HR3 5FJ

Gwernyfed · Powys · Wales

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward: Gwernyfed
Local authority: Powys
Constituency: Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe
Postcode district: HR3
Postcode sector: HR3 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode	Distance
HR3 5RP	71 m
HR3 5TQ	112 m
HR3 5PQ	125 m
HR3 5PZ	168 m
HR3 5QT	174 m

Complete postcode fields and official codes

Postcode: HR3 5FJ
Status: Current
Introduced: 1 September 2024
Terminated: Not published
Postcode area: HR
Postcode district: HR3
Postcode sector: HR3 5
Latitude: 52.054272
Longitude: -3.151307
British National Grid easting: 321,154
British National Grid northing: 240,168

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country: Wales · W92000004
Region: W99999999
Local authority district: Powys · W06000023
Electoral ward: Gwernyfed · W05001134
Parish or community: W04000317
Westminster constituency: Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe · W07000085
Output area: W00002377
Lower layer super output area: Powys 015C · W01000445
Middle layer super output area: Powys 015 · W02000111

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 HR3

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools: 3
Primary: 0
Secondary: 0

Hay-On-Wye C.P. School

Welsh establishment
2.6 km
Clyro C.I.W. School

Welsh establishment
2.9 km
Gwernyfed High School

Welsh establishment
4.6 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events: 7
Months covered: 12
Latest month: June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

Violence and sexual offences 5
Burglary 2

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents: Not supplied
Postcode households: Not supplied
Residents per household: Not available
HR3 5 residents: 4,516

Age bands in HR3 5

Wider postcode sector

Age 0 to 14: 12.9%
Age 15 to 24: 7.6%
Age 25 to 44: 17.6%
Age 45 to 64: 29.4%
Age 65 and over: 32.5%

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.

Nearby transport

Llanigon Crossroads

BCT · Llanigon
0.1 miles
Little Ffordd-Fawr

BCT · Llanigon
0.6 miles
Little Ffordd-Fawr

BCT · Llanigon
0.6 miles
Lower Sheephouse

BCT · Hay-on-Wye
0.8 miles
Lower Sheephouse

BCT · Hay-on-Wye
0.8 miles

Evidence in context

Schools

3 open schools are in scope, including 0 primary and 0 secondary schools. Hay-On-Wye C.P. School is the nearest published school at 1.6 miles.

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

Recorded crime

7 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 5 events.

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