Schools
19 open schools are in scope, including 0 primary and 0 secondary schools. Pen-Y-Cwm Special School is the nearest published school at 941 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
NP23 8AN
Cwm · Blaenau Gwent · Wales
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Cwm
- Local authority
- Blaenau Gwent
- Constituency
- Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney
- Postcode district
- NP23
- Postcode sector
- NP23 8
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- NP23 8AN
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 June 1999
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- NP
- Postcode district
- NP23
- Postcode sector
- NP23 8
- Latitude
- 51.758230
- Longitude
- -3.199140
- British National Grid easting
- 317,332
- British National Grid northing
- 207,296
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- Wales · W92000004
- Region
- W99999999
- Local authority district
- Blaenau Gwent · W06000019
- Electoral ward
- Cwm · W05001260
- Parish or community
- W04000928
- Westminster constituency
- Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney · W07000084
- Output area
- W00007623
- Lower layer super output area
- Blaenau Gwent 007E · W01001460
- Middle layer super output area
- Blaenau Gwent 007 · W02000320
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
- 941 m
Pen-Y-Cwm Special School
Welsh establishment
- 1.8 km
Cwm Primary School
Welsh establishment
- 2.7 km
Georgetown C.P. School
Welsh establishment
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 266
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 98
- Anti social behaviour 39
- Criminal damage and arson 39
- Public order 33
- Vehicle crime 23
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- 2
- Postcode households
- 2
- Residents per household
- 1.0
- NP23 8 residents
- 992
2 female, 0 male
Age bands in NP23 8
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 12.1%
- Age 15 to 24
- 11.8%
- Age 25 to 44
- 21.2%
- Age 45 to 64
- 36.3%
- Age 65 and over
- 18.7%
131 residents
128 residents
230 residents
395 residents
203 residents
This postcode contained 0.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider NP23 8 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+
- 66.7%
- Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
- 66.7%
- Gigabit-capable
- 66.7%
- 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
7
within 5 km
CWM HEALTH CENTRE
CANNING STREET, CWM, EBBW VALE, NP23 7RW
ODS code W93619
2.1 km
BLAINA MEDICAL PRACTICE
REAR OF HIGH STREET, BLAINA, ABERTILLERY, NP13 3AT
ODS code W93115
2.8 km
PEN-Y-CAE SURGERY
THE HEALTH CENTRE, BRIDGE STREET, EBBW VALE, NP23 6EY
ODS code W93623
2.9 km
GLAN YR AFON SURGERY
BEVAN HEALTH & WELLBEING CENTRE, PARK ROW, TREDEGAR, NP22 3NG
ODS code W93065
3.6 km
HEALTH CENTRE
PARK ROW, TREDEGAR, NP22 3NG
ODS code W93063
3.6 km
GLAN RHYD SURGERY
RIVERSIDE, BEAUFORT EBBW VALE, EBBW VALE, NP23 5NT
ODS code W93032
4.3 km
BLAEN-Y-CWM GROUP PRACTICE
BLAENAVON ROAD, BRYNMAWR, EBBW VALE, NP23 4BR
ODS code W93068
4.6 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
- 0.1 miles
Innovation Centre
BCT · Waunllwyd
- 0.1 miles
Ebbw Vale Parkway
BCT · Ebbw Vale
- 0.1 miles
Park Road
BCT · Waunllwyd
- 0.1 miles
Park Road
BCT · Waunllwyd
- 0.1 miles
Ebbw Vale Parkway
BCT · Ebbw Vale
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
266 published events cover 12 months, averaging 22.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 98 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.