Schools
10 open schools are in scope, including 0 primary and 0 secondary schools. Ysgol Waunfawr is the nearest published school at 697 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
LL55 4EJ
Waunfawr · Gwynedd · Wales
Updated September 2026
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- Post town
- Caernarfon
- Ward
- Waunfawr
- Local authority
- Gwynedd
- Constituency
- Dwyfor Meirionnydd
- Postcode district
- LL55
- Postcode sector
- LL55 4
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- LL55 4EJ
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- LL
- Postcode district
- LL55
- Postcode sector
- LL55 4
- Latitude
- 53.117709
- Longitude
- -4.199095
- British National Grid easting
- 252,923
- British National Grid northing
- 360,095
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- Wales · W92000004
- Region
- W99999999
- Local authority district
- Gwynedd · W06000002
- Electoral ward
- Waunfawr · W05001565
- Parish or community
- W04000103
- Westminster constituency
- Dwyfor Meirionnydd · W07000096
- Output area
- W00000619
- Lower layer super output area
- Gwynedd 007D · W01000118
- Middle layer super output area
- Gwynedd 007 · W02000016
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 LL55
Property
5 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Pen Caer Waen, Waunfawr, Caernarfon, LL55 4EJ | 17 July 2020 | £200,000 |
| Nant Bach, Waunfawr, Caernarfon, LL55 4EJ | 26 March 2018 | £265,000 |
| Gardd Ellen, Waunfawr, Caernarfon, LL55 4EJ | 19 December 2016 | £230,000 |
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 10
- Primary
- 0
- Secondary
- 0
- 697 m
Ysgol Waunfawr
Welsh establishment
- 3.4 km
Ysgol Llanrug
Welsh establishment
- 3.6 km
Ysgol Gynradd Rhosgadfan
Welsh establishment
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 28
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 14
- Anti social behaviour 6
- Criminal damage and arson 4
- Other theft 2
- Shoplifting 1
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- 17
- Postcode households
- 6
- Residents per household
- 2.8
- LL55 4 residents
- 6,211
7 female, 10 male
Age bands in LL55 4
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 16.3%
- Age 15 to 24
- 10.4%
- Age 25 to 44
- 23.7%
- Age 45 to 64
- 27.8%
- Age 65 and over
- 21.8%
1,056 residents
674 residents
1,529 residents
1,796 residents
1,410 residents
This postcode contained 0.3% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider LL55 4 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+
- 100%
- 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
- 100%
- Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
- 0%
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.
GP practices
2
within 5 km
LIVERPOOL HOUSE
WAUNFAWR, CAERNARFON, LL55 4YY
ODS code W94039
885 m
THE SURGERY
LLANBERIS SURGERY, HIGH STREET, LLANBERIS, CAERNARFON, LL55 4SU
ODS code W94017
4.9 km
Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.
Source acquired on 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Waenfawr Crossroads Upper
BCT · Waunfawr
- 0.2 miles
Waenfawr Crossroads Lower
BCT · Waunfawr
- 0.5 miles
Whiteways
BCT · Waunfawr
- 0.5 miles
Whiteways
BCT · Waunfawr
- 0.6 miles
Bod Hyfryd
BCT · Waunfawr
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
28 published events cover 12 months, averaging 2.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 14 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.