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Thinking of living at CF37 1RG? Who your neighbours would be, how far the schools, station, shops, GP and parks are from the postcode itself, which schools are near and how they do, what there is to do at the weekend, and a day in the life here.
The school, station, shops and GP are all within about a 15-minute walk.
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Working out the fit…
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| School | Stage | Distance | Latest results |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parclewis Primary School | Primary | 550 m | – |
| Coedpenmaen County Primary | Primary | 900 m | – |
| Ysgol Gymraeg Evan James | Primary | 1.1 km | – |
| Coedylan Primary School | Primary | 1.1 km | – |
| St Michaels Primary | Primary | 1.1 km | – |
| Ysgol Afon Wen | Secondary | 2.8 km | – |
| Cardinal Newman R.C. | Secondary | 2.8 km | – |
| Ysgol Bro Taf | Secondary | 3.1 km | – |
| Ysgol Garth Olwg | Secondary | 3.6 km | – |
| Bryncelynnog Comprehensive School | Secondary | 4.5 km | – |
Every primary near CF37 1RG, ranked → · Every secondary → Ranked on results, with Ofsted and SEN; each school's page says how hard it is to get in.
No state primary within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
| Sport | Nearest | Distance | Places |
|---|---|---|---|
| Football | Pontypridd A.F.C. | 280 m | 5 |
| Rugby | Glyncoch Rugby Football Club | 2.4 km | 4 |
| Tennis | Treforest Tennis Club Treforest Substation | 1.0 km | 2 |
| Badminton | Sports Hall | 1.1 km | 2 |
| Golf | Pontypridd Golf Club Pole Transformer | 1.2 km | 2 |
| Swimming | Lido Ponty | 560 m | 1 |
| Bowls | Indoor Bowls Centre | 930 m | 1 |
| Futsal | Sports Hall | 1.1 km | 1 |
| Basketball | Sports Hall | 1.1 km | 1 |
| Boxing | Arthur's Gym | 1.9 km | 1 |
| Weightlifting | Pacific Fitness | 3.4 km | 1 |
| Fitness | Pacific Fitness | 3.4 km | 1 |
| Gymnasium | Canolfan Hamdden Llanilltud Faerdref | 3.5 km | 1 |
| Squash | Canolfan Hamdden Llanilltud Faerdref | 3.5 km | 1 |
| Climbing | Navigation Quarry | 4.5 km | 1 |
| Martial arts | The Mat Academy | 4.5 km | 1 |
Named clubs, pitches and centres mapped in OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL) and facilities registered with Sport England Active Places (Contains Data © Sport England, CC BY 4.0). Neither list is complete, so a club not shown may still exist.
The nearest station is Pontypridd, about a 5-minute walk (550 m), with 780k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Cardiff Central.
The nearest bus stop is Tower Street, 100 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (routes 90, 107); 24 departures an hour from the 9 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Parclewis Primary School, about a 5-minute walk (550 m).
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Ysgol Afon Wen, 2.8 km away.
The nearest supermarket is Tesco, 500 m away, with Broadway Convenience Store closer still (150 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Toe-Tle Footcare (700 m), with Boots the closest pharmacy (700 m).
For a haircut, Maison Belle is 550 m away.
Evenings out are on the doorstep: 34 restaurants and cafés and 25 pubs and bars in the neighbourhood.
Pepe's Piri Piri is the closest café or restaurant (550 m), and The Railway Inn the nearest pub (400 m).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 140 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
It's a mix of homes: 10% flats and 13% detached houses.
Most homes are Victorian or Edwardian: 64% were built before 1919.
The nearest park is Ynysangharad Park, 500 m away; for exercise, Taff Vale Park (400 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 7.8 µg/m³).
For holidays, Cardiff is 23 km away, and Bristol, with far more destinations, 50 km.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 41% of households own their home outright.
Written from the figures on this page: Census 2021, DfT journey times (2019), NaPTAN/ORR, Ofsted, CQC, FSA, police.uk and planning registers. Figures describe the neighbourhood around the street.
34 places on this map are within about a 10-minute walk.
Walking times are estimates from straight-line distance. Food businesses from the FSA food hygiene register; schools from the DfE register; nurseries from Ofsted's childcare register; care homes from the Care Quality Commission; pools, sports halls, tennis and golf from Sport England Active Places (contains data © Sport England); everything else © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Map © OpenFreeMap, OpenMapTiles, OpenStreetMap contributors.
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