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On Cathedral Road, in Pontcanna
What it's like at CF11 9PL: every home that has sold on Cathedral Road since 1995 and who owns them, what's happening down the road, crime on the street, a day in the life, history on the doorstep and what's changing nearby. Moving, buying, selling, improving or investing? Pick a lens above for what matters to you.
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Compared with all 7,264 neighbourhoods in England and Wales (council well-being: all councils). Open a tab below for the detail.
ORR, DfE, police.uk, OS Terrain 50 and Open Greenspace, Forestry Commission, Defra noise maps (England), Xoserve. Every distance: Moving; radon, ground and flood checks: Buying.
18 homes on the street extended (energy certificates). 7 homes have a new energy certificate in the last 6 months and no sale since: often a sign of a sale or let coming.
Sales and extensions on Cathedral Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
67 of the 382 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 155, Cathedral RoadTerraced | Sept 2003 | £420,000 | – | – | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 157, Cathedral RoadTerraced | Dec 2023 | £825,000 | 225 m² | £3,667/m² | 2 |
| 161, Cathedral RoadTerraced | Jan 2022 | £876,000 | 226 m² | £3,876/m² | 1 |
| 163, Cathedral RoadTerraced | Sept 2014 | £650,000 | 195 m² | £3,333/m² | 4 |
| 169, Cathedral RoadDetached | Oct 2002 | £350,000 | 41 m² | £8,537/m² | 2 |
| Flat 1, 169, Cathedral RoadDetached | Dec 2020 | £702,500 | 38 m² | £18,487/m² | 1 |
| 171, Cathedral RoadTerraced | Oct 2023 | £1,185,000 | 310 m² | £3,823/m² | 3 |
| 173, Cathedral RoadTerraced | Jun 2016 | £823,000 | 342 m² | £2,406/m² | 3 |
| 175, Cathedral RoadTerraced | Jan 2015 | £400,000 | 259 m² | £1,544/m² | 1 |
| 179, Cathedral RoadOther | Oct 2016 | £660,000 | 299 m² | £2,207/m² | 1 |
Plenty of people here don't commute at all: 51% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Ninian Park, a short drive or bike ride (1.2 km), with 156k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Cardiff Central.
The nearest bus stop is Berthwin Street, under 50 m away, with a bus about every 8 minutes on weekdays (routes 25, 64, 63, 122); 46 departures an hour from the 8 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is St. Mary'S R.C. Primary School, a few minutes' walk (450 m).
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Cathays High School, 1.3 km away.
Few families with young children: only 12% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is The Co-operative Group, 200 m away; The Co-op (150 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Kings Road (Drs Surgery) (200 m), with Pontcanna Chemist the closest pharmacy (300 m).
For a haircut, Redds Hairdressing is 150 m away.
Evenings out are on the doorstep: 58 restaurants and cafés and 6 pubs and bars in the neighbourhood.
Cafe Brava is the closest café or restaurant (150 m), and The Cricketers the nearest pub (400 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (9 of them).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 172 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
It's a mix of homes: 44% flats and 2% detached houses.
Most homes are Victorian or Edwardian: 78% were built before 1919.
The nearest park is Plasturton Gardens, 350 m away; for exercise, Love Live Light Healing Hub (150 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 13.1 µg/m³).
For holidays, Cardiff is 14 km away, and Bristol, with far more destinations, 35 km.
Many neighbours rent: 39% of households rent privately and 7% socially.
It's young: 22% of residents are aged 15–29.
It's highly educated: 66% of adults have a degree.
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.
48 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.
Cardiff West constituency: Mr Alex Barros-Curtis MP (Labour), since July 2024. 2024 general election: Lab hold, majority 7,019 (15.7%), turnout 59%. Vote shares: Labour 37%, Plaid Cymru 21%, Conservative 15%, Reform UK 13%.
23 new homes, planning permissions and school changes on record within 2 km, plus energy projects, road works, storm overflows and major infrastructure. Everything changing near CF11 9PL →
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
On this street: 0 of 240 homes with certificates have solar panels, 1 a heat pump, and 66 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.4% | 0.9% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 1.0% | 0.4% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 84.6% | 86.2% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.0% | 0.2% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 13.3% | 12.2% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.1% | 0.4% | 2.1% |
From each home's latest energy certificate, so panels or heat pumps fitted since aren't counted and the shares are lower than today's real figures. Compare areas in the data explorer.
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.
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police.uk, 2025-09 to 2026-08. Crimes are mapped to the nearest of a set of anonymised points and labelled with that point's street, so busy roads and junctions collect crimes from nearby; the street has about 382 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.