Schools
21 open schools are in scope, including 0 primary and 0 secondary schools. Pen-Y-Cwm Special School is the nearest published school at 932 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
NP3 5BD
Ebbw Vale South · Blaenau Gwent · Wales
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Ebbw Vale South
- Local authority
- Blaenau Gwent
- Constituency
- Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney
- Postcode district
- NP3
- Postcode sector
- NP3 5
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- NP3 5BD
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- 1 June 1999
- Postcode area
- NP
- Postcode district
- NP3
- Postcode sector
- NP3 5
- Latitude
- 51.774501
- Longitude
- -3.194236
- British National Grid easting
- 317,700
- British National Grid northing
- 209,100
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- Wales · W92000004
- Region
- W99999999
- Local authority district
- Blaenau Gwent · W06000019
- Electoral ward
- Ebbw Vale South · W05001263
- Parish or community
- W04000930
- Westminster constituency
- Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney · W07000084
- Output area
- W00007634
- 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 NP3
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 21
- Primary
- 0
- Secondary
- 0
- 932 m
Pen-Y-Cwm Special School
Welsh establishment
- 1.3 km
River Centre 3-16 Learning Community
Welsh establishment
- 1.5 km
Willowtown Primary School
Welsh establishment
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 1,188
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 426
- Anti social behaviour 181
- Criminal damage and arson 167
- Public order 129
- Shoplifting 61
GP practices
7
within 5 km straight-line
PEN-Y-CAE SURGERY
THE HEALTH CENTRE, BRIDGE STREET, EBBW VALE, NP23 6EY
ODS code W93623
1.4 km
BLAINA MEDICAL PRACTICE
REAR OF HIGH STREET, BLAINA, ABERTILLERY, NP13 3AT
ODS code W93115
2.4 km
GLAN RHYD SURGERY
RIVERSIDE, BEAUFORT EBBW VALE, EBBW VALE, NP23 5NT
ODS code W93032
2.7 km
BLAEN-Y-CWM GROUP PRACTICE
BLAENAVON ROAD, BRYNMAWR, EBBW VALE, NP23 4BR
ODS code W93068
2.8 km
GLAN YR AFON SURGERY
BEVAN HEALTH & WELLBEING CENTRE, PARK ROW, TREDEGAR, NP22 3NG
ODS code W93065
3.7 km
HEALTH CENTRE
PARK ROW, TREDEGAR, NP22 3NG
ODS code W93063
3.7 km
CWM HEALTH CENTRE
CANNING STREET, CWM, EBBW VALE, NP23 7RW
ODS code W93619
3.7 km
Nearby transport
- 0.3 miles
Hill Street
BCT · Tyllwyn
- 0.3 miles
Hill Street
BCT · Tyllwyn
- 0.3 miles
Ty Llwyn Post Office
BCT · Tyllwyn
- 0.3 miles
Corus General Offices
BCT · Ebbw Vale
- 0.4 miles
Corus General Offices
BCT · Ebbw Vale
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
1,188 published events cover 12 months, averaging 99 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 426 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.