| Postcode | CF47 9XB | 
|---|---|
| Post Town | Merthyr Tydfil | 
| Nearest station | Merthyr Tydfil (1 km) | 
| Bus stops | Steps (SW) Royal Crescent (NE) Royal Crescent (SW) Norton (SW) Bishop Hedley School (SW) Farm Shops (NE) | 
| Known addresses | 
                          No addresses found
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| Businesses | 
                        No businesses found
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| Latitude | 51.756426 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | -3.367624 | |
| Easting | 305699 | |
| Northing | 207300 | |
| Grid reference | SO056073 | |
| UTM reference | 30U 474625 5734011 | |
| what3words | match.ships.packet | |
| FixPhrase | crinkly lung spinach uncrushed | |
| Plus code | 9C3RQJ4J+HX | |
| Altitude | 248 metres (815 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 7:07 | |
| Sunset (today) | 16:49 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 34.2 KMs (21.2 miles) | 
| Parish | Penydarren | W04000720 | 
|---|---|---|
| Ward | Penydarren | W05001622 | 
| Unitary Authority | Merthyr Tydfil | W06000024 | 
| County | Mid Glamorgan | W11000005 | 
| Constituency (2024) | Merthyr Tydfil and Aberdare | W07000099 | 
| MP | Gerald Jones | Labour | 
| Police force | South Wales | |
| NUTS/ITL 3 | Central Valleys and Bridgend | |
| NUTS/ITL 2 | South East Wales | |
| NUTS/ITL 1 | Wales | |
| Country | Wales | W92000004 | 
| Date introduced | January 1992 | 
|---|---|
| Date usage ended | January 1995 | 
| Last updated | September 2025 | 
| User type | Large (addresses receive more than 25 items of mail per day) | 
| Quality | Postcode terminated prior to Gridlink initiative - last known ONS postcode grid reference | 
| Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019) | Most deprivedLeast deprived | |
|---|---|---|
| Average household income (2020) | Lowest (£22,200)
                        Highest (£108,100)
                       | |
| Rural/urban (2021) | Urban: Further from a major town or city | |
| Rural/urban (2011) | Urban city and town | |
| Built up area (2024) | Merthyr Tydfil | W45001012 | 
| Census output area (2021) | W00006866 | |
| Census output area (2011) | 8B1 | |
| Lower layer super output area (2021) | Merthyr Tydfil 002F | W01001311 | 
| Lower layer super output area (2011) | Merthyr Tydfil 002F | W01001311 | 
| Middle layer super output area (2021) | Dowlais | W02000284 | 
| Middle layer super output area (2011) | Dowlais | W02000284 | 
| Travel to work area | Merthyr Tydfil | W22000029 | 
| Average property price in Cardiff | £221,509 | 
|---|---|
| Annual change | 2.2% |