Schools
12 open schools are in scope, including 0 primary and 0 secondary schools. Ysgol Y Lawnt is the nearest published school at 81 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
NP22 5XL
Twyn Carno · Caerphilly · Wales
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Twyn Carno
- Local authority
- Caerphilly
- Constituency
- Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney
- Postcode district
- NP22
- Postcode sector
- NP22 5
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- NP22 5XL
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 June 1999
- Terminated
- 1 November 2023
- Postcode area
- NP
- Postcode district
- NP22
- Postcode sector
- NP22 5
- Latitude
- 51.759833
- Longitude
- -3.285700
- British National Grid easting
- 311,361
- British National Grid northing
- 207,576
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- Wales · W92000004
- Region
- W99999999
- Local authority district
- Caerphilly · W06000018
- Electoral ward
- Twyn Carno · W05001675
- Parish or community
- W04000746
- Westminster constituency
- Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney · W07000084
- Output area
- W00007198
- Lower layer super output area
- Caerphilly 001B · W01001375
- Middle layer super output area
- Caerphilly 001 · W02000290
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
- 12
- Primary
- 0
- Secondary
- 0
- 81 m
Ysgol Y Lawnt
Welsh establishment
- 753 m
Bryn Awel Primary School
Welsh establishment
- 808 m
Upper Rhymney Primary School
Welsh establishment
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 1,033
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 381
- Anti social behaviour 140
- Criminal damage and arson 127
- Public order 92
- Vehicle crime 90
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- NP22 5 residents
- 6,659
Age bands in NP22 5
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 17.1%
- Age 15 to 24
- 10.8%
- Age 25 to 44
- 24.6%
- Age 45 to 64
- 27.7%
- Age 65 and over
- 19.9%
1,146 residents
725 residents
1,649 residents
1,858 residents
1,332 residents
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.
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
268 m
GLAN YR AFON SURGERY
BEVAN HEALTH & WELLBEING CENTRE, PARK ROW, TREDEGAR, NP22 3NG
ODS code W93065
2.8 km
HEALTH CENTRE
PARK ROW, TREDEGAR, NP22 3NG
ODS code W93063
2.8 km
MORLAIS MEDICAL PRACTICE
BERRY SQUARE, DOWLAIS, MERTHYR TYDFIL, CF48 3AL
ODS code W95086
5.0 km
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
The Royal
BCT · Rhymney
- 0.1 miles
Rhymney Library
BCT · Rhymney
- 0.1 miles
Rhymney Library
BCT · Rhymney
- 0.1 miles
The Royal
BCT · Rhymney
- 0.2 miles
Rhymney Station
BCT · Rhymney
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
1,033 published events cover 12 months, averaging 86.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 381 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.