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Local servicesHospitalPrince Charles Hospital6.8 miGP surgeryWhite Rose Medical Centre2 surgeries within 2 milesunder a milePharmacyKnights New Tredegar Pharmacy2 pharmacies within 2 milesunder a mileDentist13 High Street [Dental Surgery]2.1 miSource: NHS Organisation Data Service
SchoolsWithin 2 mi4 schools4 primaryPrimaryPhillipstown Primary School148 pupilsunder a milePrimaryWhite Rose Primary School231 pupilsunder a mileAll-throughIdris Davies School 3 to 18812 pupils2.1 miSource: Welsh Government, address list of schools
Getting aroundAirportCardiff International Airport CWL23 miRailway stationTir-philunder a mileBus stationTredegar Bus Station3.6 miFerryNewport (S Wales) Ferry Terminal16 miBus stops29 within a mileSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports

Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the NP2 postcode district.

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Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the NP2 postcode district.

County or areaCaerphilly
Postcode districtNP2
Telephone codeNot listed
Time zoneEurope/London (GMT/BST)
Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 16 h 41 min4:54 am – 9:35 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 48 min8:17 am – 4:04 pm
Sun todaySunrise –Sunset –
People7,087 residentsin the New Tredegar & Darren Valley census areaMedian age 41.73,111 households63% of homes owner-occupied38% owned outright18% social rented, 19% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting6.6% unemployment rate54% of adults are economically active, 2,931 in work, 21% retiredMain industries: health and social work 17%, manufacturing 15%, retail and wholesale 14%Getting to work: 14% work from home, 76% go by car, 5% take public transport, 5% walk or cycle57% of those who travel work within 10 km of homeSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Education and languages19% of adults hold a degree or higher33% have no qualifications, 5% an apprenticeshipMain language: English or Welsh 99%Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 20°C, lows 12°CColdest month January: highs 7°C, lows 1°C1,734 mm of rain a year, 60 days with 10 mm or morewettest month December54 days of air frost, 4 summer days above 25°C in a typical yearJanuary: 1 to 7°CJFebruary: 1 to 7°CFMarch: 2 to 9°CMApril: 4 to 13°CAMay: 7 to 16°CMJune: 10 to 18°CJJuly: 12 to 20°CJAugust: 11 to 20°CASeptember: 9 to 17°CSOctober: 7 to 13°CONovember: 4 to 10°CNDecember: 2 to 7°CD25°0°Source: Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991-2020 averages, 2 km grid (highs and lows from the 12 km grid)
Parks and green spacesParc Cwm Darranpark · 1.2 mi · 80 haSt Pauls Memorial Gardenspark · under a mileGrove Parkplaying field · under a mile · 2 haParc Coetir Bargodpark · 2.5 mi · 96 haAbertysswg School Street Allotmentsallotments · 1.7 miSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes103 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 197019 of magnitude 3+, 3 of magnitude 4+Largest: magnitude 4.0 on 17 Feb 201825 mi away, Cwmllynfell, NptMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 12 May 202645 mi away, Llanbister, PowysSource: British Geological Survey earthquake database
Air qualityNO2 4.8 · PM2.5 5.1 · PM10 7.7 µg/m³annual mean concentrations, 2024Within UK limits, above the WHO guideline for PM2.5Source: DEFRA modelled background pollution maps 2024, 1 km grid
Broadband45% of premises can get gigabit-capable broadband98% can get superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)Every premises can get at least 10 Mbit/s (the universal service obligation)3,358 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation206 m676 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 181 to 419 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50






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