Schools
11 open schools are in scope, including 0 primary and 0 secondary schools. St Marks V.A.P. School is the nearest published school at 633 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
SA61 1XJ
Merlin's Bridge · Pembrokeshire · Wales
Updated September 2026
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- Post town
- Haverfordwest
- Ward
- Merlin's Bridge
- Local authority
- Pembrokeshire
- Constituency
- Mid and South Pembrokeshire
- Postcode district
- SA61
- Postcode sector
- SA61 1
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- SA61 1XJ
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- SA
- Postcode district
- SA61
- Postcode sector
- SA61 1
- Latitude
- 51.788712
- Longitude
- -4.978728
- British National Grid easting
- 194,662
- British National Grid northing
- 214,203
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- Wales · W92000004
- Region
- W99999999
- Local authority district
- Pembrokeshire · W06000009
- Electoral ward
- Merlin's Bridge · W05001461
- Parish or community
- W04000450
- Westminster constituency
- Mid and South Pembrokeshire · W07000100
- Output area
- W00003138
- Lower layer super output area
- Pembrokeshire 006C · W01000586
- Middle layer super output area
- Pembrokeshire 006 · W02000131
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 SA61
Property
1 recorded
sale at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Rookery Nook, Merlins Bridge, Haverfordwest, SA61 1XJ | 30 June 2021 | £310,000 |
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 11
- Primary
- 0
- Secondary
- 0
- 633 m
St Marks V.A.P. School
Welsh establishment
- 704 m
Mary Immaculate V.R.C. School
Welsh establishment
- 748 m
Redhill Preparatory School
Welsh establishment
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 1,194
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 564
- Criminal damage and arson 124
- Public order 109
- Anti social behaviour 100
- Shoplifting 60
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- 2
- Postcode households
- 2
- Residents per household
- 1.0
- SA61 1 residents
- 8,104
2 female, 0 male
Age bands in SA61 1
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 17.5%
- Age 15 to 24
- 10.6%
- Age 25 to 44
- 23.5%
- Age 45 to 64
- 26.6%
- Age 65 and over
- 21.8%
1,436 residents
869 residents
1,925 residents
2,181 residents
1,787 residents
This postcode contained 0% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider SA61 1 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
SAINT THOMAS SURGERY
RIFLEMAN LANE, ST. THOMAS GREEN, HAVERFORDWEST, SA61 1QX
ODS code W92002
1.2 km
WINCH LANE SURGERY
WINCH LANE, HAVERFORDWEST, SA61 1RN
ODS code W92042
1.3 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 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Merlin's Bridge War Memorial
BCT · Merlins Bridge
- 0.1 miles
Merlin's Bridge Pembroke Road
BCT · Merlins Bridge
- 0.1 miles
Merlin's Bridge Pembroke Road SE
BCT · Merlins Bridge
- 0.2 miles
Merlin's Bridge Boxing Club
BCT · Merlins Bridge
- 0.2 miles
Merlin's Bridge Post Office
BCT · Merlins Bridge
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
1,194 published events cover 12 months, averaging 99.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 564 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.