Schools
11 open schools are in scope, including 0 primary and 0 secondary schools. Ysgol Gwenffrwd is the nearest published school at 158 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
CH8 7XD
Holywell West · Flintshire · Wales
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Holywell West
- Local authority
- Flintshire
- Constituency
- Clwyd East
- Postcode district
- CH8
- Postcode sector
- CH8 7
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- CH8 7XD
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 August 1993
- Terminated
- 1 May 1994
- Postcode area
- CH
- Postcode district
- CH8
- Postcode sector
- CH8 7
- Latitude
- 53.276448
- Longitude
- -3.229689
- British National Grid easting
- 318,100
- British National Grid northing
- 376,200
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- Wales · W92000004
- Region
- W99999999
- Local authority district
- Flintshire · W06000005
- Electoral ward
- Holywell West · W05001598
- Parish or community
- W04000192
- Westminster constituency
- Clwyd East · W07000094
- Output area
- W00001646
- Lower layer super output area
- Flintshire 002A · W01000306
- Middle layer super output area
- Flintshire 002 · W02000059
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
- 11
- Primary
- 0
- Secondary
- 0
- 158 m
Ysgol Gwenffrwd
Welsh establishment
- 247 m
St Winefrides R.C. School
Welsh establishment
- 817 m
Ysgol Treffynnon
Welsh establishment
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 876
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 358
- Anti social behaviour 147
- Shoplifting 103
- Criminal damage and arson 84
- Public order 58
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.
GP practices
4
within 5 km straight-line
PENNANT SURGERY
BAGILLT STREET, OFF HIGH STREET, HOLYWELL, CH8 7TR
ODS code W91037
738 m
PENDRE SURGERY
COLESHILL STREET, HOLYWELL, CH8 7RS
ODS code W91005
843 m
BODOWEN SURGERY
HALKYN ROAD, HOLYWELL, CH8 7GA
ODS code W91029
1.0 km
PANTON SURGERY
HALKYN ROAD, FLINTSHIRE, HOLYWELL, CH8 7TZ
ODS code W91636
1.1 km
Nearby transport
- 0.2 miles
St Winefrides Primary School
BCT · Holywell
- 0.2 miles
St Winefrides Primary School
BCT · Holywell
- 0.2 miles
Whitford Street
BCT · Holywell
- 0.2 miles
Whitford Street
BCT · Holywell
- 0.2 miles
Plas Dewi Flats
BCT · Holywell
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
876 published events cover 12 months, averaging 73 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 358 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.