Schools
16 open schools are in scope, including 0 primary and 0 secondary schools. Sofrydd C.P. School is the nearest published school at 1.5 miles.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
NP4 6UA
Pontypool Fawr · Torfaen · Wales
Updated September 2026
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Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- NP4 6UA
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- NP
- Postcode district
- NP4
- Postcode sector
- NP4 6
- Latitude
- 51.690418
- Longitude
- -3.094627
- British National Grid easting
- 324,432
- British National Grid northing
- 199,641
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- Wales · W92000004
- Region
- W99999999
- Local authority district
- Torfaen · W06000020
- Electoral ward
- Pontypool Fawr · W05001374
- Parish or community
- W04000985
- Westminster constituency
- Torfaen · W07000109
- Output area
- W00008039
- Lower layer super output area
- Torfaen 004F · W01001541
- Middle layer super output area
- Torfaen 004 · W02000326
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
4 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Barn Cefn Coch, Pontypool, NP4 6UA | 30 August 2019 | £152,000 |
| Bwthyn-Yr-Ysgol, Pantygasseg, Pontypool, NP4 6UA | 23 March 2018 | £500,000 |
| Bwthyn-Yr-Ysgol, Pantygasseg, Pontypool, NP4 6UA | 21 December 2011 | £405,000 |
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 16
- Primary
- 0
- Secondary
- 0
- 2.4 km
Sofrydd C.P. School
Welsh establishment
- 3.0 km
Cwmffrwdoer Primary School
Welsh establishment
- 3.5 km
Pantside Primary School
Welsh establishment
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 27
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 9
- Anti social behaviour 6
- Criminal damage and arson 5
- Other theft 3
- Other crime 2
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- 13
- Postcode households
- 6
- Residents per household
- 2.2
- NP4 6 residents
- 7,268
6 female, 7 male
Age bands in NP4 6
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 16.6%
- Age 15 to 24
- 9.8%
- Age 25 to 44
- 25.1%
- Age 45 to 64
- 27.7%
- Age 65 and over
- 20.9%
1,215 residents
714 residents
1,838 residents
2,026 residents
1,529 residents
This postcode contained 0.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider NP4 6 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+
- 83.3%
- Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
- 83.3%
- Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
- 83.3%
- Gigabit-capable
- 83.3%
- 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
6
within 5 km straight-line
NORTH CELYNEN PRACTICE
CROWN STREET, CRUMLIN, NEWPORT, NP11 4PQ
ODS code W93067
3.4 km
PONTYPOOL MEDICAL CENTRE
OFF TOWN BRIDGE PONTYPOOL, CLOS AFON LLWYD, PONTYPOOL, NP4 6DH
ODS code W93058
4.0 km
TROSNANT LODGE
TROSNANT STREET, PONTYPOOL, NP4 8AT
ODS code W93055
4.1 km
SIX BELLS MEDICAL CENTRE
ABERBEEG MEDICAL CENTRE, THE SQUARE, ABERBEEG, ABERTILLERY, NP13 2AB
ODS code W93009
4.2 km
THE SURGERY
ABERSYCHAN GROUP PRACTICE, OLD ROAD, ABERSYCHAN, PONTYPOOL, NP4 7BH
ODS code W93057
4.4 km
PANTEG HEALTH CENTRE
KEMYS STREET, GRIFFITHSTOWN, PONTYPOOL, NP4 5DJ
ODS code W93031
4.9 km
Nearby transport
- 0.5 miles
Cefn-Crib Road
BCT · Pantygasseg
- 0.5 miles
Wash House
BCT · Cefn y Crib
- 0.5 miles
Wash House
BCT · Cefn y Crib
- 1.1 miles
Hafodyrynys Hotel
BCT · Hafodyrynys
- 1.1 miles
High Path
BCT · Old Furnace
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
27 published events cover 12 months, averaging 2.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 9 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.