Schools
10 open schools are in scope, including 0 primary and 0 secondary schools. Sofrydd C.P. School is the nearest published school at 0.6 miles.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
NP1 5BQ
Pontypool Fawr · Torfaen · Wales
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Pontypool Fawr
- Local authority
- Torfaen
- Constituency
- Torfaen
- Postcode district
- NP1
- Postcode sector
- NP1 5
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- NP1 5BQ
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- 1 June 1999
- Postcode area
- NP
- Postcode district
- NP1
- Postcode sector
- NP1 5
- Latitude
- 51.685388
- Longitude
- -3.112328
- British National Grid easting
- 323,200
- British National Grid northing
- 199,100
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- Wales · W92000004
- Region
- W99999999
- Local authority district
- Torfaen · W06000020
- Electoral ward
- Pontypool Fawr · W05001374
- Parish or community
- W04000985
- Westminster constituency
- Torfaen · W07000109
- Output area
- W00008039
- Lower layer super output area
- Torfaen 004F · W01001541
- Middle layer super output area
- Torfaen 004 · W02000326
Postcode source versions
- Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
- Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
- Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence
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Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 10
- Primary
- 0
- Secondary
- 0
- 1.0 km
Sofrydd C.P. School
Welsh establishment
- 2.2 km
Pantside Primary School
Welsh establishment
- 2.3 km
Crumlin High Level Primary School
Welsh establishment
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 165
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 70
- Criminal damage and arson 26
- Anti social behaviour 19
- Public order 18
- Other theft 12
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- Postcode sector residents
- Not available
Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.
Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version not available.
GP practices
3
within 5 km
NORTH CELYNEN PRACTICE
CROWN STREET, CRUMLIN, NEWPORT, NP11 4PQ
ODS code W93067
2.1 km
SIX BELLS MEDICAL CENTRE
ABERBEEG MEDICAL CENTRE, THE SQUARE, ABERBEEG, ABERTILLERY, NP13 2AB
ODS code W93009
3.6 km
ST. LUKE'S SURGERY
ST LUKES SURGERY, (OFF GWYDDON ROAD), ABERCARN NEWBRIDGE, NEWPORT, NP11 5GX
ODS code W93001
4.4 km
Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.
Source acquired on 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.
Nearby transport
- 0.3 miles
Hafodyrynys Hotel
BCT · Hafodyrynys
- 0.3 miles
Hafodyrynys Hotel
BCT · Hafodyrynys
- 0.5 miles
Mill Court
BCT · Hafodyrynys
- 0.5 miles
Mill Court
BCT · Hafodyrynys
- 0.6 miles
Wash House
BCT · Cefn y Crib
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
165 published events cover 12 months, averaging 13.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 70 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.