LD3 8UQ

Maescar and Llywel · Powys · Wales

Updated September 2026

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Ward: Maescar and Llywel
Local authority: Powys
Constituency: Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe
Postcode district: LD3
Postcode sector: LD3 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode	Distance
LD3 8UL	62 m
LD3 8UH	90 m
LD3 8UW	103 m
LD3 8UP	189 m
LD3 8UF	274 m

Complete postcode fields and official codes

Postcode: LD3 8UQ
Status: Current
Introduced: 1 November 2009
Terminated: Not published
Postcode area: LD
Postcode district: LD3
Postcode sector: LD3 8
Latitude: 51.950408
Longitude: -3.633157
British National Grid easting: 287,857
British National Grid northing: 229,250

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country: Wales · W92000004
Region: W99999999
Local authority district: Powys · W06000023
Electoral ward: Maescar and Llywel · W05001159
Parish or community: W04000325
Westminster constituency: Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe · W07000085
Output area: W00002525
Lower layer super output area: Powys 020B · W01000474
Middle layer super output area: Powys 020 · W02000414

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 LD3

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools: 0
Primary: 0
Secondary: 0

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events: 11
Months covered: 12
Latest month: June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

Violence and sexual offences 4
Criminal damage and arson 3
Burglary 2
Other theft 1
Anti social behaviour 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents: 17
Postcode households: 8
Residents per household: 2.1
LD3 8 residents: 4,394

Age bands in LD3 8

Wider postcode sector

Age 0 to 14: 15.6%
Age 15 to 24: 8.5%
Age 25 to 44: 20.4%
Age 45 to 64: 29.9%
Age 65 and over: 25.7%

This postcode contained 0.4% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider LD3 8 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

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+: 0%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+: 0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+: 0%
Gigabit-capable: 0%

Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband: 0%
Next Generation Access: 0%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless: 62.5%

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.

Nearby transport

Trecastell Community Centre

BCT · Trecastell
0.0 miles
Trecastell Community Centre

BCT · Trecastell
0.0 miles
Llywel

BCT · Llywel
0.6 miles
Llywel

BCT · Llywel
0.7 miles
Spar

BCT · Sennybridge
2.7 miles

Evidence in context

Schools

0 open schools are in scope, including 0 primary and 0 secondary schools.

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

Recorded crime

11 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 4 events.

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