Ynysybwl
Ynysybwl is covered by postcode district CF37. It is in the Rhondda Cynon Taf council area, Wales.
Every postcode in Ynysybwl, by gigabit broadband
- No home or business can get gigabit: 82
- Some can get gigabit: 2
- Every home and business can get gigabit: 0
- Ofcom gives no figure: 0
- Outline: where 5 or more postcodes without gigabit lie together
Of the 84 postcodes in Ynysybwl that ONS places, 82 have no home or business that can get gigabit and 2 have some that can.
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 160 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 51.6349, longitude -3.3544. 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
82 postcodes here have no gigabit. These are the 12 first in postcode order.
Where the postcodes without gigabit lie together
- 21 postcodes without gigabit, outlined on the map. CF37 3EA, is the one nearest the middle of them.
- 19 postcodes without gigabit, outlined on the map. CF37 3EX, is the one nearest the middle of them.
- 18 postcodes without gigabit, outlined on the map. CF37 3HX, is the one nearest the middle of them.
- 9 postcodes without gigabit, outlined on the map. CF37 3NY, is the one nearest the middle of them.
- 7 postcodes without gigabit, outlined on the map. CF37 3HJ, is the one nearest the middle of them.
What is it like to live in Ynysybwl?
Homes sold for a typical £160,000 in the 12 months to September 2026. Ofcom reports on 84 postcodes here; at none of them can every home and business get gigabit broadband. It has 1 primary school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Abercynon, 2.0 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 Ynysybwl?
Homes in Ynysybwl sold for a typical £160,000 in the 12 months to September 2026, across 43 sales, HM Land Registry's figures show. The 12 months before gave £130,000 from 52 sales: not a change larger than chance would explain, given which homes happened to sell.
- Detached 2 sales, too few to price
- Semi-detached £204,000 14 sales
- Terraced £147,000 27 sales
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Across the whole CF37 district, Ynysybwl's main postcode district: a typical £160,000.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Ynysybwl: 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 Ynysybwl?
None of the 84 postcodes now in use in Ynysybwl came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to September 2025, 0 of the 52 homes sold in Ynysybwl were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the CF37 district, 0%.
New homes among the homes sold
| Period | In Ynysybwl | Across the CF37 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to September 2026 | 0 of 43 (0%) | 0 of 390 (0%) |
| The 12 months to September 2025 | 0 of 52 (0%) | 0 of 505 (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 Ynysybwl?
Ofcom reports on 84 of the 84 postcodes in Ynysybwl. At none 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 Ynysybwl?
The primary schools are at the postcodes in Ynysybwl. 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.
Source: Welsh Government school list, read 27 October 2026. Each school opens its page on My Local School.
How far is the station from Ynysybwl?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Ynysybwl is Abercynon Rail Station, 2.0 km away in a straight line.
- Abercynon Rail Station Railway station 2.0 kmCycle
- Trehafod Rail Station Railway station 3.3 kmCycle
- Quakers Yard Rail Station Railway station 3.6 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 Ynysybwl?
The GP practices at the postcodes in Ynysybwl. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- Ynysybwl Surgery Phone 01443 790360 350 mWalk
Source: NHS GP practices, read 17 October 2026.
Is Ynysybwl safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 248 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Ynysybwl 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
- 13 September 2025
- 16 October 2025
- 25 November 2025
- 21 December 2025
- 16 January 2026
- 23 February 2026
- 15 March 2026
- 24 April 2026
- 16 May 2026
- 21 June 2026
- 24 July 2026
- 34 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: other theft 6, shoplifting 4, possession of weapons 3, theft from the person 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 Ynysybwl?
- Council
- Rhondda Cynon Taf
- Parliamentary constituency
- Pontypridd
- Police force area
- South Wales
- Country
- Wales
- MP
- Alex Davies-Jones (Labour)
All 84 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 Ynysybwl
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 Ynysybwl
- 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
Ynysybwl postcodes
84 postcodes in use in Ynysybwl, by district:
That district is in the CF postcode area.
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Places near Ynysybwl
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Ynysybwl's £160,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Quick answers about Ynysybwl
- What is the postcode for Ynysybwl?
- Postcode district CF37, with 84 postcodes in use. Source: ONS.
- Which council is Ynysybwl in?
- Rhondda Cynon Taf. Source: ONS.
- Who is the MP for Ynysybwl?
- Alex Davies-Jones (Labour), for Pontypridd. Source: UK Parliament and ONS.
- How much are houses in Ynysybwl?
- A typical £160,000 in the 12 months to September 2026, from 43 sales. Source: HM Land Registry.
- What schools are in Ynysybwl?
- Primary schools at its postcodes include Trerobart Primary School; the nearest secondary school to the middle of its postcodes is Ysgol Bro Taf, 2.5 km away. Source: Welsh Government.
- Does Ynysybwl have a railway station?
- The nearest is Abercynon station, 2.0 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport.
- What broadband can you get in Ynysybwl?
- Ofcom reports on 84 of the 84 postcodes in Ynysybwl. At none of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom.
- Are new homes being built in Ynysybwl?
- None of the 84 postcodes now in use in Ynysybwl came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to September 2025, 0 of the 52 homes sold in Ynysybwl were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the CF37 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
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0.
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