Schools
23 open schools are in scope, including 0 primary and 0 secondary schools. Bedwas Junior School is the nearest published school at 357 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
NP1 8DZ
Van · Caerphilly · Wales
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Van
- Local authority
- Caerphilly
- Constituency
- Caerphilly
- Postcode district
- NP1
- Postcode sector
- NP1 8
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- NP1 8DZ
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- 1 June 1999
- Postcode area
- NP
- Postcode district
- NP1
- Postcode sector
- NP1 8
- Latitude
- 51.588303
- Longitude
- -3.200896
- British National Grid easting
- 316,900
- British National Grid northing
- 188,400
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- Wales · W92000004
- Region
- W99999999
- Local authority district
- Caerphilly · W06000018
- Electoral ward
- Van · W05001676
- Parish or community
- W04000915
- Westminster constituency
- Caerphilly · W07000088
- Output area
- W00007427
- Lower layer super output area
- Caerphilly 022D · W01001420
- Middle layer super output area
- Caerphilly 022 · W02000311
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
- 23
- Primary
- 0
- Secondary
- 0
- 357 m
Bedwas Junior School
Welsh establishment
- 590 m
Bedwas Infant School
Welsh establishment
- 742 m
Bedwas High School
Welsh establishment
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 1,728
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 660
- Anti social behaviour 247
- Criminal damage and arson 204
- Public order 181
- Shoplifting 113
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
6
within 5 km straight-line
TY BRYN SURGERY
THE BRYN, TRETHOMAS, CAERPHILLY, CF83 8GL
ODS code W95008
943 m
COURT HOUSE MEDICAL CENTRE
HEOL BRO WEN, CAERPHILLY, CF83 3GH
ODS code W95059
1.3 km
MARKET STREET PRACTICE
TONYFELIN MEDICAL CENTRE, TONYFELIN SURGERY, BEDWAS ROAD, CAERPHILLY, CF83 1XP
ODS code W95046
1.5 km
THE VILLAGE SURGERY
LLANBRADACH CENTRE FOR HEALTH, 12 PENCERRIG STREET, LLANBRADACH, CAERPHILLY, CF83 3LR
ODS code W95073
2.9 km
NANTGARW ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE
4 BEDDAU WAY, CAERPHILLY, CF83 2AX
ODS code W95049
3.7 km
ABER MEDICAL CENTRE
MEDDYGFA TRIDWR, 27-29 THOMAS STREET, CAERPHILLY, CF83 4AU
ODS code W00005
4.9 km
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Maes-yr-Afon
BCT · Porset
- 0.1 miles
Welsh Government Offices
BCT · Bedwas
- 0.1 miles
Darren Close
BCT · Porset
- 0.1 miles
The Square
BCT · Bedwas
- 0.2 miles
Welsh Government Offices
BCT · Bedwas
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
1,728 published events cover 12 months, averaging 144 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 660 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.