Schools
8 open schools are in scope, including 0 primary and 0 secondary schools. Garnteg Primary School is the nearest published school at 85 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
NP4 7BD
Abersychan · Torfaen · Wales
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Abersychan
- Local authority
- Torfaen
- Constituency
- Torfaen
- Postcode district
- NP4
- Postcode sector
- NP4 7
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- NP4 7BD
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 October 2009
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- NP
- Postcode district
- NP4
- Postcode sector
- NP4 7
- Latitude
- 51.737990
- Longitude
- -3.065654
- British National Grid easting
- 326,512
- British National Grid northing
- 204,902
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- Wales · W92000004
- Region
- W99999999
- Local authority district
- Torfaen · W06000020
- Electoral ward
- Abersychan · W05001361
- Parish or community
- W04000980
- Westminster constituency
- Torfaen · W07000109
- Output area
- W00007761
- Lower layer super output area
- Torfaen 002B · W01001483
- Middle layer super output area
- Torfaen 002 · W02000324
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 NP4
Schools
Within 5 km of this postcode
- Open schools
- 8
- Primary
- 0
- Secondary
- 0
- 85 m
Garnteg Primary School
Welsh establishment
- 521 m
Ysgol Bryn Onnen
Welsh establishment
- 1.3 km
Abersychan Comprehensive School
Welsh establishment
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 702
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 279
- Criminal damage and arson 117
- Anti social behaviour 102
- Public order 74
- Other crime 23
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- NP4 7 residents
- 6,587
Age bands in NP4 7
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 19.3%
- 1,279 residents
- Age 15 to 24
- 11.6%
- 769 residents
- Age 25 to 44
- 24.4%
- 1,616 residents
- Age 45 to 64
- 26.8%
- 1,778 residents
- Age 65 and over
- 17.9%
- 1,184 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.
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+
- 0%
- Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
- 0%
- Gigabit-capable
- 0%
- 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, coverage at January 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
GP practices
6
within 5 km straight-line
THE SURGERY
ABERSYCHAN GROUP PRACTICE, OLD ROAD, ABERSYCHAN, PONTYPOOL, NP4 7BH
ODS code W93057
1.7 km
PONTYPOOL MEDICAL CENTRE
OFF TOWN BRIDGE PONTYPOOL, CLOS AFON LLWYD, PONTYPOOL, NP4 6DH
ODS code W93058
4.0 km
BLAENAVON MEDICAL PRACTICE
MIDDLE COEDCAE ROAD, BLAENAVON, PONTYPOOL, NP4 9AW
ODS code W93015
4.0 km
TROSNANT LODGE
TROSNANT STREET, PONTYPOOL, NP4 8AT
ODS code W93055
4.7 km
ABERTILLERY GROUP
THE BRIDGE CENTRE, FOUNDRY BRIDGE, ABERTILLERY, NP13 1BQ
ODS code W93075
4.8 km
CWM CALON
THE BRIDGE CENTRE, FOUNDRY BRIDGE, ABERTILLERY, NP13 1BQ
ODS code W93007
4.8 km
Nearby transport
- 154 m
Lower Ty Gwyn Road
BCT · Garndiffaith
- 165 m
Lower Ty Gwyn Road
BCT · Garndiffaith
- 197 m
Garndiffaith Rugby Club
BCT · Garndiffaith
- 210 m
Garndiffaith Rugby Club
BCT · Garndiffaith
- 244 m
Penylan Road
BCT · Garndiffaith
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
702 published events cover 12 months, averaging 59 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 279 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.