Pontypool
Pontypool is covered by postcode districts NP4 and NP44. It is in the Torfaen council area, Wales.
Every postcode in Pontypool, and which are new since 2020
- New since 2020: 25
- In use before 2020: 717
- Outline: where 5 or more new postcodes since 2020 lie together
Of the 742 postcodes in Pontypool that ONS places, 25 are new since 2020 and 717 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. 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 51.6989, longitude -3.0371. 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
The 5 newest postcodes
What is it like to live in Pontypool?
Homes sold for a typical £200,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 2.4% on the 12 months before. At 563 of the 718 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. It has at least 7 primary schools, 2 secondary schools and 1 all-through school at its postcodes. 3 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Pontypool & New Inn, 1.6 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 Pontypool?
Homes in Pontypool sold for a typical £200,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 301 sales, down 2.4% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- Detached £320,000 75 sales
- Semi-detached £213,750 98 sales
- Terraced £155,000 120 sales
- Flat or maisonette £125,250 8 sales
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Across the whole NP4 district, Pontypool's main postcode district: a typical £186,500.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Pontypool: 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 Pontypool?
25 of the 742 postcodes now in use in Pontypool came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 28 of the 352 homes sold in Pontypool were newly built (8%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the NP4 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 Pontypool | Across the NP4 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 0 of 301 (0%) | 0 of 432 (0%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 28 of 352 (8%) | 0 of 453 (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 Pontypool?
Ofcom reports on 718 of the 742 postcodes in Pontypool. At 563 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 Pontypool?
The open schools at the postcodes in Pontypool (the first 8 primaries by distance from its middle). 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.
Primary
- Padre Pio RC Primary School950 m My Local School
- George Street Primary School1.0 km My Local School
- Penygarn Community Primary School1.2 km My Local School
- Ysgol Gymraeg Gwynllyw1.8 km My Local School
- Griffithstown Primary School2.0 km My Local School
- New Inn Primary School2.4 km My Local School
- Cwmffrwdoer Primary2.4 km My Local School
- Ysgol Panteg2.5 km My Local School
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 Pontypool?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Pontypool is Pontypool & New Inn Rail Station, 1.6 km away in a straight line.
- Pontypool & New Inn Rail Station Railway station 1.6 kmCycle
- Cwmbran Rail Station Railway station 4.9 kmCycle
- Llanhilleth 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 Pontypool?
The GP practices at the postcodes in Pontypool. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- Trosnant Lodge Phone 01495 762709 100 mWalk
- Pontypool Medical Centre Phone 01495 763141 800 mWalk
- Panteg Health Centre Phone 01495 763608 1.8 kmCycle
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Pontypool safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 1,770 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Pontypool 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
- 157 September 2025
- 147 October 2025
- 129 November 2025
- 125 December 2025
- 136 January 2026
- 115 February 2026
- 141 March 2026
- 133 April 2026
- 138 May 2026
- 167 June 2026
- 212 July 2026
- 170 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: vehicle crime 50, drugs 40, possession of weapons 15, robbery 7, theft from the person 1, bicycle theft 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 Pontypool?
- Council
- Torfaen
- Parliamentary constituency
- Torfaen
- Police force area
- Gwent
- Country
- Wales
- MP
- Nick Thomas-Symonds (Labour)
All 742 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 Pontypool
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.
- Tell Torfaen about council tax Council tax, on torfaen.gov.uk
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice The GP practices in Pontypool
- 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
Pontypool postcodes
742 postcodes in use in Pontypool, by district:
Those districts are all in the NP postcode area.
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Places near Pontypool
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Pontypool's £200,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about Pontypool
- What is it like to live in Pontypool?
- Homes sold for a typical £200,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 2.4% on the 12 months before. At 563 of the 718 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. It has at least 7 primary schools, 2 secondary schools and 1 all-through school at its postcodes. 3 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Pontypool & New Inn, 1.6 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 Pontypool?
- Pontypool is covered by postcode districts NP4 and NP44, across 742 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Which council is Pontypool in?
- Pontypool is in the Torfaen council area. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Who is the MP for Pontypool?
- Pontypool is in the Torfaen parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Nick Thomas-Symonds (Labour), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
- How much are houses in Pontypool?
- Homes in Pontypool sold for a typical £200,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 301 sales, down 2.4% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in Pontypool?
- In Pontypool, primary schools at its postcodes include Padre Pio RC Primary School, George Street Primary School and Penygarn Community Primary School; secondary schools at its postcodes include West Monmouth School, St. Albans R.C. High School and Ysgol Gymraeg Gwynllyw. Source: Welsh Government, maintained schools on DataMap Wales, read 27 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Does Pontypool have a railway station?
- The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Pontypool is Pontypool & New Inn, 1.6 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in Pontypool?
- Ofcom reports on 718 of the 742 postcodes in Pontypool. At 563 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
- Are new homes being built in Pontypool?
- 25 of the 742 postcodes now in use in Pontypool came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 28 of the 352 homes sold in Pontypool were newly built (8%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the NP4 district, 0%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
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