Schools
11 open schools are in scope, including 0 primary and 0 secondary schools. Ysgol Gymraeg Gwynllyw is the nearest published school at 900 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
NP4 8EX
Trevethin and Penygarn · Torfaen · Wales
Updated September 2026
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Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- NP4 8EX
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- 1 April 2007
- Postcode area
- NP
- Postcode district
- NP4
- Postcode sector
- NP4 8
- Latitude
- 51.717403
- Longitude
- -3.049289
- British National Grid easting
- 327,609
- British National Grid northing
- 202,596
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- Wales · W92000004
- Region
- W99999999
- Local authority district
- Torfaen · W06000020
- Electoral ward
- Trevethin and Penygarn · W05001376
- Parish or community
- W04000773
- Westminster constituency
- Torfaen · W07000109
- Output area
- W00007988
- Lower layer super output area
- Torfaen 003D · W01001531
- Middle layer super output area
- Torfaen 003 · W02000325
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 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 11
- Primary
- 0
- Secondary
- 0
- 900 m
Ysgol Gymraeg Gwynllyw
Welsh establishment
- 1.3 km
Abersychan Comprehensive School
Welsh establishment
- 1.3 km
Penygarn Primary School
Welsh establishment
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 1,427
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 634
- Criminal damage and arson 195
- Anti social behaviour 168
- Public order 145
- Other theft 62
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- NP4 8 residents
- 8,198
Age bands in NP4 8
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 19.7%
- Age 15 to 24
- 11.6%
- Age 25 to 44
- 23.3%
- Age 45 to 64
- 26.6%
- Age 65 and over
- 18.9%
1,641 residents
967 residents
1,947 residents
2,217 residents
1,577 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
4
within 5 km straight-line
THE SURGERY
ABERSYCHAN GROUP PRACTICE, OLD ROAD, ABERSYCHAN, PONTYPOOL, NP4 7BH
ODS code W93057
879 m
PONTYPOOL MEDICAL CENTRE
OFF TOWN BRIDGE PONTYPOOL, CLOS AFON LLWYD, PONTYPOOL, NP4 6DH
ODS code W93058
1.4 km
TROSNANT LODGE
TROSNANT STREET, PONTYPOOL, NP4 8AT
ODS code W93055
2.1 km
PANTEG HEALTH CENTRE
KEMYS STREET, GRIFFITHSTOWN, PONTYPOOL, NP4 5DJ
ODS code W93031
4.0 km
Nearby transport
- 0.0 miles
Orchard Close
BCT · Trevethin
- 0.1 miles
Beeches Road
BCT · Trevethin
- 0.1 miles
Upland Drive 6
BCT · Trevethin
- 0.1 miles
Trevethin Terminus
BCT · Trevethin
- 0.2 miles
Elmhurst Close
BCT · Trevethin
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
1,427 published events cover 12 months, averaging 118.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 634 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.