Schools
19 open schools are in scope, including 0 primary and 0 secondary schools. Rhos y Fedwen Primary is the nearest published school at 444 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
NP23 5QF
Rassau and Garnlydan · Blaenau Gwent · Wales
Updated September 2026
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- Post town
- Ebbw Vale
- Ward
- Rassau and Garnlydan
- Local authority
- Blaenau Gwent
- Constituency
- Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney
- Postcode district
- NP23
- Postcode sector
- NP23 5
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- NP23 5QF
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 June 1999
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- NP
- Postcode district
- NP23
- Postcode sector
- NP23 5
- Latitude
- 51.797252
- Longitude
- -3.227190
- British National Grid easting
- 315,469
- British National Grid northing
- 211,668
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- Wales · W92000004
- Region
- W99999999
- Local authority district
- Blaenau Gwent · W06000019
- Electoral ward
- Rassau and Garnlydan · W05001267
- Parish or community
- W04000932
- Westminster constituency
- Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney · W07000084
- Output area
- W00007684
- Lower layer super output area
- Blaenau Gwent 001D · W01001470
- Middle layer super output area
- Blaenau Gwent 001 · W02000314
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
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Property
2 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 2, Pleasant View, Rassau, Ebbw Vale, NP23 5QF | 14 December 2020 | £154,000 |
| 2, Pleasant View, Rassau, Ebbw Vale, NP23 5QF | 11 September 2014 | £80,000 |
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 19
- Primary
- 0
- Secondary
- 0
- 444 m
Rhos y Fedwen Primary
Welsh establishment
- 1.2 km
Glyncoed Primary School
Welsh establishment
- 1.6 km
Beaufort Hill Primary School
Welsh establishment
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 1,160
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 389
- Anti social behaviour 179
- Criminal damage and arson 135
- Public order 117
- Vehicle crime 90
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- 10
- Postcode households
- 4
- Residents per household
- 2.5
- NP23 5 residents
- 9,954
6 female, 4 male
Age bands in NP23 5
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 16.2%
- Age 15 to 24
- 9.7%
- Age 25 to 44
- 22.9%
- Age 45 to 64
- 28.3%
- Age 65 and over
- 22.8%
1,661 residents
996 residents
2,343 residents
2,892 residents
2,336 residents
This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider NP23 5 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.
GP practices
5
within 5 km
GLAN RHYD SURGERY
RIVERSIDE, BEAUFORT EBBW VALE, EBBW VALE, NP23 5NT
ODS code W93032
962 m
PEN-Y-CAE SURGERY
THE HEALTH CENTRE, BRIDGE STREET, EBBW VALE, NP23 6EY
ODS code W93623
2.0 km
GLAN YR AFON SURGERY
BEVAN HEALTH & WELLBEING CENTRE, PARK ROW, TREDEGAR, NP22 3NG
ODS code W93065
3.4 km
HEALTH CENTRE
PARK ROW, TREDEGAR, NP22 3NG
ODS code W93063
3.4 km
BLAEN-Y-CWM GROUP PRACTICE
BLAENAVON ROAD, BRYNMAWR, EBBW VALE, NP23 4BR
ODS code W93068
3.8 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
- 0.0 miles
Stonebridge Road
BCT · Rassau
- 0.0 miles
Stonebridge Road
BCT · Rassau
- 0.1 miles
Stonebridge Road
BCT · Rassau
- 0.1 miles
Stonebridge Road
BCT · Rassau
- 0.1 miles
Rassau Post Office
BCT · Rassau
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
1,160 published events cover 12 months, averaging 96.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 389 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.