Schools
40 open schools are in scope, including 0 primary and 0 secondary schools. Blackwood Primary School is the nearest published school at 513 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
NP2 1AA
Blackwood · Caerphilly · Wales
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Blackwood
- Local authority
- Caerphilly
- Constituency
- Newport West and Islwyn
- Postcode district
- NP2
- Postcode sector
- NP2 1
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- NP2 1AA
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- 1 June 1999
- Postcode area
- NP
- Postcode district
- NP2
- Postcode sector
- NP2 1
- Latitude
- 51.665686
- Longitude
- -3.195710
- British National Grid easting
- 317,400
- British National Grid northing
- 197,000
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- Wales · W92000004
- Region
- W99999999
- Local authority district
- Caerphilly · W06000018
- Electoral ward
- Blackwood · W05001653
- Parish or community
- W04000730
- Westminster constituency
- Newport West and Islwyn · W07000105
- Output area
- W00007058
- Lower layer super output area
- Caerphilly 009C · W01001350
- Middle layer super output area
- Caerphilly 009 · W02000298
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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Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 40
- Primary
- 0
- Secondary
- 0
- 513 m
Blackwood Primary School
Welsh establishment
- 549 m
Libanus Primary School
Welsh establishment
- 833 m
Blackwood Comprehensive School
Welsh establishment
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 2,374
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 920
- Anti social behaviour 320
- Criminal damage and arson 285
- Public order 238
- Vehicle crime 130
GP practices
11
within 5 km
SUNNYBANK HEALTH CENTRE
BRYN ROAD, CEFN FFOREST, BLACKWOOD, NP12 3NA
ODS code W93014
955 m
BLACKWOOD MEDICAL GROUP
AVICENNA MEDICAL CENTRE, PONTLLANFRAITH BLACKWOOD, BLACKWOOD, NP12 2YU
ODS code W93011
1.2 km
PONTLLANFRAITH HEALTH CENTRE
RIVERSIDE MEDICAL PRACTIC, PONTLLANFRAITH HEALTH CENTRE, BLACKWOOD ROAD, PONTLLANFRAITH, BLACKWOOD, NP12 2YU
ODS code W93012
1.2 km
PENGAM HEALTH CENTRE
GLAN-YR-AFON LANE, FLEUR DE LIS, BLACKWOOD, NP12 3WA
ODS code W93614
2.1 km
BRYNTIRION SURGERY
WEST STREET, BARGOED, CF81 8SA
ODS code W95068
3.6 km
SOUTH STREET SURGERY
SOUTH STREET, BARGOED, CF81 8SU
ODS code W95078
3.7 km
MEDDYGFA GELLIGAER SURGERY
HEOL HEN YSGOL, GELLIGAER, HENGOED, CF82 8FQ
ODS code W95050
3.8 km
OAKFIELD SURGERY
OAKFIELD STREET, YSTRAD MYNACH, HENGOED, CF82 7WX
ODS code W95065
3.8 km
NORTH CELYNEN PRACTICE
CROWN STREET, CRUMLIN, NEWPORT, NP11 4PQ
ODS code W93067
4.1 km
MARKHAM MEDICAL CENTRE
JAMES STREET, MARKHAM, BLACKWOOD, NP12 0QN
ODS code W93010
4.1 km
ST. LUKE'S SURGERY
ST LUKES SURGERY, (OFF GWYDDON ROAD), ABERCARN NEWBRIDGE, NEWPORT, NP11 5GX
ODS code W93001
4.8 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
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Blackwood Bus Station Stand 1
BCS · Blackwood
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Blackwood Bus Station Stand 2
BCS · Blackwood
- 0.0 miles
Blackwood Bus Station Stand 3
BCS · Blackwood
- 0.0 miles
Blackwood Bus Station Stand 4
BCS · Blackwood
- 0.0 miles
Blackwood Bus Station Stand 5
BCS · Blackwood
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
2,374 published events cover 12 months, averaging 197.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 920 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.