Schools
8 open schools are in scope, including 0 primary and 0 secondary schools. Ysgol Glan Aber C.P. is the nearest published school at 622 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
CH8 7JS
Holywell East · Flintshire · Wales
Updated September 2026
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- 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 7JS
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 September 2015
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- CH
- Postcode district
- CH8
- Postcode sector
- CH8 7
- Latitude
- 53.282773
- Longitude
- -3.194666
- British National Grid easting
- 320,447
- British National Grid northing
- 376,864
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
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 8
- Primary
- 0
- Secondary
- 0
- 622 m
Ysgol Glan Aber C.P.
Welsh establishment
- 1.4 km
Greenfield C.P. School
Welsh establishment
- 1.6 km
Ysgol Treffynnon
Welsh establishment
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 425
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 221
- Anti social behaviour 73
- Criminal damage and arson 39
- Public order 22
- Other theft 21
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- CH8 7 residents
- 9,319
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
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+
- 0%
- Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
- 0%
- Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
- 0%
- Gigabit-capable
- 0%
- 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
4
within 5 km
PENDRE SURGERY
COLESHILL STREET, HOLYWELL, CH8 7RS
ODS code W91005
2.0 km
PENNANT SURGERY
BAGILLT STREET, OFF HIGH STREET, HOLYWELL, CH8 7TR
ODS code W91037
2.0 km
BODOWEN SURGERY
HALKYN ROAD, HOLYWELL, CH8 7GA
ODS code W91029
2.1 km
PANTON SURGERY
HALKYN ROAD, FLINTSHIRE, HOLYWELL, CH8 7TZ
ODS code W91636
2.1 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 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Glan-y-don
BCT · Wal-wen
- 0.1 miles
Glan-y-don
BCT · Wal-wen
- 0.1 miles
Riverbank House
BCT · Wal-wen
- 0.2 miles
Victoria Inn
BCT · Wal-wen
- 0.3 miles
Victoria Inn
BCT · Wal-wen
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
425 published events cover 12 months, averaging 35.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 221 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.