Schools
9 open schools are in scope, including 0 primary and 0 secondary schools. Cwm Primary School is the nearest published school at 1.3 miles.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
NP12 0GA
Argoed · Caerphilly · Wales
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Argoed
- Local authority
- Caerphilly
- Constituency
- Newport West and Islwyn
- Postcode district
- NP12
- Postcode sector
- NP12 0
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- NP12 0GA
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 May 2009
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- NP
- Postcode district
- NP12
- Postcode sector
- NP12 0
- Latitude
- 51.725489
- Longitude
- -3.189615
- British National Grid easting
- 317,930
- British National Grid northing
- 203,644
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- Wales · W92000004
- Region
- W99999999
- Local authority district
- Caerphilly · W06000018
- Electoral ward
- Argoed · W05001651
- Parish or community
- W04000727
- Westminster constituency
- Newport West and Islwyn · W07000105
- Output area
- W00006995
- Lower layer super output area
- Caerphilly 005B · W01001335
- Middle layer super output area
- Caerphilly 005 · W02000294
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
Explore NP12
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 9
- Primary
- 0
- Secondary
- 0
- 2.1 km
Cwm Primary School
Welsh establishment
- 2.7 km
Markham Primary School
Welsh establishment
- 3.4 km
Whiterose Primary
Welsh establishment
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 110
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 37
- Anti social behaviour 22
- Criminal damage and arson 12
- Public order 10
- Vehicle crime 10
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- NP12 0 residents
- 8,302
Age bands in NP12 0
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 18.1%
- Age 15 to 24
- 10.7%
- Age 25 to 44
- 25.1%
- Age 45 to 64
- 26.5%
- Age 65 and over
- 19.7%
1,513 residents
892 residents
2,098 residents
2,219 residents
1,650 residents
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 2024-04-08.
Fixed broadband coverage
Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.
- Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
- 0%
- Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
- 0%
- Gigabit-capable
- 0%
- Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
- 0%
- Next Generation Access
- 100%
- Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
- 0%
Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
GP practices
8
within 5 km straight-line
CWM HEALTH CENTRE
CANNING STREET, CWM, EBBW VALE, NP23 7RW
ODS code W93619
1.8 km
MARKHAM MEDICAL CENTRE
JAMES STREET, MARKHAM, BLACKWOOD, NP12 0QN
ODS code W93010
2.8 km
SIX BELLS MEDICAL CENTRE
ABERBEEG MEDICAL CENTRE, THE SQUARE, ABERBEEG, ABERTILLERY, NP13 2AB
ODS code W93009
3.5 km
MEDDYGFA CWM RHYMNI PRACTICE
WHITE ROSE WAY MEDICAL CENTRE, WHITE ROSE WAY, NEW TREDEGAR, NP24 6EE
ODS code W95080
3.6 km
ABERTILLERY GROUP
THE BRIDGE CENTRE, FOUNDRY BRIDGE, ABERTILLERY, NP13 1BQ
ODS code W93075
3.9 km
CWM CALON
THE BRIDGE CENTRE, FOUNDRY BRIDGE, ABERTILLERY, NP13 1BQ
ODS code W93007
3.9 km
SOUTH STREET SURGERY
SOUTH STREET, BARGOED, CF81 8SU
ODS code W95078
4.9 km
BLAINA MEDICAL PRACTICE
REAR OF HIGH STREET, BLAINA, ABERTILLERY, NP13 3AT
ODS code W93115
5.0 km
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Paran Church
BCT · Manmoel
- 0.1 miles
Paran Church
BCT · Manmoel
- 0.3 miles
Pen-rhiw-ffawyddog Farm Lane
BCT · Manmoel
- 0.3 miles
Tir y Pentre Farm
BCT · Manmoel
- 0.3 miles
Tir y Pentre Farm
BCT · Manmoel
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
110 published events cover 12 months, averaging 9.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 37 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.