Merthyr Tydfil
Merthyr Tydfil is covered by postcode districts CF47 and CF48. It is in the Merthyr Tydfil council area, Wales.
Every postcode in Merthyr Tydfil, by gigabit broadband
- No home or business can get gigabit: 139
- Some can get gigabit: 138
- Every home and business can get gigabit: 816
- Ofcom gives no figure: 15
- Outline: where 5 or more postcodes without gigabit lie together
Of the 1,108 postcodes in Merthyr Tydfil that ONS places, 139 have no home or business that can get gigabit, 138 have some that can, 816 can all get it and 15 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. A dashed outline shows where 5 or more lie within 150 metres of each other. It is not a boundary, and 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 51.7532, longitude -3.3784. 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
Postcodes without gigabit
139 postcodes here have no gigabit. These are the 12 first in postcode order.
Where the postcodes without gigabit lie together
What is it like to live in Merthyr Tydfil?
Homes sold for a typical £148,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 6.1% on the 12 months before. At 816 of the 1,093 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. At least 5 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Merthyr Tydfil, 950 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, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says. See all our data sources
What do homes cost in Merthyr Tydfil?
Homes in Merthyr Tydfil sold for a typical £148,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 270 sales, up 6.1% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- Detached £300,000 40 sales
- Semi-detached £205,750 62 sales
- Terraced £127,000 161 sales
- Flat or maisonette £75,500 7 sales
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Across the whole CF47 district, Merthyr Tydfil's main postcode district: a typical £140,000.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Merthyr Tydfil: 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 Merthyr Tydfil?
22 of the 1,108 postcodes now in use in Merthyr Tydfil came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 390 homes sold in Merthyr Tydfil were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the CF47 district, 8%.
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 Merthyr Tydfil | Across the CF47 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 0 of 270 (0%) | 1 of 137 (Under 1%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 0 of 390 (0%) | 19 of 236 (8%) |
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 Merthyr Tydfil?
Ofcom reports on 1,093 of the 1,108 postcodes in Merthyr Tydfil. At 816 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 1 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s).
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
How far is the station from Merthyr Tydfil?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Merthyr Tydfil is Merthyr Tydfil Rail Station, 950 m away in a straight line.
- Merthyr Tydfil Rail Station Railway station 950 mWalk
- Pentre-Bach Rail Station Railway station 3.3 kmCycle
- Troed-y-Rhiw Rail Station Railway station 5.0 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 Merthyr Tydfil?
The GP practices at the postcodes in Merthyr Tydfil, the first 5 by distance from its middle. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- Pontcae Medical Practice Phone 01685 384369 850 mWalk
- Practice 1 Phone 01685 353780 1.1 kmWalk
- Practice 2 Phone 01685 351492 1.1 kmWalk
- Practice 3 Keir Hardie He Phone 01685 351493 1.1 kmWalk
- Morlais Medical Practice Phone 01685 385339 1.7 kmCycle
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Merthyr Tydfil safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 3,727 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Merthyr Tydfil 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
- 279 September 2025
- 330 October 2025
- 284 November 2025
- 282 December 2025
- 342 January 2026
- 256 February 2026
- 275 March 2026
- 300 April 2026
- 336 May 2026
- 331 June 2026
- 355 July 2026
- 357 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: other crime 96, burglary 64, robbery 30, possession of weapons 26, theft from the person 19, bicycle theft 5.
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 Merthyr Tydfil?
- Council
- Merthyr Tydfil
- Parliamentary constituency
- Merthyr Tydfil and Aberdare
- Police force area
- South Wales
- Country
- Wales
- MP
- Gerald Jones (Labour)
All 1,108 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 Merthyr Tydfil
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.
- Tell Merthyr Tydfil about council tax Council tax, on merthyr.gov.uk
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice The GP practices in Merthyr Tydfil
- 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 Find your rubbish collection day on GOV.UK
Merthyr Tydfil postcodes
1,108 postcodes in use in Merthyr Tydfil, by district:
Those districts are all in the CF postcode area.
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Places near Merthyr Tydfil
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Merthyr Tydfil's £148,500. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about Merthyr Tydfil
- What is it like to live in Merthyr Tydfil?
- Homes sold for a typical £148,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 6.1% on the 12 months before. At 816 of the 1,093 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. At least 5 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Merthyr Tydfil, 950 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, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says.
- What is the postcode for Merthyr Tydfil?
- Merthyr Tydfil is covered by postcode districts CF47 and CF48, across 1,108 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Which council is Merthyr Tydfil in?
- Merthyr Tydfil is in the Merthyr Tydfil council area. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Who is the MP for Merthyr Tydfil?
- Merthyr Tydfil is in the Merthyr Tydfil and Aberdare parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Gerald Jones (Labour), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
- How much are houses in Merthyr Tydfil?
- Homes in Merthyr Tydfil sold for a typical £148,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 270 sales, up 6.1% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- Does Merthyr Tydfil have a railway station?
- Yes: Merthyr Tydfil is 950 metres from the centre point of the postcodes in Merthyr Tydfil, in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in Merthyr Tydfil?
- Ofcom reports on 1,093 of the 1,108 postcodes in Merthyr Tydfil. At 816 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 1 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s). Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
- Are new homes being built in Merthyr Tydfil?
- 22 of the 1,108 postcodes now in use in Merthyr Tydfil came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 390 homes sold in Merthyr Tydfil were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the CF47 district, 8%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
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