The typical property in CF39
CF39 covers Tonypandy, Penygraig and the Rhondda Fawr valley, former coal-mining heartland with very low property values.
Area summary
CF39 sits in Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council. The outcode covers Tonypandy, Penygraig, Llwynypia, Trealaw and surrounding Rhondda Fawr valley settlements. The Rhondda valleys were the heartland of South Wales coal mining, with mining continuing until the early 1980s (Maerdy colliery, the last in the Rhondda, closed in 1990). Housing is overwhelmingly Victorian terraces stacked up the steep valley sides, with significant social deprivation in some streets.
Tonypandy, Penygraig and Llwynypia stations are on the Rhondda Line. The A4058 valley road provides road links.
Employment patterns are commuter into Cardiff, Pontypridd and the M4 corridor. Demographics skew towards working families with deprivation indices among the highest in Wales per Welsh Government data.
RCT Council operates additional HMO licensing in defined areas. Welsh landlord regulation (Rent Smart Wales) applies.
What the data shows
Researched facts
Buyer notes
- Coal Authority mining searches essential
- Very low absolute property values; EPC retrofit economics very tight
- Welsh tenancy regulation differs from England
The full CF39 data page
Sold price history, crime totals, EPC distribution, council tax bands and more, pulled live from HM Land Registry, Police UK and the EPC Register.
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