Machen

What is it like to live in Machen?

Homes sold for a typical £240,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 4% on the 12 months before. At 51 of the 74 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The nearest GP practice is Risca Surgery, 3.2 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Crosskeys, 3.0 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line.

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Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says. See all our data sources

What do homes cost in Machen?

Homes in Machen sold for a typical £240,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 34 sales, down 4% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

• Detached £390,000 7 sales
• Semi-detached £250,000 11 sales
• Terraced £217,500 16 sales

Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.

Across the whole CF83 district, Machen's main postcode district: a typical £230,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Machen: 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 Machen?

2 of the 74 postcodes now in use in Machen came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 33 homes sold in Machen were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the CF83 district, 6%.

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

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 Machen?

Ofcom reports on 74 of the 74 postcodes in Machen. At 51 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.

Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

How far is the station from Machen?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Machen is Crosskeys Rail Station, 3.0 km away in a straight line.

• Crosskeys Rail Station Railway station 3.0 kmCycle
• Risca & Pontymister Rail Station Railway station 3.5 kmCycle
• Rogerstone Rail Station Railway station 5.1 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 Machen?

There is no GP practice at the postcodes in Machen. 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.

• Risca Surgery Phone 01633 613131 3.2 kmCycle
• Wellspring Medical Centre Phone 01633 612438 3.3 kmCycle
• Ty Bryn Surgery Phone 029 2086 8011 3.4 kmCycle

Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is Machen safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 186 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Machen 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

By kind, over the 12 months

Also: drugs 5, robbery 2, shoplifting 1, possession of weapons 1.

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.

Source: 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 Machen?

Council

Caerphilly

Parliamentary constituency

Caerphilly

Police force area

Gwent

Country

Wales

MP

Chris Evans (Labour (Co-op))

All 74 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