CH8 8RY

Whitford · Flintshire · Wales

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town: Holywell
Ward: Whitford
Local authority: Flintshire
Constituency: Clwyd East
Postcode district: CH8
Postcode sector: CH8 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode	Distance
CH8 8RX	234 m
CH8 8RU	755 m
CH8 8RF	1.0 km
CH7 5BW	1.1 km
CH8 8SB	1.1 km

Complete postcode fields and official codes

Postcode: CH8 8RY
Status: Current
Introduced: 1 January 1980
Terminated: Not published
Postcode area: CH
Postcode district: CH8
Postcode sector: CH8 8
Latitude: 53.274461
Longitude: -3.308184
British National Grid easting: 312,862
British National Grid northing: 376,072

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country: Wales · W92000004
Region: W99999999
Local authority district: Flintshire · W06000005
Electoral ward: Whitford · W05001615
Parish or community: W04000211
Westminster constituency: Clwyd East · W07000094
Output area: W00001827
Lower layer super output area: Flintshire 002C · W01000340
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

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Property

At this postcode

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6 recorded sales at this postcode

Address	Date	Price
12, Crown Estate, Lloc, Holywell, CH8 8RY	11 December 2020	£308,501
6, Crown Estate, Lloc, Holywell, CH8 8RY	1 June 2007	£157,000
5, Crown Estate, Lloc, Holywell, CH8 8RY	26 September 2001	£49,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools: 5
Primary: 0
Secondary: 0

Ysgol Y Llan, Whitford V.P.

Welsh establishment
2.8 km
Ysgol Bro Carmel

Welsh establishment
3.5 km
Ysgol Yr Esgob

Welsh establishment
3.5 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events: 26
Months covered: 12
Latest month: June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

Violence and sexual offences 10
Other theft 3
Public order 3
Drugs 2
Other crime 2

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents: 21
Postcode households: 10
Residents per household: 2.1
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%

This postcode contained 0.4% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider CH8 8 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: 100%

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

Crown Estate

BCT · Per-ffordd-llan
0.1 miles
Llydiart Cerrig

BCT · Croes-wian
0.7 miles
Llydiart Cerrig

BCT · Pen-y-cefn
0.7 miles
Misty Waters

BCT · Per-ffordd-llan
0.7 miles
Misty Waters

BCT · Per-ffordd-llan
0.7 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 Y Llan, Whitford V.P. is the nearest published school at 1.8 miles.

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

Recorded crime

Published police records

26 published events cover 12 months, averaging 2.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 10 events.

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