LD8 2PL

Old Radnor · Powys · Wales

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town: Presteigne
Ward: Old Radnor
Local authority: Powys
Constituency: Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe
Postcode district: LD8
Postcode sector: LD8 2

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode	Distance
LD8 2PH	583 m
LD8 2PN	584 m
LD8 2RG	651 m
HR5 3NP	674 m
LD8 2RL	735 m

Complete postcode fields and official codes

Postcode: LD8 2PL
Status: Current
Introduced: 1 January 1980
Terminated: Not published
Postcode area: LD
Postcode district: LD8
Postcode sector: LD8 2
Latitude: 52.223544
Longitude: -3.089107
British National Grid easting: 325,701
British National Grid northing: 258,929

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country: Wales · W92000004
Region: W99999999
Local authority district: Powys · W06000023
Electoral ward: Old Radnor · W05001164
Parish or community: W04000336
Westminster constituency: Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe · W07000085
Output area: W00002587
Lower layer super output area: Powys 011E · W01000484
Middle layer super output area: Powys 011 · W02000107

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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3 recorded sales at this postcode

Address	Date	Price
Sherbourne, Walton, Presteigne, LD8 2PL	12 July 2002	£92,000
Dingle Cottage, Walton, Presteigne, LD8 2PL	30 May 1997	£68,000
Lower Sunny Bank, Walton, Presteigne, LD8 2PL	9 December 1996	£145,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools: 4
Primary: 1
Secondary: 1

Lady Hawkins' School

Academy converter
4.1 km
Gladestry C.I.W. School

Welsh establishment
4.5 km
Kington Primary School

Community school
4.5 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events: 13
Months covered: 12
Latest month: June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

Violence and sexual offences 10
Other theft 1
Public order 1
Anti social behaviour 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents: 8
Postcode households: 4
Residents per household: 2.0
LD8 2 residents: 4,491

Age bands in LD8 2

Wider postcode sector

Age 0 to 14: 11.7%
Age 15 to 24: 8.5%
Age 25 to 44: 16.6%
Age 45 to 64: 28.7%
Age 65 and over: 34.5%

This postcode contained 0.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider LD8 2 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+: 85.7%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+: 85.7%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+: 85.7%
Gigabit-capable: 85.7%

Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband: 0%
Next Generation Access: 100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless: 0%

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 Inn

BCT · Walton
0.5 miles
Crown Inn

BCT · Walton
0.5 miles
Stanner Junction

BCT · Stanner
0.6 miles
Stanner Junction

BCT · Stanner
0.7 miles
Main Road

BCT · Evenjobb
2.2 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

4 open schools are in scope, including 1 primary and 1 secondary schools. Lady Hawkins' School is the nearest published school at 2.6 miles.

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

Recorded crime

Published police records

13 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1.083 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.