Abertillery
Abertillery is covered by postcode district NP13. It is in the Blaenau Gwent council area, Wales.
Every postcode in Abertillery, and which are new since 2020
- New since 2020: 1
- In use before 2020: 283
Of the 284 postcodes in Abertillery that ONS places, 1 are new since 2020 and 283 were in use before 2020.
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. New since 2020 means it came into use in January 2020 or later. 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 51.7327, longitude -3.1338. 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; when each came into use: the same directory; 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
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What is it like to live in Abertillery?
Homes sold for a typical £132,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 2.1% on the 12 months before. At 118 of the 283 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. It has 1 all-through school at its postcodes. 2 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Llanhilleth, 3.6 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line.
We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge.
Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Welsh Government, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says. See all our data sources
What do homes cost in Abertillery?
Homes in Abertillery sold for a typical £132,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 95 sales, up 2.1% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- Detached £291,250 8 sales
- Semi-detached £150,000 15 sales
- Terraced £123,900 72 sales
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Across the whole NP13 district, Abertillery's main postcode district: a typical £132,750.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Abertillery: 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
Are new homes being built in Abertillery?
1 of the 284 postcodes now in use in Abertillery came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 146 homes sold in Abertillery were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the NP13 district, 0%.
The newest postcodes
A new postcode is often a new street or estate, but Royal Mail also makes new postcodes when it reorganises old ones, so not every one means new homes. Only postcodes still in use are counted.
New homes among the homes sold
| Period | In Abertillery | Across the NP13 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 0 of 95 (0%) | 0 of 164 (0%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 0 of 146 (0%) | 0 of 234 (0%) |
Standard sales of homes at market value that HM Land Registry marks as newly built. New homes take longer to be registered than other sales, so the latest 12 months count fewer of them than were sold. A share is given from 5 sales or more.
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
What broadband can you get in Abertillery?
Ofcom reports on 283 of the 284 postcodes in Abertillery. At 118 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.
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 checkerSource: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Which schools are in Abertillery?
The open schools at the postcodes in Abertillery. A school for ages 4 to 18 is listed under both. Distances are straight lines from the middle of its postcodes. Distance is not a catchment: each council sets its own admission rules.
Source: Welsh Government, maintained schools on DataMap Wales, read 27 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. Each school opens its page on My Local School. How we use it
How far is the station from Abertillery?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Abertillery is Llanhilleth Rail Station, 3.6 km away in a straight line.
- Llanhilleth Rail Station Railway station 3.6 kmCycle
- Ebbw Vale Parkway Rail Station Railway station 5.1 kmDrive
- Ebbw Vale Town Rail Station Railway station 6.8 kmDrive
Straight-line distances from the centre point, not routes. Walk: under 1.2 km. Cycle: 1.2 to 5 km. Drive: further.
Straight-line distances from the middle of the postcodes, not routes. Each postcode page lists its own nearest stations and bus stops. The Department for Transport's register does not say how often services run.
Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Which GP surgeries are in Abertillery?
The GP practices at the postcodes in Abertillery. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- Abertillery Group Phone 01495 361636 50 mWalk
- Cwm Calon Phone 01495 533533 50 mWalk
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Abertillery safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 1,495 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Abertillery over the 12 months from September 2025 to August 2026. August 2026 is the latest month it has published. These are counts, not a rate: we hold no count of the people who live, work or pass through, so we do not say whether a place is safe.
Each month, September 2025 to August 2026
- 109 September 2025
- 124 October 2025
- 129 November 2025
- 112 December 2025
- 109 January 2026
- 103 February 2026
- 124 March 2026
- 142 April 2026
- 130 May 2026
- 133 June 2026
- 139 July 2026
- 141 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: other crime 31, drugs 27, possession of weapons 20, robbery 8, theft from the person 2.
Police.uk says its locations "always represent the approximate location of a crime". Each crime is moved to the nearest of a fixed list of map points, each over a street centre, a public place or a commercial premises, chosen so that every point covers at least eight addresses or none. A mile is a wide circle: in a town it takes in the centre and its shops, where much crime is recorded.
Crime around one postcodeSource: Police.uk (data.police.uk), data to August 2026, from its download of 30 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Who runs Abertillery?
- Council
- Blaenau Gwent
- Parliamentary constituency
- Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney
- Police force area
- Gwent
- Country
- Wales
- MP
- Nick Smith (Labour)
All 284 postcodes here share these. Wards differ: check a postcode for yours. What council am I in?
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. The MP: UK Parliament. See all our data sources
Moving to Abertillery
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.
- Tell Blaenau Gwent about council tax Council tax, on blaenau-gwent.gov.uk
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice The GP practices in Abertillery
- Take meter readings on the day you move in
- Power cut? Call 105. It is free. About 105, the power cut number
- Find out your bin day Find your rubbish collection day on GOV.UK
Abertillery postcodes
284 postcodes in use in Abertillery, by district:
That district is in the NP postcode area.
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Places near Abertillery
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Abertillery's £132,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about Abertillery
- What is it like to live in Abertillery?
- Homes sold for a typical £132,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 2.1% on the 12 months before. At 118 of the 283 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. It has 1 all-through school at its postcodes. 2 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Llanhilleth, 3.6 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge. Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Welsh Government, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says.
- What is the postcode for Abertillery?
- Abertillery is covered by postcode district NP13, across 284 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Which council is Abertillery in?
- Abertillery is in the Blaenau Gwent council area. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Who is the MP for Abertillery?
- Abertillery is in the Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Nick Smith (Labour), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
- How much are houses in Abertillery?
- Homes in Abertillery sold for a typical £132,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 95 sales, up 2.1% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in Abertillery?
- In Abertillery, primary schools at its postcodes include Abertillery Learning Community; secondary schools at its postcodes include Abertillery Learning Community. Source: Welsh Government, maintained schools on DataMap Wales, read 27 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Does Abertillery have a railway station?
- The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Abertillery is Llanhilleth, 3.6 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in Abertillery?
- Ofcom reports on 283 of the 284 postcodes in Abertillery. At 118 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
- Are new homes being built in Abertillery?
- 1 of the 284 postcodes now in use in Abertillery came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 146 homes sold in Abertillery were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the NP13 district, 0%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
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