Schools
22 open schools are in scope, including 0 primary and 0 secondary schools. Markham Primary School is the nearest published school at 371 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
NP12 0RA
Argoed · Caerphilly · Wales
Updated September 2026
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- Post town
- Blackwood
- 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 0RA
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 June 1999
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- NP
- Postcode district
- NP12
- Postcode sector
- NP12 0
- Latitude
- 51.706843
- Longitude
- -3.206970
- British National Grid easting
- 316,697
- British National Grid northing
- 201,590
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
- W00006992
- Lower layer super output area
- Caerphilly 005A · W01001334
- 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
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Property
3 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Markham House, Markham, Blackwood, NP12 0RA | 12 May 2017 | £350,000 |
| Markham House, Markham, Blackwood, NP12 0RA | 24 February 2010 | £350,000 |
| Markham House, Markham, Blackwood, NP12 0RA | 8 December 2006 | £370,000 |
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 22
- Primary
- 0
- Secondary
- 0
- 371 m
Markham Primary School
Welsh establishment
- 2.0 km
Aberbargoed Primary School
Welsh establishment
- 2.1 km
Ysgol Bro Sannan
Welsh establishment
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 350
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 169
- Anti social behaviour 45
- Public order 34
- Criminal damage and arson 26
- Vehicle crime 15
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- 8
- Postcode households
- 3
- Residents per household
- 2.7
- NP12 0 residents
- 8,302
3 female, 5 male
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
This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider NP12 0 sector, not people in this individual postcode.
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+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Gigabit-capable
- 100%
- 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
MARKHAM MEDICAL CENTRE
JAMES STREET, MARKHAM, BLACKWOOD, NP12 0QN
ODS code W93010
543 m
SOUTH STREET SURGERY
SOUTH STREET, BARGOED, CF81 8SU
ODS code W95078
2.6 km
MEDDYGFA CWM RHYMNI PRACTICE
WHITE ROSE WAY MEDICAL CENTRE, WHITE ROSE WAY, NEW TREDEGAR, NP24 6EE
ODS code W95080
2.7 km
BRYNTIRION SURGERY
WEST STREET, BARGOED, CF81 8SA
ODS code W95068
2.8 km
SUNNYBANK HEALTH CENTRE
BRYN ROAD, CEFN FFOREST, BLACKWOOD, NP12 3NA
ODS code W93014
4.1 km
CWM HEALTH CENTRE
CANNING STREET, CWM, EBBW VALE, NP23 7RW
ODS code W93619
4.2 km
SIX BELLS MEDICAL CENTRE
ABERBEEG MEDICAL CENTRE, THE SQUARE, ABERBEEG, ABERTILLERY, NP13 2AB
ODS code W93009
4.3 km
PENGAM HEALTH CENTRE
GLAN-YR-AFON LANE, FLEUR DE LIS, BLACKWOOD, NP12 3WA
ODS code W93614
4.7 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 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.
Nearby transport
- 0.0 miles
The Villas
BCT · Markham
- 0.1 miles
Congregational Church
BCT · Markham
- 0.1 miles
Markham Terrace
BCT · Markham
- 0.1 miles
Markham Terrace
BCT · Markham
- 0.2 miles
Bryn Road
BCT · Markham
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
350 published events cover 12 months, averaging 29.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 169 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.