Schools
9 open schools are in scope, including 0 primary and 0 secondary schools. Ysgol Glan Aber C.P. is the nearest published school at 721 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
CH8 7HH
Holywell East · Flintshire · Wales
Updated September 2026
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- Post town
- Holywell
- Ward
- Holywell East
- Local authority
- Flintshire
- Constituency
- Clwyd East
- Postcode district
- CH8
- Postcode sector
- CH8 7
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- CH8 7HH
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- CH
- Postcode district
- CH8
- Postcode sector
- CH8 7
- Latitude
- 53.278305
- Longitude
- -3.200046
- British National Grid easting
- 320,080
- British National Grid northing
- 376,373
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- Wales · W92000004
- Region
- W99999999
- Local authority district
- Flintshire · W06000005
- Electoral ward
- Holywell East · W05001597
- Parish or community
- W04000192
- Westminster constituency
- Clwyd East · W07000094
- Output area
- W00001636
- Lower layer super output area
- Flintshire 003F · W01000305
- Middle layer super output area
- Flintshire 003 · W02000060
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 CH8
Property
10 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Sail Clear, 172, Pen Y Maes Road, Holywell, CH8 7HH | 26 February 2021 | £225,000 |
| The Old Coach House, Pen Y Maes Road, Holywell, CH8 7HH | 15 May 2015 | £302,500 |
| Sail Clear, Pen Y Maes Road, Holywell, CH8 7HH | 14 January 2008 | £210,000 |
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 9
- Primary
- 0
- Secondary
- 0
- 721 m
Ysgol Glan Aber C.P.
Welsh establishment
- 1.2 km
Ysgol Treffynnon
Welsh establishment
- 1.4 km
Greenfield C.P. School
Welsh establishment
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 784
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 347
- Anti social behaviour 133
- Criminal damage and arson 81
- Shoplifting 53
- Public order 46
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- 31
- Postcode households
- 11
- Residents per household
- 2.8
- CH8 7 residents
- 9,319
14 female, 17 male
Age bands in CH8 7
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 19.7%
- Age 15 to 24
- 11.4%
- Age 25 to 44
- 23.5%
- Age 45 to 64
- 26.7%
- Age 65 and over
- 18.8%
1,865 residents
1,077 residents
2,221 residents
2,526 residents
1,778 residents
This postcode contained 0.3% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider CH8 7 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+
- 90.9%
- Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
- 72.7%
- Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
- 72.7%
- Gigabit-capable
- 72.7%
- Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
- 0%
- Next Generation Access
- 90.9%
- 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
4
within 5 km straight-line
PENDRE SURGERY
COLESHILL STREET, HOLYWELL, CH8 7RS
ODS code W91005
1.4 km
PENNANT SURGERY
BAGILLT STREET, OFF HIGH STREET, HOLYWELL, CH8 7TR
ODS code W91037
1.5 km
BODOWEN SURGERY
HALKYN ROAD, HOLYWELL, CH8 7GA
ODS code W91029
1.5 km
PANTON SURGERY
HALKYN ROAD, FLINTSHIRE, HOLYWELL, CH8 7TZ
ODS code W91636
1.5 km
Nearby transport
- 0.2 miles
Maes-yr-afon
BCT · Pen-y-maes
- 0.2 miles
Maes-yr-afon
BCT · Pen-y-maes
- 0.2 miles
Riverbank
BCT · Whelston
- 0.2 miles
Riverbank
BCT · Whelston
- 0.3 miles
Wood Lane
BCT · Pen-y-maes
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
784 published events cover 12 months, averaging 65.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 347 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.