Schools
13 open schools are in scope, including 0 primary and 0 secondary schools. Ysgol Y Lawnt is the nearest published school at 686 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
NP2 5RL
Darran Valley · Caerphilly · Wales
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Darran Valley
- Local authority
- Caerphilly
- Constituency
- Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney
- Postcode district
- NP2
- Postcode sector
- NP2 5
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- NP2 5RL
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 1983
- Terminated
- 1 June 1999
- Postcode area
- NP
- Postcode district
- NP2
- Postcode sector
- NP2 5
- Latitude
- 51.753699
- Longitude
- -3.290756
- British National Grid easting
- 311,000
- British National Grid northing
- 206,900
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- Wales · W92000004
- Region
- W99999999
- Local authority district
- Caerphilly · W06000018
- Electoral ward
- Darran Valley · W05001657
- Parish or community
- W04000735
- Westminster constituency
- Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney · W07000084
- Output area
- W00007125
- Lower layer super output area
- Caerphilly 002B · W01001361
- Middle layer super output area
- Caerphilly 002 · W02000291
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
- 13
- Primary
- 0
- Secondary
- 0
- 686 m
Ysgol Y Lawnt
Welsh establishment
- 922 m
Bryn Awel Primary School
Welsh establishment
- 1.3 km
Fochriw Primary School
Welsh establishment
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 1,036
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 382
- Anti social behaviour 131
- Criminal damage and arson 120
- Vehicle crime 100
- Public order 93
GP practices
4
within 5 km straight-line
MEDDYGFA CWM RHYMNI PRACTICE
R.I.H.S.C.C LAWNS INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, RHYMNEY, TREDEGAR, NP22 5PW
ODS code W95081
710 m
GLAN YR AFON SURGERY
BEVAN HEALTH & WELLBEING CENTRE, PARK ROW, TREDEGAR, NP22 3NG
ODS code W93065
3.5 km
HEALTH CENTRE
PARK ROW, TREDEGAR, NP22 3NG
ODS code W93063
3.5 km
MORLAIS MEDICAL PRACTICE
BERRY SQUARE, DOWLAIS, MERTHYR TYDFIL, CF48 3AL
ODS code W95086
4.7 km
Nearby transport
- 0.4 miles
Rhymney Rail Station
RSE · Rhymney
- 0.4 miles
Rhymney Rail Station
RLY · Rhymney
- 0.4 miles
Rhymney Station
BCT · Rhymney
- 0.4 miles
Queens Square
BCT · Rhymney
- 0.5 miles
Rhymney Library
BCT · Rhymney
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
1,036 published events cover 12 months, averaging 86.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 382 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.