NP44 postcode district: Cwmbrân and around

NP44 is a postcode district in Wales, with 1,257 postcodes in use in 9 sectors. It has postcodes in Cwmbrân and Pontypool. It is split between 2 councils: Torfaen (1,254 postcodes) and Monmouthshire (3).

Postcodes in use: 1,257
Sectors: 9
Councils: 2 councils
Places: 2 places

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources

Every postcode in NP44, by gigabit broadband

No home or business can get gigabit: 125
Some can get gigabit: 172
Every home and business can get gigabit: 926
Ofcom gives no figure: 34
Outline: where 5 or more postcodes without gigabit lie together

Of the 1,257 postcodes in NP44 that ONS places, 125 have no home or business that can get gigabit, 172 have some that can, 926 can all get it and 34 have no Ofcom figure.

Each mark is a postcode's centre point as ONS gives it, not a building. Press one to see its postcode and open its page. A dashed outline shows where 5 or more lie within 150 metres of each other. It is not a boundary, and no boundary is drawn. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode.

The middle of its postcodes: latitude 51.6514, longitude -3.0279. Open this area on OpenStreetMap

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode; gigabit: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Drawn by us. Street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them

Postcodes without gigabit

125 postcodes here have no gigabit. These are the 12 first in postcode order.

NP44 1AB NP44 1BX NP44 1DA NP44 1DE NP44 1DF NP44 1GP NP44 1PB NP44 1PD NP44 1PE NP44 1PN NP44 1PP NP44 1PQ

Where the postcodes without gigabit lie together

22 postcodes without gigabit, outlined on the map. NP44 1PS, is the one nearest the middle of them.
7 postcodes without gigabit, outlined on the map. NP44 5AN, is the one nearest the middle of them.
6 postcodes without gigabit, outlined on the map. NP44 2BA, is the one nearest the middle of them.
5 postcodes without gigabit, outlined on the map. NP44 2PN, is the one nearest the middle of them.

What broadband can you get in NP44?

Ofcom reports on 1,223 of the 1,257 postcodes in NP44. At 926 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 1 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s).

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit926 of 1,223

Postcodes where every home can get superfast1,109 of 1,223

Postcodes where some cannot get decent broadband1 of 1,223

Ofcom gives each postcode's share of homes and businesses, not how many there are, so these count postcodes. Each postcode page has its own figures. A provider's checker answers for one address.

Check one address on Ofcom's checker

Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

What do homes sell for in NP44?

Homes in NP44 sold for a typical £205,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 433 sales, down 6.8% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£205,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026

12 months to August 2025: £220,000
12 months to August 2026: £205,000

▼ down 6.8% on the 12 months before

Detached£347,500 105 sales

Semi-detached£227,500 93 sales

Terraced£175,000 217 sales

Flat or maisonette£119,000 18 sales

Standard sales of homes at market value. A typical price is the median, the middle sale. Sales take weeks to be registered, so the last month or two are incomplete. Each postcode page gives the figure for its own postcode sector.

Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it