Schools
17 open schools are in scope, including 0 primary and 0 secondary schools. Blaen-Y-Cwm C.P. School is the nearest published school at 466 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
NP23 4WX
Nantyglo · Blaenau Gwent · Wales
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Nantyglo
- Local authority
- Blaenau Gwent
- Constituency
- Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney
- Postcode district
- NP23
- Postcode sector
- NP23 4
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- NP23 4WX
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 June 1999
- Terminated
- 1 October 2011
- Postcode area
- NP
- Postcode district
- NP23
- Postcode sector
- NP23 4
- Latitude
- 51.791623
- Longitude
- -3.177056
- British National Grid easting
- 318,916
- British National Grid northing
- 210,985
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- Wales · W92000004
- Region
- W99999999
- Local authority district
- Blaenau Gwent · W06000019
- Electoral ward
- Nantyglo · W05001266
- Parish or community
- W04000931
- Westminster constituency
- Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney · W07000084
- Output area
- W00009796
- Lower layer super output area
- Blaenau Gwent 005D · W01001467
- Middle layer super output area
- Blaenau Gwent 005 · W02000318
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 NP23
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 17
- Primary
- 0
- Secondary
- 0
- 466 m
Blaen-Y-Cwm C.P. School
Welsh establishment
- 698 m
St Mary's Roman Catholic - Brynmawr
Welsh establishment
- 948 m
Ysgol Gymraeg Bro Helyg
Welsh establishment
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 1,386
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 511
- Anti social behaviour 236
- Criminal damage and arson 178
- Public order 133
- Other theft 68
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- NP23 4 residents
- 9,689
Age bands in NP23 4
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 17.2%
- Age 15 to 24
- 10.2%
- Age 25 to 44
- 24.4%
- Age 45 to 64
- 28%
- Age 65 and over
- 20.3%
1,679 residents
1,000 residents
2,389 residents
2,737 residents
1,985 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
BLAEN-Y-CWM GROUP PRACTICE
BLAENAVON ROAD, BRYNMAWR, EBBW VALE, NP23 4BR
ODS code W93068
589 m
PEN-Y-CAE SURGERY
THE HEALTH CENTRE, BRIDGE STREET, EBBW VALE, NP23 6EY
ODS code W93623
2.3 km
GLAN RHYD SURGERY
RIVERSIDE, BEAUFORT EBBW VALE, EBBW VALE, NP23 5NT
ODS code W93032
2.6 km
BLAINA MEDICAL PRACTICE
REAR OF HIGH STREET, BLAINA, ABERTILLERY, NP13 3AT
ODS code W93115
3.0 km
Nearby transport
- 0.0 miles
Nantyglo Comprehensive School
BCT · Winchestown
- 0.2 miles
Winchestown Post Office
BCT · Winchestown
- 0.2 miles
Winchestown Post Office
BCT · Winchestown
- 0.2 miles
Asda
BCT · Brynmawr
- 0.2 miles
Nanyglo Methodist Church
BCT · Nant-y-glo
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
1,386 published events cover 12 months, averaging 115.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 511 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.