Schools
10 open schools are in scope, including 0 primary and 0 secondary schools. Brynford C.P. School is the nearest published school at 828 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
CH8 8WB
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 8WB
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 December 1994
- Terminated
- 1 May 2001
- Postcode area
- CH
- Postcode district
- CH8
- Postcode sector
- CH8 8
- Latitude
- 53.255280
- Longitude
- -3.231225
- British National Grid easting
- 317,957
- British National Grid northing
- 373,847
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- Wales · W92000004
- Region
- W99999999
- Local authority district
- Flintshire · W06000005
- Electoral ward
- Brynford and Halkyn · W05001575
- Parish or community
- W04000181
- Westminster constituency
- Clwyd East · W07000094
- Output area
- W00001389
- Lower layer super output area
- Flintshire 006A · W01000258
- 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
- 10
- Primary
- 0
- Secondary
- 0
- 828 m
Brynford C.P. School
Welsh establishment
- 2.3 km
St Winefrides R.C. School
Welsh establishment
- 2.3 km
Ysgol Gwenffrwd
Welsh establishment
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 77
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 30
- Anti social behaviour 23
- Criminal damage and arson 11
- Other theft 6
- Vehicle crime 2
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.
GP practices
4
within 5 km straight-line
PANTON SURGERY
HALKYN ROAD, FLINTSHIRE, HOLYWELL, CH8 7TZ
ODS code W91636
1.8 km
BODOWEN SURGERY
HALKYN ROAD, HOLYWELL, CH8 7GA
ODS code W91029
1.9 km
PENDRE SURGERY
COLESHILL STREET, HOLYWELL, CH8 7RS
ODS code W91005
2.1 km
PENNANT SURGERY
BAGILLT STREET, OFF HIGH STREET, HOLYWELL, CH8 7TR
ODS code W91037
2.1 km
Nearby transport
- 0.2 miles
Hafod y Bryn
BCT · Brynford
- 0.4 miles
Brynford Crossroads South
BCT · Brynford
- 0.4 miles
Brynford Crossroads South
BCT · Brynford
- 0.5 miles
Brynford Crossroads North
BCT · Brynford
- 0.5 miles
Brynford Crossroads North
BCT · Brynford
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
77 published events cover 12 months, averaging 6.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 30 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.