Schools
11 open schools are in scope, including 2 primary and 1 secondary schools. Lift Offa's Mead is the nearest published school at 480 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
NP16 5UB
Chepstow Castle and Larkfield · Monmouthshire · Wales
Updated September 2026
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- Local authority
- Monmouthshire
- Constituency
- Monmouthshire
- Postcode district
- NP16
- Postcode sector
- NP16 5
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- NP16 5UB
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 June 2024
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- NP
- Postcode district
- NP16
- Postcode sector
- NP16 5
- Latitude
- 51.641985
- Longitude
- -2.669076
- British National Grid easting
- 353,798
- British National Grid northing
- 193,899
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- Wales · W92000004
- Region
- W99999999
- Local authority district
- Monmouthshire · W06000021
- Electoral ward
- Chepstow Castle and Larkfield · W05001767
- Parish or community
- W04001060
- Westminster constituency
- Monmouthshire · W07000101
- Output area
- W00008262
- Lower layer super output area
- Monmouthshire 008C · W01001587
- Middle layer super output area
- Monmouthshire 008 · W02000343
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 NP16
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 11
- Primary
- 2
- Secondary
- 1
- 480 m
Lift Offa's Mead
Academy sponsor led
- 616 m
Wyedean School and Sixth Form Centre
Academy converter
- 658 m
Dean Close St John's
Other independent school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 1,060
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 306
- Shoplifting 180
- Anti social behaviour 143
- Public order 109
- Other theft 75
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- NP16 5 residents
- 10,857
Age bands in NP16 5
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 15.2%
- Age 15 to 24
- 9.6%
- Age 25 to 44
- 24.5%
- Age 45 to 64
- 29%
- Age 65 and over
- 21.6%
1,640 residents
1,036 residents
2,640 residents
3,128 residents
2,325 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+
- 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
3
within 5 km
VAUXHALL SURGERY
VAUXHALL LANE, CHEPSTOW, NP16 5PZ
ODS code W93020
898 m
MOUNT PLEASANT PRACTICE
CHEPSTOW COMMUNITY HOSPITAL, TEMPEST WAY, CHEPSTOW, NP16 5XR
ODS code W93021
1.2 km
TOWN GATE PRACTICE
CHEPSTOW COMMUNITY HOSPITAL, TEMPEST WAY, CHEPSTOW, NP16 5XP
ODS code W93022
1.2 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
Chepstow Tesco
BCT · Chepstow
- 0.2 miles
Chepstow Rail Station
RSE · Chepstow
- 0.2 miles
Chepstow Railway Station
BCT · Chepstow
- 0.2 miles
Chepstow Rail Station
RLY · Chepstow
- 0.2 miles
Davis Court
BCT · Chepstow
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
1,060 published events cover 12 months, averaging 88.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 306 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.