Schools
11 open schools are in scope, including 0 primary and 0 secondary schools. Ysgol Rhos Helyg is the nearest published school at 0.8 miles.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
CH8 8BP
Brynford and Halkyn · Flintshire · Wales
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Brynford and Halkyn
- Local authority
- Flintshire
- Constituency
- Clwyd East
- Postcode district
- CH8
- Postcode sector
- CH8 8
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- CH8 8BP
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- CH
- Postcode district
- CH8
- Postcode sector
- CH8 8
- Latitude
- 53.223830
- Longitude
- -3.197218
- British National Grid easting
- 320,167
- British National Grid northing
- 370,310
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- Wales · W92000004
- Region
- W99999999
- Local authority district
- Flintshire · W06000005
- Electoral ward
- Brynford and Halkyn · W05001575
- Parish or community
- W04000991
- Westminster constituency
- Clwyd East · W07000094
- Output area
- W00001615
- Lower layer super output area
- Flintshire 006E · W01000301
- 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
Explore CH8
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 11
- Primary
- 0
- Secondary
- 0
- 1.2 km
Ysgol Rhos Helyg
Welsh establishment
- 3.6 km
Lixwm Church in Wales Voluntary Aided School
Welsh establishment
- 3.6 km
Nannerch Primary School
Welsh establishment
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 47
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 18
- Anti social behaviour 13
- Public order 5
- Vehicle crime 4
- Criminal damage and arson 3
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- CH8 8 residents
- 5,885
Age bands in CH8 8
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 13%
- Age 15 to 24
- 9.3%
- Age 25 to 44
- 17.7%
- Age 45 to 64
- 33%
- Age 65 and over
- 27.1%
819 residents
587 residents
1,117 residents
2,081 residents
1,709 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+
- 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
1
within 5 km
ALLT GOCH MEDICAL CENTRE
LON Y BECWS, FLINT, CH6 5UZ
ODS code W91032
4.7 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
- 0.4 miles
Moel-y-crio Crossroads
BCT · Moel-y-crio
- 0.4 miles
Moel-y-crio Crossroads
BCT · Moel-y-crio
- 0.4 miles
Halkyn Library
BCT · Halkyn
- 0.4 miles
Halkyn Library
BCT · Halkyn
- 0.5 miles
Bryn Erin Farm
BCT · Halkyn
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
47 published events cover 12 months, averaging 3.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 18 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.