Schools
36 open schools are in scope, including 0 primary and 0 secondary schools. Blackwood Primary School is the nearest published school at 152 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
NP2 1LX
Blackwood · Caerphilly · Wales
Updated September 2026
Compare this postcodeLocation overview
Drag to pan. Use + or - to zoom. Open larger map
- 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 1LX
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- 1 June 1999
- Postcode area
- NP
- Postcode district
- NP2
- Postcode sector
- NP2 1
- Latitude
- 51.668309
- Longitude
- -3.203010
- British National Grid easting
- 316,900
- British National Grid northing
- 197,300
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
- W00007059
- Lower layer super output area
- Caerphilly 009A · W01001348
- 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
Explore NP2
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 36
- Primary
- 0
- Secondary
- 0
- 152 m
Blackwood Primary School
Welsh establishment
- 335 m
Blackwood Comprehensive School
Welsh establishment
- 708 m
Cefn Fforest Primary School
Welsh establishment
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 2,215
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 846
- Anti social behaviour 295
- Criminal damage and arson 265
- Public order 227
- Vehicle crime 125
GP practices
10
within 5 km straight-line
SUNNYBANK HEALTH CENTRE
BRYN ROAD, CEFN FFOREST, BLACKWOOD, NP12 3NA
ODS code W93014
373 m
PENGAM HEALTH CENTRE
GLAN-YR-AFON LANE, FLEUR DE LIS, BLACKWOOD, NP12 3WA
ODS code W93614
1.6 km
BLACKWOOD MEDICAL GROUP
AVICENNA MEDICAL CENTRE, PONTLLANFRAITH BLACKWOOD, BLACKWOOD, NP12 2YU
ODS code W93011
1.7 km
PONTLLANFRAITH HEALTH CENTRE
RIVERSIDE MEDICAL PRACTIC, PONTLLANFRAITH HEALTH CENTRE, BLACKWOOD ROAD, PONTLLANFRAITH, BLACKWOOD, NP12 2YU
ODS code W93012
1.7 km
BRYNTIRION SURGERY
WEST STREET, BARGOED, CF81 8SA
ODS code W95068
3.0 km
SOUTH STREET SURGERY
SOUTH STREET, BARGOED, CF81 8SU
ODS code W95078
3.2 km
MEDDYGFA GELLIGAER SURGERY
HEOL HEN YSGOL, GELLIGAER, HENGOED, CF82 8FQ
ODS code W95050
3.3 km
OAKFIELD SURGERY
OAKFIELD STREET, YSTRAD MYNACH, HENGOED, CF82 7WX
ODS code W95065
3.7 km
MARKHAM MEDICAL CENTRE
JAMES STREET, MARKHAM, BLACKWOOD, NP12 0QN
ODS code W93010
3.8 km
NORTH CELYNEN PRACTICE
CROWN STREET, CRUMLIN, NEWPORT, NP11 4PQ
ODS code W93067
4.5 km
Nearby transport
- 0.0 miles
Frost Place
BCT · Blackwood
- 0.0 miles
Frost Place
BCT · Blackwood
- 0.1 miles
Morrison Street
BCT · Blackwood
- 0.1 miles
Bloomfield Road
BCT · Blackwood
- 0.1 miles
Gibbs Close
BCT · Blackwood
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
2,215 published events cover 12 months, averaging 184.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 846 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.