Schools
20 open schools are in scope, including 0 primary and 0 secondary schools. Glanhowy Primary School is the nearest published school at 541 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
NP22 4PL
Sirhowy · Blaenau Gwent · Wales
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Sirhowy
- Local authority
- Blaenau Gwent
- Constituency
- Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney
- Postcode district
- NP22
- Postcode sector
- NP22 4
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- NP22 4PL
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 June 1999
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- NP
- Postcode district
- NP22
- Postcode sector
- NP22 4
- Latitude
- 51.782909
- Longitude
- -3.239399
- British National Grid easting
- 314,600
- British National Grid northing
- 210,087
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- Wales · W92000004
- Region
- W99999999
- Local authority district
- Blaenau Gwent · W06000019
- Electoral ward
- Sirhowy · W05001268
- Parish or community
- W04000758
- Westminster constituency
- Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney · W07000084
- Output area
- W00007707
- Lower layer super output area
- Blaenau Gwent 003B · W01001473
- Middle layer super output area
- Blaenau Gwent 003 · W02000316
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 NP22
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 20
- Primary
- 0
- Secondary
- 0
- 541 m
Glanhowy Primary School
Welsh establishment
- 700 m
Deighton Primary School
Welsh establishment
- 1.3 km
St Joseph's R.C.
Welsh establishment
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 2,018
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 691
- Anti social behaviour 322
- Public order 258
- Criminal damage and arson 241
- Other theft 125
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- 85
- Postcode households
- 38
- Residents per household
- 2.2
- NP22 4 residents
- 7,582
39 female, 46 male
Age bands in NP22 4
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 16.1%
- Age 15 to 24
- 9.1%
- Age 25 to 44
- 25.4%
- Age 45 to 64
- 28.7%
- Age 65 and over
- 20.7%
1,178 residents
667 residents
1,861 residents
2,096 residents
1,513 residents
This postcode contained 1.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider NP22 4 sector, not people in this individual postcode.
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+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Gigabit-capable
- 100%
- 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
6
within 5 km
GLAN YR AFON SURGERY
BEVAN HEALTH & WELLBEING CENTRE, PARK ROW, TREDEGAR, NP22 3NG
ODS code W93065
1.6 km
HEALTH CENTRE
PARK ROW, TREDEGAR, NP22 3NG
ODS code W93063
1.6 km
PEN-Y-CAE SURGERY
THE HEALTH CENTRE, BRIDGE STREET, EBBW VALE, NP23 6EY
ODS code W93623
2.1 km
GLAN RHYD SURGERY
RIVERSIDE, BEAUFORT EBBW VALE, EBBW VALE, NP23 5NT
ODS code W93032
2.3 km
MEDDYGFA CWM RHYMNI PRACTICE
R.I.H.S.C.C LAWNS INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, RHYMNEY, TREDEGAR, NP22 5PW
ODS code W95081
4.1 km
BLAEN-Y-CWM GROUP PRACTICE
BLAENAVON ROAD, BRYNMAWR, EBBW VALE, NP23 4BR
ODS code W93068
4.9 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 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Sirhowy Inn
BCT · Sirhowy
- 0.1 miles
Sirhowy Inn
BCT · Sirhowy
- 0.1 miles
Fairfield
BCT · Sirhowy
- 0.1 miles
Fairfield
BCT · Sirhowy
- 0.1 miles
Green Meadow
BCT · Sirhowy
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
2,018 published events cover 12 months, averaging 168.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 691 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.