Tylorstown and Pontygwaith
Tylorstown and Pontygwaith is covered by postcode districts CF39 and CF43. It is in the Rhondda Cynon Taf council area, Wales.
Every postcode in Tylorstown and Pontygwaith, by gigabit broadband
- No home or business can get gigabit: 14
- Some can get gigabit: 20
- Every home and business can get gigabit: 44
- Ofcom gives no figure: 0
- Outline: where 5 or more postcodes without gigabit lie together
Of the 78 postcodes in Tylorstown and Pontygwaith that ONS places, 14 have no home or business that can get gigabit, 20 have some that can and 44 can all get it.
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. Names in italics are council wards: we hold no town or village names here.
The middle of its postcodes: latitude 51.6447, longitude -3.4320. Open this area on OpenStreetMap
Sources: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; Ofcom Connected Nations, Connected Nations, Spring 2026; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Ordnance Survey open maps. 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.
Postcodes without gigabit
14 postcodes here have no gigabit. These are the 12 first in postcode order.
What is it like to live in Tylorstown and Pontygwaith?
Homes sold for a typical £93,500 in the 12 months to September 2026. At 44 of the 78 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. It has 2 primary schools at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Llwynypia, 1.9 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line.
We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge.
Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data; Ofcom Connected Nations; Welsh Government school list; NHS GP practices; NaPTAN. Each figure is from a section of this page, which gives its date.
What do homes cost in Tylorstown and Pontygwaith?
Homes in Tylorstown and Pontygwaith sold for a typical £93,500 in the 12 months to September 2026, across 46 sales, HM Land Registry's figures show. The 12 months before gave £85,500 from 57 sales: not a change larger than chance would explain, given which homes happened to sell.
- Semi-detached 2 sales, too few to price
- Terraced £91,000 44 sales
Across the whole CF43 district, Tylorstown and Pontygwaith's main postcode district: a typical £103,500.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Tylorstown and Pontygwaith: 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 October 2026.
Are new homes being built in Tylorstown and Pontygwaith?
None of the 78 postcodes now in use in Tylorstown and Pontygwaith came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to September 2025, 0 of the 57 homes sold in Tylorstown and Pontygwaith were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the CF43 district, 0%.
New homes among the homes sold
| Period | In Tylorstown and Pontygwaith | Across the CF43 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to September 2026 | 0 of 46 (0%) | 0 of 118 (0%) |
| The 12 months to September 2025 | 0 of 57 (0%) | 0 of 132 (0%) |
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.
Sources: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Tylorstown and Pontygwaith?
Ofcom reports on 78 of the 78 postcodes in Tylorstown and Pontygwaith. At 44 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, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026.
Which schools are in Tylorstown and Pontygwaith?
The primary schools are at the postcodes in Tylorstown and Pontygwaith. 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 school list, read 27 October 2026. Each school opens its page on My Local School.
How far is the station from Tylorstown and Pontygwaith?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Tylorstown and Pontygwaith is Llwynypia Rail Station, 1.9 km away in a straight line.
- Llwynypia Rail Station Railway station 1.9 kmCycle
- Ystrad Rhondda Rail Station Railway station 2.4 kmCycle
- Tonypandy Rail Station Railway station 3.0 kmCycle
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: NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
Which GP surgeries are in Tylorstown and Pontygwaith?
The GP practices at the postcodes in Tylorstown and Pontygwaith. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- Tylorstown Surgery Phone 01443 730169 350 mWalk
Source: NHS GP practices, read 17 October 2026.
Is Tylorstown and Pontygwaith safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 677 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Tylorstown and Pontygwaith 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
- 56 September 2025
- 72 October 2025
- 38 November 2025
- 47 December 2025
- 45 January 2026
- 61 February 2026
- 55 March 2026
- 47 April 2026
- 63 May 2026
- 67 June 2026
- 67 July 2026
- 59 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: burglary 9, possession of weapons 7, shoplifting 2, theft from the person 2, bicycle theft 1, robbery 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.
Crime around one postcodeSource: police.uk, data to August 2026, from its download of 30 September 2026.
Who runs Tylorstown and Pontygwaith?
- Council
- Rhondda Cynon Taf
- Parliamentary constituency
- Rhondda and Ogmore
- Police force area
- South Wales
- Country
- Wales
- MP
- Chris Bryant (Labour)
All 78 postcodes here share these. Wards differ: check a postcode for yours. What council am I in?
Sources: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; UK Parliament, read 14 October 2026.
Moving to Tylorstown and Pontygwaith
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.
- Tell Rhondda Cynon Taf about council tax Council tax, on rctcbc.gov.uk
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice The GP practices in Tylorstown and Pontygwaith
- 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
Tylorstown and Pontygwaith postcodes
78 postcodes in use in Tylorstown and Pontygwaith, by district:
Those districts are all in the CF postcode area.
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Places near Tylorstown and Pontygwaith
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Tylorstown and Pontygwaith's £93,500. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Quick answers about Tylorstown and Pontygwaith
- What is the postcode for Tylorstown and Pontygwaith?
- Postcode districts CF39 and CF43, with 78 postcodes in use. Source: ONS.
- Which council is Tylorstown and Pontygwaith in?
- Rhondda Cynon Taf. Source: ONS.
- Who is the MP for Tylorstown and Pontygwaith?
- Chris Bryant (Labour), for Rhondda and Ogmore. Source: UK Parliament and ONS.
- How much are houses in Tylorstown and Pontygwaith?
- A typical £93,500 in the 12 months to September 2026, from 46 sales. Source: HM Land Registry.
- What schools are in Tylorstown and Pontygwaith?
- Primary schools at its postcodes include Tylorstown Primary School and Pontygwaith Primary School; the nearest secondary school to the middle of its postcodes is Porth Community School, 3.2 km away. Source: Welsh Government.
- Does Tylorstown and Pontygwaith have a railway station?
- The nearest is Llwynypia station, 1.9 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport.
- What broadband can you get in Tylorstown and Pontygwaith?
- Ofcom reports on 78 of the 78 postcodes in Tylorstown and Pontygwaith. At 44 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom.
- Are new homes being built in Tylorstown and Pontygwaith?
- None of the 78 postcodes now in use in Tylorstown and Pontygwaith came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to September 2025, 0 of the 57 homes sold in Tylorstown and Pontygwaith were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the CF43 district, 0%. Source: ONS and HM Land Registry.
Where the facts on this page come from
- Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory
- Ofcom Connected Nations
- HM Land Registry Price Paid Data
- Welsh Government school list
- Department for Transport: NaPTAN
- NHS England: NHS GP practices
- data.police.uk: police.uk
- UK Parliament
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