Schools
11 open schools are in scope, including 2 primary and 1 secondary schools. Pembroke Primary School is the nearest published school at 562 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
NP16 6HX
Shirenewton · Monmouthshire · Wales
Updated September 2026
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- Post town
- Chepstow
- Ward
- Shirenewton
- Local authority
- Monmouthshire
- Constituency
- Monmouthshire
- Postcode district
- NP16
- Postcode sector
- NP16 6
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- NP16 6HX
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 June 1999
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- NP
- Postcode district
- NP16
- Postcode sector
- NP16 6
- Latitude
- 51.627768
- Longitude
- -2.683242
- British National Grid easting
- 352,803
- British National Grid northing
- 192,327
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- Wales · W92000004
- Region
- W99999999
- Local authority district
- Monmouthshire · W06000021
- Electoral ward
- Shirenewton · W05001795
- Parish or community
- W04001074
- Westminster constituency
- Monmouthshire · W07000101
- Output area
- W00008279
- Lower layer super output area
- Monmouthshire 009D · W01001590
- Middle layer super output area
- Monmouthshire 009 · W02000344
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 |
|---|---|---|
| St Tewdrics Lodge, Mathern Road, Chepstow, NP16 6HX | 10 July 2015 | £250,000 |
| St Tewdrics Lodge, Mathern Road, Chepstow, NP16 6HX | 7 August 2003 | £225,000 |
| St Tewdrics Lodge, Mathern Road, Chepstow, NP16 6HX | 31 March 1998 | £130,000 |
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 11
- Primary
- 2
- Secondary
- 1
- 562 m
Pembroke Primary School
Welsh establishment
- 854 m
Mounton House Special School
Welsh establishment
- 994 m
Thornwell Primary School
Welsh establishment
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 795
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 277
- Anti social behaviour 122
- Public order 96
- Shoplifting 62
- Criminal damage and arson 57
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- NP16 6 residents
- 6,394
Age bands in NP16 6
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 13.7%
- Age 15 to 24
- 8.5%
- Age 25 to 44
- 16.7%
- Age 45 to 64
- 34.1%
- Age 65 and over
- 27%
940 residents
578 residents
1,140 residents
2,334 residents
1,847 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+
- 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
3
within 5 km straight-line
VAUXHALL SURGERY
VAUXHALL LANE, CHEPSTOW, NP16 5PZ
ODS code W93020
1.3 km
MOUNT PLEASANT PRACTICE
CHEPSTOW COMMUNITY HOSPITAL, TEMPEST WAY, CHEPSTOW, NP16 5XR
ODS code W93021
1.3 km
TOWN GATE PRACTICE
CHEPSTOW COMMUNITY HOSPITAL, TEMPEST WAY, CHEPSTOW, NP16 5XP
ODS code W93022
1.3 km
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Mathern Road
BCT · Bulwark
- 0.2 miles
Sycamore Avenue
BCT · Bulwark
- 0.2 miles
Brunel Road
BCT · Bulwark
- 0.2 miles
Chepstow Cemetery
BCT · Hardwick Village
- 0.3 miles
Pembroke Road
BCT · Bulwark
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
795 published events cover 12 months, averaging 66.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 277 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.