Schools
11 open schools are in scope, including 2 primary and 1 secondary schools. Thornwell Primary School is the nearest published school at 482 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
NP6 5QS
Bulwark and Thornwell · Monmouthshire · Wales
Updated September 2026
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- Local authority
- Monmouthshire
- Constituency
- Monmouthshire
- Postcode district
- NP6
- Postcode sector
- NP6 5
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- NP6 5QS
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- 1 June 1999
- Postcode area
- NP
- Postcode district
- NP6
- Postcode sector
- NP6 5
- Latitude
- 51.629399
- Longitude
- -2.670307
- British National Grid easting
- 353,700
- British National Grid northing
- 192,500
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- Wales · W92000004
- Region
- W99999999
- Local authority district
- Monmouthshire · W06000021
- Electoral ward
- Bulwark and Thornwell · W05001762
- Parish or community
- W04001060
- Westminster constituency
- Monmouthshire · W07000101
- Output area
- W00008246
- Lower layer super output area
- Monmouthshire 008B · W01001584
- Middle layer super output area
- Monmouthshire 008 · W02000343
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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Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 11
- Primary
- 2
- Secondary
- 1
- 482 m
Thornwell Primary School
Welsh establishment
- 541 m
Pembroke Primary School
Welsh establishment
- 988 m
Cysgod Y Coed
Welsh establishment
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 1,117
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 332
- Shoplifting 199
- Anti social behaviour 157
- Public order 112
- Other theft 72
GP practices
3
within 5 km straight-line
VAUXHALL SURGERY
VAUXHALL LANE, CHEPSTOW, NP16 5PZ
ODS code W93020
1.3 km
MOUNT PLEASANT PRACTICE
CHEPSTOW COMMUNITY HOSPITAL, TEMPEST WAY, CHEPSTOW, NP16 5XR
ODS code W93021
1.6 km
TOWN GATE PRACTICE
CHEPSTOW COMMUNITY HOSPITAL, TEMPEST WAY, CHEPSTOW, NP16 5XP
ODS code W93022
1.6 km
Nearby transport
- 0.0 miles
The Octagon
BCT · Bulwark
- 0.1 miles
Bulwark Avenue
BCT · Bulwark
- 0.1 miles
Alpha Road
BCT · Bulwark
- 0.2 miles
Middle Way
BCT · Bulwark
- 0.2 miles
The Reddings
BCT · Bulwark
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
1,117 published events cover 12 months, averaging 93.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 332 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.