Schools
34 open schools are in scope, including 0 primary and 0 secondary schools. Bryn Primary School is the nearest published school at 926 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
NP12 2JD
Pontllanfraith · Caerphilly · Wales
Updated September 2026
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- Post town
- Blackwood
- Ward
- Pontllanfraith
- Local authority
- Caerphilly
- Constituency
- Caerphilly
- Postcode district
- NP12
- Postcode sector
- NP12 2
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- NP12 2JD
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 June 1999
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- NP
- Postcode district
- NP12
- Postcode sector
- NP12 2
- Latitude
- 51.646659
- Longitude
- -3.190469
- British National Grid easting
- 317,728
- British National Grid northing
- 194,878
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- Wales · W92000004
- Region
- W99999999
- Local authority district
- Caerphilly · W06000018
- Electoral ward
- Pontllanfraith · W05001670
- Parish or community
- W04000912
- Westminster constituency
- Caerphilly · W07000088
- Output area
- W00007352
- Lower layer super output area
- Caerphilly 011E · W01001405
- Middle layer super output area
- Caerphilly 011 · W02000300
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
Property
1 recorded
sale at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Derllwyn Bungalow, Gelligroes, Blackwood, NP12 2JD | 11 July 2003 | £115,000 |
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 34
- Primary
- 0
- Secondary
- 0
- 926 m
Bryn Primary School
Welsh establishment
- 1.2 km
Penllwyn Primary School
Welsh establishment
- 1.3 km
Pontllanfraith Primary School
Welsh establishment
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 807
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 315
- Anti social behaviour 118
- Criminal damage and arson 93
- Public order 76
- Vehicle crime 60
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- 2
- Postcode households
- 1
- Residents per household
- 2.0
- NP12 2 residents
- 9,379
1 female, 1 male
Age bands in NP12 2
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 16.8%
- Age 15 to 24
- 10.9%
- Age 25 to 44
- 24.7%
- Age 45 to 64
- 26.1%
- Age 65 and over
- 21.5%
1,512 residents
977 residents
2,226 residents
2,348 residents
1,937 residents
This postcode contained 0% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider NP12 2 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
BLACKWOOD MEDICAL GROUP
AVICENNA MEDICAL CENTRE, PONTLLANFRAITH BLACKWOOD, BLACKWOOD, NP12 2YU
ODS code W93011
1.0 km
PONTLLANFRAITH HEALTH CENTRE
RIVERSIDE MEDICAL PRACTIC, PONTLLANFRAITH HEALTH CENTRE, BLACKWOOD ROAD, PONTLLANFRAITH, BLACKWOOD, NP12 2YU
ODS code W93012
1.0 km
SUNNYBANK HEALTH CENTRE
BRYN ROAD, CEFN FFOREST, BLACKWOOD, NP12 3NA
ODS code W93014
2.8 km
OAKFIELD SURGERY
OAKFIELD STREET, YSTRAD MYNACH, HENGOED, CF82 7WX
ODS code W95065
3.1 km
PENGAM HEALTH CENTRE
GLAN-YR-AFON LANE, FLEUR DE LIS, BLACKWOOD, NP12 3WA
ODS code W93614
3.3 km
ST. LUKE'S SURGERY
ST LUKES SURGERY, (OFF GWYDDON ROAD), ABERCARN NEWBRIDGE, NEWPORT, NP11 5GX
ODS code W93001
4.0 km
MEDDYGFA GELLIGAER SURGERY
HEOL HEN YSGOL, GELLIGAER, HENGOED, CF82 8FQ
ODS code W95050
4.5 km
NORTH CELYNEN PRACTICE
CROWN STREET, CRUMLIN, NEWPORT, NP11 4PQ
ODS code W93067
4.9 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
- 0.1 miles
Overdene
BCT · Gelligroes
- 0.1 miles
Gelli-groes Mill
BCT · Gelligroes
- 0.1 miles
Gelli-groes Mill
BCT · Gelligroes
- 0.1 miles
Siloh Presbyterian Church
BCT · Gelligroes
- 0.1 miles
Switchgear
BCT · Gelligroes
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
807 published events cover 12 months, averaging 67.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 315 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.