Schools
21 open schools are in scope, including 0 primary and 0 secondary schools. Y.G. Cwm Gwyddon is the nearest published school at 0.8 miles.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
NP2 2BE
Abercarn · Caerphilly · Wales
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Abercarn
- Local authority
- Caerphilly
- Constituency
- Newport West and Islwyn
- Postcode district
- NP2
- Postcode sector
- NP2 2
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- NP2 2BE
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- 1 June 1999
- Postcode area
- NP
- Postcode district
- NP2
- Postcode sector
- NP2 2
- Latitude
- 51.647256
- Longitude
- -3.150420
- British National Grid easting
- 320,500
- British National Grid northing
- 194,900
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- Wales · W92000004
- Region
- W99999999
- Local authority district
- Caerphilly · W06000018
- Electoral ward
- Abercarn · W05001650
- Parish or community
- W04000725
- Westminster constituency
- Newport West and Islwyn · W07000105
- Output area
- W00009924
- Lower layer super output area
- Caerphilly 014A · W01001327
- Middle layer super output area
- Caerphilly 014 · W02000303
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
- 21
- Primary
- 0
- Secondary
- 0
- 1.2 km
Y.G. Cwm Gwyddon
Welsh establishment
- 1.5 km
Abercarn Primary School
Welsh establishment
- 2.0 km
Cwmcarn Primary School
Welsh establishment
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 274
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 105
- Anti social behaviour 52
- Criminal damage and arson 31
- Public order 27
- Vehicle crime 19
GP practices
6
within 5 km
ST. LUKE'S SURGERY
ST LUKES SURGERY, (OFF GWYDDON ROAD), ABERCARN NEWBRIDGE, NEWPORT, NP11 5GX
ODS code W93001
1.3 km
BLACKWOOD MEDICAL GROUP
AVICENNA MEDICAL CENTRE, PONTLLANFRAITH BLACKWOOD, BLACKWOOD, NP12 2YU
ODS code W93011
2.9 km
PONTLLANFRAITH HEALTH CENTRE
RIVERSIDE MEDICAL PRACTIC, PONTLLANFRAITH HEALTH CENTRE, BLACKWOOD ROAD, PONTLLANFRAITH, BLACKWOOD, NP12 2YU
ODS code W93012
2.9 km
NORTH CELYNEN PRACTICE
CROWN STREET, CRUMLIN, NEWPORT, NP11 4PQ
ODS code W93067
3.4 km
RISCA SURGERY
ST. MARY STREET, RISCA, NEWPORT, NP11 6YS
ODS code W93064
4.6 km
SUNNYBANK HEALTH CENTRE
BRYN ROAD, CEFN FFOREST, BLACKWOOD, NP12 3NA
ODS code W93014
4.7 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
- 0.6 miles
Llanover Street
BCT · West End
- 0.6 miles
Bridge Street
BCT · Abercarn
- 0.6 miles
Bridge Street
BCT · Abercarn
- 0.6 miles
Llanover Street
BCT · West End
- 0.6 miles
Bypass
BCT · Abercarn
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
274 published events cover 12 months, averaging 22.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 105 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.