Schools
12 open schools are in scope, including 0 primary and 0 secondary schools. Penygarn Primary School is the nearest published school at 70 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
NP4 8JR
Trevethin and Penygarn · Torfaen · Wales
Updated September 2026
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Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- NP4 8JR
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- NP
- Postcode district
- NP4
- Postcode sector
- NP4 8
- Latitude
- 51.709983
- Longitude
- -3.034311
- British National Grid easting
- 328,632
- British National Grid northing
- 201,756
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
- W00007963
- Lower layer super output area
- Torfaen 003A · W01001525
- 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
- 12
- Primary
- 0
- Secondary
- 0
- 70 m
Penygarn Primary School
Welsh establishment
- 588 m
Ysgol Gymraeg Gwynllyw
Welsh establishment
- 856 m
St Alban's R.C. High School
Welsh establishment
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 1,816
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 752
- Criminal damage and arson 255
- Anti social behaviour 233
- Public order 192
- Other theft 81
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.
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+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Gigabit-capable
- 100%
- 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
4
within 5 km
PONTYPOOL MEDICAL CENTRE
OFF TOWN BRIDGE PONTYPOOL, CLOS AFON LLWYD, PONTYPOOL, NP4 6DH
ODS code W93058
782 m
TROSNANT LODGE
TROSNANT STREET, PONTYPOOL, NP4 8AT
ODS code W93055
1.1 km
THE SURGERY
ABERSYCHAN GROUP PRACTICE, OLD ROAD, ABERSYCHAN, PONTYPOOL, NP4 7BH
ODS code W93057
2.2 km
PANTEG HEALTH CENTRE
KEMYS STREET, GRIFFITHSTOWN, PONTYPOOL, NP4 5DJ
ODS code W93031
2.9 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
Penygarn School
BCT · Penygarn
- 0.1 miles
St Cadoc`s Road
BCT · Penygarn
- 0.2 miles
James Street
BCT · Penygarn
- 0.2 miles
James Street
BCT · Penygarn
- 0.2 miles
Mount Road
BCT · Trevethin
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
1,816 published events cover 12 months, averaging 151.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 752 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.