Penarth
Penarth is covered by postcode districts CF11 and CF64. It is mostly in the Vale of Glamorgan council area: 629 of its 685 postcodes. The others are in Cardiff.
Every postcode in Penarth, and which are new since 2020
- New since 2020: 17
- In use before 2020: 668
- Outline: where 5 or more new postcodes since 2020 lie together
Of the 685 postcodes in Penarth that ONS places, 17 are new since 2020 and 668 were in use before 2020.
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. New since 2020 means it came into use in January 2020 or later. 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 51.4383, longitude -3.1819. 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; when each came into use: the same directory; 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
The 5 newest postcodes
Where the new postcodes lie together
- 11 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. CF64 9HQ, is the newest of them.
What is it like to live in Penarth?
Homes sold for a typical £300,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, no change on the 12 months before. At 490 of the 660 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. It has at least 8 primary schools and 2 secondary schools at its postcodes. 3 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Dingle Road, 200 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 Penarth?
Homes in Penarth sold for a typical £300,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 402 sales, no change on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- Detached £599,950 53 sales
- Semi-detached £390,000 90 sales
- Terraced £320,000 123 sales
- Flat or maisonette £190,000 136 sales
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Across the whole CF64 district, Penarth's main postcode district: a typical £340,000.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Penarth: 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 Penarth?
17 of the 685 postcodes now in use in Penarth came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 482 homes sold in Penarth were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the CF64 district, 4%.
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 Penarth | Across the CF64 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 1 of 402 (Under 1%) | 1 of 467 (Under 1%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 0 of 482 (0%) | 25 of 639 (4%) |
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 Penarth?
Ofcom reports on 660 of the 685 postcodes in Penarth. At 490 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
Which schools are in Penarth?
The open schools at the postcodes in Penarth (the first 8 primaries by distance from its middle). A school for ages 4 to 18 is listed under both. Distances are straight lines from the middle of its postcodes. Distance is not a catchment: each council sets its own admission rules.
Primary
- Victoria Primary School150 m My Local School
- Fairfield Primary School250 m My Local School
- Cogan Primary School700 m My Local School
- Albert Primary School750 m My Local School
- Evenlode Primary School1.0 km My Local School
- Ysgol Pen-Y-Garth1.0 km My Local School
- St. Joseph's RC Primary School1.2 km My Local School
- Llandough County Primary1.7 km My Local School
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 Penarth?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Penarth is Dingle Road Rail Station, 200 m away in a straight line.
- Dingle Road Rail Station Railway station 200 mWalk
- Penarth Rail Station Railway station 600 mWalk
- Cogan Rail Station Railway station 1.0 kmWalk
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 Penarth?
The GP practices at the postcodes in Penarth. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- Stanwell Surgery Phone 029 2070 3039 400 mWalk
- Redlands Surgery Phone 029 2070 6043 550 mWalk
- Albert Road Surgery Phone 0844 477 5191 800 mWalk
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Penarth safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 1,418 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Penarth 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
- 93 September 2025
- 107 October 2025
- 106 November 2025
- 115 December 2025
- 84 January 2026
- 69 February 2026
- 137 March 2026
- 142 April 2026
- 164 May 2026
- 126 June 2026
- 144 July 2026
- 131 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: other crime 27, bicycle theft 17, drugs 16, possession of weapons 14, robbery 13, theft from the person 8.
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 Penarth?
- Councils
- Vale of Glamorgan (629) and Cardiff (56)
- Parliamentary constituency
- Cardiff South and Penarth
- Police force area
- South Wales
- Country
- Wales
- MP
- Stephen Doughty (Labour (Co-op))
Where the place crosses a boundary, a row lists each side with its number of postcodes. Check a postcode for its own. 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 Penarth
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week. Most of Penarth is in Vale of Glamorgan; near its edge, check which council a postcode is in.
- Tell Vale of Glamorgan about council tax Council tax, on valeofglamorgan.gov.uk
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice The GP practices in Penarth
- 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
Penarth postcodes
685 postcodes in use in Penarth, by district:
Those districts are all in the CF postcode area.
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Places near Penarth
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Penarth's £300,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about Penarth
- What is it like to live in Penarth?
- Homes sold for a typical £300,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, no change on the 12 months before. At 490 of the 660 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. It has at least 8 primary schools and 2 secondary schools at its postcodes. 3 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Dingle Road, 200 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 Penarth?
- Penarth is covered by postcode districts CF11 and CF64, across 685 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Who is the MP for Penarth?
- Penarth is in the Cardiff South and Penarth parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Stephen Doughty (Labour (Co-op)), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
- How much are houses in Penarth?
- Homes in Penarth sold for a typical £300,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 402 sales, no change on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in Penarth?
- In Penarth, primary schools at its postcodes include Victoria Primary School, Fairfield Primary School and Cogan Primary School; secondary schools at its postcodes include Stanwell School and St Cyres Comprehensive School. Source: Welsh Government, maintained schools on DataMap Wales, read 27 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Does Penarth have a railway station?
- Yes: Dingle Road is 200 metres from the centre point of the postcodes in Penarth, in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in Penarth?
- Ofcom reports on 660 of the 685 postcodes in Penarth. At 490 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 Penarth?
- 17 of the 685 postcodes now in use in Penarth came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 482 homes sold in Penarth were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the CF64 district, 4%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
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