Schools
13 open schools are in scope, including 2 primary and 1 secondary schools. Thornwell Primary School is the nearest published school at 714 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
NP16 6UN
Bulwark and Thornwell · Monmouthshire · Wales
Updated September 2026
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- Post town
- Chepstow
- Local authority
- Monmouthshire
- Constituency
- Monmouthshire
- Postcode district
- NP16
- Postcode sector
- NP16 6
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- NP16 6UN
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 June 1999
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- NP
- Postcode district
- NP16
- Postcode sector
- NP16 6
- Latitude
- 51.618691
- Longitude
- -2.670077
- British National Grid easting
- 353,705
- British National Grid northing
- 191,309
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- Wales · W92000004
- Region
- W99999999
- Local authority district
- Monmouthshire · W06000021
- Electoral ward
- Bulwark and Thornwell · W05001762
- Parish or community
- W04001060
- Westminster constituency
- Monmouthshire · W07000101
- Output area
- W00008297
- Lower layer super output area
- Monmouthshire 008E · W01001593
- 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
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Property
3 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Severn Link Distribution Centre, Indesit Uk Ltd, Unit 12, New House Farm Industrial Estate, Mathern, Chepstow, NP16 6UN | 5 June 2018 | £827,500 |
| Severn Link Distribution Centre, Unit 1, New House Farm Industrial Estate, Mathern, Chepstow, NP16 6UN | 30 November 2017 | £4,572,669 |
| Severn Link Distribution Centre, Unit 4, New House Farm Industrial Estate, Mathern, Chepstow, NP16 6UN | 4 January 2016 | £8,125,000 |
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 13
- Primary
- 2
- Secondary
- 1
- 714 m
Thornwell Primary School
Welsh establishment
- 1.5 km
Pembroke Primary School
Welsh establishment
- 2.1 km
Cysgod Y Coed
Welsh establishment
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 379
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 150
- Anti social behaviour 66
- Public order 42
- Other theft 24
- Shoplifting 24
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+
- 90.9%
- Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
- 90.9%
- Gigabit-capable
- 90.9%
- 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
2.4 km
MOUNT PLEASANT PRACTICE
CHEPSTOW COMMUNITY HOSPITAL, TEMPEST WAY, CHEPSTOW, NP16 5XR
ODS code W93021
2.5 km
TOWN GATE PRACTICE
CHEPSTOW COMMUNITY HOSPITAL, TEMPEST WAY, CHEPSTOW, NP16 5XP
ODS code W93022
2.5 km
Nearby transport
- 0.3 miles
Conway Drive
BCT · Bulwark
- 0.3 miles
Conway Drive
BCT · Bulwark
- 0.3 miles
Old Farm Shopping Centre
BCT · Bulwark
- 0.4 miles
Thornwell Primary School
BCT · Bulwark
- 0.4 miles
Mariners Reach
BCT · Bulwark
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
379 published events cover 12 months, averaging 31.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 150 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.