NP8 1SA

Crickhowell with Cwmdu and Tretower · Powys · Wales

Updated September 2026

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Post town: Crickhowell
Ward: Crickhowell with Cwmdu and Tretower
Local authority: Powys
Constituency: Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe
Postcode district: NP8
Postcode sector: NP8 1

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode	Distance
NP8 1RY	91 m
NP8 1RR	115 m
NP8 1RU	462 m
NP8 1RP	485 m
NP8 1RW	491 m

Complete postcode fields and official codes

Postcode: NP8 1SA
Status: Current
Introduced: 1 January 1980
Terminated: Not published
Postcode area: NP
Postcode district: NP8
Postcode sector: NP8 1
Latitude: 51.901884
Longitude: -3.195998
British National Grid easting: 317,811
British National Grid northing: 223,269

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country: Wales · W92000004
Region: W99999999
Local authority district: Powys · W06000023
Electoral ward: Crickhowell with Cwmdu and Tretower · W05001126
Parish or community: W04000302
Westminster constituency: Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe · W07000085
Output area: W00002303
Lower layer super output area: Powys 018H · W01001905
Middle layer super output area: Powys 018 · W02000114

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 NP8

Property

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2 recorded sales at this postcode

Address	Date	Price
The Gables, Cwmdu, Crickhowell, NP8 1SA	3 January 2002	£185,000
Lavender Cottage, Cwmdu, Crickhowell, NP8 1SA	28 August 1998	£50,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools: 1
Primary: 0
Secondary: 0

Llangynidr C.P. School

Welsh establishment
4.6 km

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents: 22
Postcode households: 9
Residents per household: 2.4
NP8 1 residents: 5,284

Age bands in NP8 1

Wider postcode sector

Age 0 to 14: 13%
Age 15 to 24: 8.4%
Age 25 to 44: 15.1%
Age 45 to 64: 29.8%
Age 65 and over: 33.6%

This postcode contained 0.4% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider NP8 1 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+: 72.7%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+: 72.7%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+: 72.7%
Gigabit-capable: 72.7%

Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband: 0%
Next Generation Access: 72.7%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless: 9.1%

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.

Nearby transport

Farmers Arms

BCT · Llanfihangel Cwmdu
0.3 miles
Farmers Arms

BCT · Llanfihangel Cwmdu
0.3 miles
Tretower Castle

BCT · Tretower
1.3 miles
Tretower Castle

BCT · Tretower
1.3 miles
Gilfaes Turn

BCT · Tretower
1.7 miles

Evidence in context

Schools

1 open schools are in scope, including 0 primary and 0 secondary schools. Llangynidr C.P. School is the nearest published school at 2.8 miles.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.