Hendy and Fforest
Hendy and Fforest is covered by postcode district SA4. It is in the Carmarthenshire council area, Wales.
Every postcode in Hendy and Fforest, by gigabit broadband
- No home or business can get gigabit: 0
- Some can get gigabit: 7
- Every home and business can get gigabit: 53
- Ofcom gives no figure: 1
Of the 61 postcodes in Hendy and Fforest that ONS places, 7 have some that can, 53 can all get it and 1 have no Ofcom figure.
Each mark is a postcode's centre point as ONS gives it, not a building. Press one to see its postcode and open its page. No boundary is drawn. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode.
The middle of its postcodes: latitude 51.7171, longitude -4.0559. Open this area on OpenStreetMap
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode; gigabit: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Drawn by us. Street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them
What is it like to live in Hendy and Fforest?
Homes sold for a typical £213,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 6.8% on the 12 months before. At 53 of the 60 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. It has 1 primary school at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Talybont Surgery, 750 metres from the middle. The nearest railway station is Pontarddulais, 700 metres from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line.
We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge.
Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Welsh Government, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says. See all our data sources
What do homes cost in Hendy and Fforest?
Homes in Hendy and Fforest sold for a typical £213,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 44 sales, down 6.8% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- Detached £315,000 19 sales
- Semi-detached £187,000 15 sales
- Terraced £149,500 10 sales
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Across the whole SA4 district, Hendy and Fforest's main postcode district: a typical £220,000.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Hendy and Fforest: standard sales of homes at market value. A typical price is the median, the middle sale. Sales take weeks to be registered, so the last month or two are incomplete. Each postcode page gives the figure for its own postcode sector.
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Are new homes being built in Hendy and Fforest?
2 of the 61 postcodes now in use in Hendy and Fforest came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 46 homes sold in Hendy and Fforest were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the SA4 district, 13%.
The newest postcodes
A new postcode is often a new street or estate, but Royal Mail also makes new postcodes when it reorganises old ones, so not every one means new homes. Only postcodes still in use are counted.
New homes among the homes sold
| Period | In Hendy and Fforest | Across the SA4 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 0 of 44 (0%) | 17 of 529 (3%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 0 of 46 (0%) | 98 of 742 (13%) |
Standard sales of homes at market value that HM Land Registry marks as newly built. New homes take longer to be registered than other sales, so the latest 12 months count fewer of them than were sold. A share is given from 5 sales or more.
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
What broadband can you get in Hendy and Fforest?
Ofcom reports on 60 of the 61 postcodes in Hendy and Fforest. At 53 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.
Ofcom gives each postcode's share of homes and businesses, not how many there are, so these count postcodes. Each postcode page has its own figures. A provider's checker answers for one address.
Check one address on Ofcom's checkerSource: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Which schools are in Hendy and Fforest?
The primary schools are at the postcodes in Hendy and Fforest. There is no secondary school at its postcodes; these are the nearest to its middle. Distances are straight lines from the middle of its postcodes. Distance is not a catchment: each council sets its own admission rules.
Primary
Source: Welsh Government, maintained schools on DataMap Wales, read 27 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. Each school opens its page on My Local School. How we use it
How far is the station from Hendy and Fforest?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Hendy and Fforest is Pontarddulais Rail Station, 700 m away in a straight line.
- Pontarddulais Rail Station Railway station 700 mWalk
- Llangennech Rail Station Railway station 3.3 kmCycle
- Bynea Rail Station Railway station 5.8 kmDrive
Straight-line distances from the centre point, not routes. Walk: under 1.2 km. Cycle: 1.2 to 5 km. Drive: further.
Straight-line distances from the middle of the postcodes, not routes. Each postcode page lists its own nearest stations and bus stops. The Department for Transport's register does not say how often services run.
Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Which GP surgeries are in Hendy and Fforest?
There is no GP practice at the postcodes in Hendy and Fforest. These are the nearest to its middle, in a straight line. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- Talybont Surgery Phone 01792 882368 750 mWalk
- Llangennech Surgery Phone 01554 820287 2.9 kmCycle
- Princess Street Surgery Phone 01792 895681 5.2 kmDrive
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Hendy and Fforest safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 263 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Hendy and Fforest over the 12 months from September 2025 to August 2026. August 2026 is the latest month it has published. These are counts, not a rate: we hold no count of the people who live, work or pass through, so we do not say whether a place is safe.
Each month, September 2025 to August 2026
- 25 September 2025
- 17 October 2025
- 26 November 2025
- 14 December 2025
- 19 January 2026
- 21 February 2026
- 21 March 2026
- 25 April 2026
- 29 May 2026
- 29 June 2026
- 15 July 2026
- 22 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: burglary 8, shoplifting 6, theft from the person 3.
Police.uk says its locations "always represent the approximate location of a crime". Each crime is moved to the nearest of a fixed list of map points, each over a street centre, a public place or a commercial premises, chosen so that every point covers at least eight addresses or none. A mile is a wide circle: in a town it takes in the centre and its shops, where much crime is recorded.
Crime around one postcodeSource: Police.uk (data.police.uk), data to August 2026, from its download of 30 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Who runs Hendy and Fforest?
- Council
- Carmarthenshire
- Parliamentary constituency
- Llanelli
- Police force area
- Dyfed-Powys
- Country
- Wales
- MP
- Dame Nia Griffith (Labour)
All 61 postcodes here share these. Wards differ: check a postcode for yours. What council am I in?
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. The MP: UK Parliament. See all our data sources
Moving to Hendy and Fforest
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.
- Tell Carmarthenshire about council tax Council tax, on carmarthenshire.gov.wales
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice The nearest GP practices
- Take meter readings on the day you move in
- Power cut? Call 105. It is free. About 105, the power cut number
- Find out your bin day Check your bin day on BinDayBuddy, which reads the council's own collection system
Hendy and Fforest postcodes
61 postcodes in use in Hendy and Fforest, by district:
That district is in the SA postcode area.
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Places near Hendy and Fforest
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Hendy and Fforest's £213,500. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about Hendy and Fforest
- What is it like to live in Hendy and Fforest?
- Homes sold for a typical £213,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 6.8% on the 12 months before. At 53 of the 60 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. It has 1 primary school at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Talybont Surgery, 750 metres from the middle. The nearest railway station is Pontarddulais, 700 metres from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge. Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Welsh Government, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says.
- What is the postcode for Hendy and Fforest?
- Hendy and Fforest is covered by postcode district SA4, across 61 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Which council is Hendy and Fforest in?
- Hendy and Fforest is in the Carmarthenshire council area. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Who is the MP for Hendy and Fforest?
- Hendy and Fforest is in the Llanelli parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Dame Nia Griffith (Labour), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
- How much are houses in Hendy and Fforest?
- Homes in Hendy and Fforest sold for a typical £213,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 44 sales, down 6.8% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in Hendy and Fforest?
- In Hendy and Fforest, primary schools at its postcodes include Hendy; the nearest secondary school to the middle of its postcodes is Pontarddulais Comprehensive School, 1.5 km away in a straight line. Source: Welsh Government, maintained schools on DataMap Wales, read 27 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Does Hendy and Fforest have a railway station?
- Yes: Pontarddulais is 700 metres from the centre point of the postcodes in Hendy and Fforest, in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in Hendy and Fforest?
- Ofcom reports on 60 of the 61 postcodes in Hendy and Fforest. At 53 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
- Are new homes being built in Hendy and Fforest?
- 2 of the 61 postcodes now in use in Hendy and Fforest came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 46 homes sold in Hendy and Fforest were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the SA4 district, 13%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
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