Schools
19 open schools are in scope, including 0 primary and 0 secondary schools. Glyncoed Primary School is the nearest published school at 451 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
NP23 5YB
Beaufort · Blaenau Gwent · Wales
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Beaufort
- 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 5YB
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 December 1999
- Terminated
- 1 June 2000
- Postcode area
- NP
- Postcode district
- NP23
- Postcode sector
- NP23 5
- Latitude
- 51.796175
- Longitude
- -3.211397
- British National Grid easting
- 316,556
- British National Grid northing
- 211,530
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- Wales · W92000004
- Region
- W99999999
- Local authority district
- Blaenau Gwent · W06000019
- Electoral ward
- Beaufort · W05001257
- Parish or community
- W04001043
- Westminster constituency
- Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney · W07000084
- Output area
- W00007539
- Lower layer super output area
- Blaenau Gwent 001C · W01001442
- 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
Explore NP23
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 19
- Primary
- 0
- Secondary
- 0
- 451 m
Glyncoed Primary School
Welsh establishment
- 581 m
Beaufort Hill Primary School
Welsh establishment
- 913 m
Rhos y Fedwen Primary
Welsh establishment
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 1,471
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 513
- Anti social behaviour 226
- Criminal damage and arson 175
- Public order 136
- Vehicle crime 123
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- NP23 5 residents
- 9,954
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
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
6
within 5 km straight-line
GLAN RHYD SURGERY
RIVERSIDE, BEAUFORT EBBW VALE, EBBW VALE, NP23 5NT
ODS code W93032
172 m
PEN-Y-CAE SURGERY
THE HEALTH CENTRE, BRIDGE STREET, EBBW VALE, NP23 6EY
ODS code W93623
1.4 km
BLAEN-Y-CWM GROUP PRACTICE
BLAENAVON ROAD, BRYNMAWR, EBBW VALE, NP23 4BR
ODS code W93068
2.7 km
GLAN YR AFON SURGERY
BEVAN HEALTH & WELLBEING CENTRE, PARK ROW, TREDEGAR, NP22 3NG
ODS code W93065
3.9 km
HEALTH CENTRE
PARK ROW, TREDEGAR, NP22 3NG
ODS code W93063
3.9 km
BLAINA MEDICAL PRACTICE
REAR OF HIGH STREET, BLAINA, ABERTILLERY, NP13 3AT
ODS code W93115
4.8 km
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Church Crescent
BCT · Carmeltown
- 0.1 miles
Soar Baptist Church
BCT · Beaufort
- 0.1 miles
Soar Baptist Church
BCT · Beaufort
- 0.2 miles
Carmel Chapel
BCT · Carmeltown
- 0.2 miles
Beaufort Ballroom
BCT · Beaufort
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
1,471 published events cover 12 months, averaging 122.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 513 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.