Gilwern
Gilwern is covered by postcode district NP7. It is in the Monmouthshire council area, Wales.
Every postcode in Gilwern, and which are new since 2020
- New since 2020: 0
- In use before 2020: 69
Of the 69 postcodes in Gilwern that ONS places, 69 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.
The middle of its postcodes: latitude 51.8271, longitude -3.0928. 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
What is it like to live in Gilwern?
Homes sold for a typical £333,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 1.1% on the 12 months before. At 54 of the 69 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. It has 1 primary school at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is War Memorial Health Centre, 4.4 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Abergavenny, 5.8 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 Gilwern?
Homes in Gilwern sold for a typical £333,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 30 sales, up 1.1% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- Detached £420,000 17 sales
- Semi-detached £280,000 9 sales
- Terraced 4 sales, too few to price
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Across the whole NP7 district, Gilwern's main postcode district: a typical £336,000.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Gilwern: 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 Gilwern?
None of the 69 postcodes now in use in Gilwern came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 40 homes sold in Gilwern were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the NP7 district, 6%.
New homes among the homes sold
| Period | In Gilwern | Across the NP7 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 0 of 30 (0%) | 1 of 300 (Under 1%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 0 of 40 (0%) | 23 of 412 (6%) |
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 Gilwern?
Ofcom reports on 69 of the 69 postcodes in Gilwern. At 54 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 1 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s).
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 Gilwern?
The primary schools are at the postcodes in Gilwern. There is no secondary school at its postcodes; these are the nearest to its middle. 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 Gilwern?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Gilwern is Abergavenny Rail Station, 5.8 km away in a straight line.
- Abergavenny Rail Station Railway station 5.8 kmDrive
- Ebbw Vale Town Rail Station Railway station 9.4 kmDrive
- Ebbw Vale Parkway Rail Station Railway station 10.5 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 Gilwern?
There is no GP practice at the postcodes in Gilwern. These are the nearest to its middle, in a straight line. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- War Memorial Health Centre Phone 01873 810255 4.4 kmCycle
- Old Station Surgery Phone 01873 859000 4.7 kmCycle
- Tudor Gate Surgery Phone 01873 855219 4.8 kmCycle
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Gilwern safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 138 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Gilwern 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
- 17 September 2025
- 16 October 2025
- 6 November 2025
- 10 December 2025
- 12 January 2026
- 7 February 2026
- 12 March 2026
- 12 April 2026
- 11 May 2026
- 12 June 2026
- 15 July 2026
- 8 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: drugs 2, bicycle theft 1, robbery 1, possession of weapons 1.
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 Gilwern?
- Council
- Monmouthshire
- Parliamentary constituency
- Monmouthshire
- Police force area
- Gwent
- Country
- Wales
- MP
- Catherine Fookes (Labour)
All 69 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 Gilwern
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.
- Tell Monmouthshire about council tax Council tax, on monmouthshire.gov.uk
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice The nearest GP practices
- 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 Check your bin day on BinDayBuddy, which reads the council's own collection system
Gilwern postcodes
69 postcodes in use in Gilwern, by district:
That district is in the NP postcode area.
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Places near Gilwern
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Gilwern's £333,500. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about Gilwern
- What is it like to live in Gilwern?
- Homes sold for a typical £333,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 1.1% on the 12 months before. At 54 of the 69 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. It has 1 primary school at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is War Memorial Health Centre, 4.4 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Abergavenny, 5.8 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 Gilwern?
- Gilwern is covered by postcode district NP7, across 69 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Which council is Gilwern in?
- Gilwern is in the Monmouthshire council area. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Who is the MP for Gilwern?
- Gilwern is in the Monmouthshire parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Catherine Fookes (Labour), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
- How much are houses in Gilwern?
- Homes in Gilwern sold for a typical £333,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 30 sales, up 1.1% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in Gilwern?
- In Gilwern, primary schools at its postcodes include Gilwern Primary School; the nearest secondary school to the middle of its postcodes is King Henry VIII 319, 4.9 km away in a straight line. Source: Welsh Government, maintained schools on DataMap Wales, read 27 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Does Gilwern have a railway station?
- The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Gilwern is Abergavenny, 5.8 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in Gilwern?
- Ofcom reports on 69 of the 69 postcodes in Gilwern. At 54 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 1 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s). Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
- Are new homes being built in Gilwern?
- None of the 69 postcodes now in use in Gilwern came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 40 homes sold in Gilwern were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the NP7 district, 6%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
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