northing: 375,098

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country: Wales · W92000004
Region: W99999999
Local authority district: Flintshire · W06000005
Electoral ward: Caerwys · W05001581
Parish or community: W04000183
Westminster constituency: Clwyd East · W07000094
Output area: W00001454
Lower layer super output area: Flintshire 006C · W01000271
Middle layer super output area: Flintshire 006 · W02000063

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

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Property

At this postcode

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2 recorded sales at this postcode

Address	Date	Price
Tyn-Y-Ffynnon, Pen Y Cefn, Caerwys, Mold, CH7 5BW	14 July 2017	£16,000
Tyn-Y-Ffynnon, Pen Y Cefn, Caerwys, Mold, CH7 5BW	26 June 2015	£230,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools: 5
Primary: 0
Secondary: 0

Ysgol Yr Esgob

Welsh establishment
2.6 km
Ysgol Y Llan, Whitford V.P.

Welsh establishment
3.9 km
Ysgol Bro Carmel

Welsh establishment
4.2 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events: 23
Months covered: 12
Latest month: June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

Violence and sexual offences 9
Drugs 3
Other theft 3
Anti social behaviour 3
Other crime 2

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents: 11
Postcode households: 5
Residents per household: 2.2
CH7 5 residents: 6,591

Age bands in CH7 5

Wider postcode sector

Age 0 to 14: 12.5%
Age 15 to 24: 8.7%
Age 25 to 44: 16.1%
Age 45 to 64: 32.3%
Age 65 and over: 30.3%

This postcode contained 0.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider CH7 5 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

How to read these estimates

The standard postcode headcounts and the commissioned age table are separate ONS outputs. Small counts are disclosure-controlled, and totals can differ slightly between tables. Coverage is England and Wales only.

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: 80%

Coverage is a modelled postcode-level snapshot, not a speed test or a guarantee for a named property. Check availability with providers before making a decision. Ofcom does not publish postcode-level full-fibre coverage in this release for commercial-confidentiality reasons.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Nearby transport

Llydiart Cerrig

BCT · Croes-wian
0.1 miles
Llydiart Cerrig

BCT · Pen-y-cefn
0.1 miles
Crown Estate

BCT · Per-ffordd-llan
0.7 miles
Caerwys Square

BCT · Caerwys
1.3 miles
Caerwys Square

BCT · Caerwys
1.4 miles

Evidence in context

A factual reading of the data in this report's scope. It is not a location score or a recommendation.

Schools

Published establishments

5 open schools are in scope, including 0 primary and 0 secondary schools. Ysgol Yr Esgob is the nearest published school at 1.6 miles.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

Published police records

23 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 9 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.