NP25 3PP Monmouthshire
Live postcode, introduced June 1999. Ward: Town.
Streets
- Dixton Road, Monmouth / Trefynwy: 15 addresses
Council tax
What each band costs in Monmouthshire in 2026-27: Band D £2,417 a year on average, including the police and community council charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,611 | £1,880 | £2,148 | £2,417 | £2,954 | £3,491 | £4,028 | £4,833 | £5,639 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this postcode: most are in band C (19% of about 900 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this postcode is in one.
- Listed buildings within 100 m of this postcode: none.
- Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders and green belt: Wales has no national record of these; the council's planning department holds them.
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: of the 15 address points in this postcode, 0 at high risk, 0 at medium risk and 15 at low risk. Each counts once, at the higher of its rivers-and-sea and surface-water risk.
Rivers and the sea alone: 0 at high risk, 0 at medium risk and 15 at low risk. Surface water and small watercourses alone: 0 at high risk, 0 at medium risk and 1 at low risk.
High: 3.3% (1 in 30) or more chance of flooding a year. Medium: 1% to 3.3%. Low: 0.1% to 1%. The map allows for flood defences. Address points are every property record (UPRN) in the postcode, each counted if it is in an area or within 5 m of one (the maps stop at building walls); a few are not homes, such as garages, business units or caravan pitches. Counts cover whole postcodes, which can include other streets.
Flood zone for planning: the postcode centre is in flood zone 3. Zone 3 is a 1% (1 in 100) or greater annual chance of flooding from rivers, or 0.5% from the sea, ignoring defences. Welsh zones include an allowance for climate change.
Height above sea level
The postcode's 15 addresses are between 18 m and 19 m above sea level (18 m on average).
Broadband
Superfast 100%, ultrafast 0%, gigabit 0% of premises; 0% cannot get 10 Mbit/s. Ofcom Connected Nations, data as at January 2026.
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway station | Lydney 194,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 16.7 km |
| Bus stops | 5 stops within 400 m, 23 within 800 m; nearest Dixton Road Monmouth | 30 m |
| Bus or coach station | Monmouth Bus Station Stand 1 | 1.2 km |
| EV charging points | 6 within 1.6 km; nearest Old Dixton Road Car Park | 480 m |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Bristol Airport BRS | 48.4 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 2 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Dixton Road Surgery | 490 m |
| Pharmacies | 4 pharmacies within 1.6 km; nearest D R Rosser LTD | 820 m |
| NHS dentists | 1 practices within 1.6 km; nearest 10 St James Street | 690 m |
| Hospital | Monmouth General Hospital | 530 m |
| Police station | Heddlu Police | 930 m |
| Cash machines | ATM | 1.1 km |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | Unnamed 4,300 m² | 2.9 km |
| Play area | 1 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 530 m² | 380 m |
| Playing field | Unnamed 11 ha | 900 m |
| Allotments | Chippenham Mead Allotments 1.4 ha | 1.4 km |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Dixton Mound, a scheduled monument, 430 m north-east. 288 listed buildings are within 1.0 km, 3 of them Grade I and 29 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Dixton Mound | Scheduled monument | 430 m north-east |
| St. Peter's Churchyard Cross, Dixton | Scheduled monument | 490 m east |
| Church of St. Peter | Listed building, Grade II* | 510 m east |
| The Old Nag's Head P H | Listed building, Grade II* | 590 m south-west |
| Chapel House | Listed building, Grade II* | 600 m south-west |
| Chapel House, Monmouth | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 620 m west |
| 5 Monk Street | Listed building, Grade II* | 630 m south-west |
| May Hill Pillboxes | Scheduled monument | 760 m south |
| Monmouth, St. John's | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 1.0 km south-west |
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Garth Wood | Wood | 1.1 km east |
| Priory Grove | Wood | 1.4 km east |
| Lady Grove | Wood | 1.5 km east |
| Beaulieu Wood | Wood | 1.5 km south-east |
| Ancre Hill | Hill | 1.5 km west |
| Mill Pond | Lake or reservoir | 3.5 km south-east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 5.1 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 5.6 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 9.9 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within the UK legal limits; PM2.5 is above the WHO guideline, as in most towns and cities.
Road and rail noise
Defra's noise maps cover England only; the Welsh Government's 2022 maps are not shown here yet.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this postcode | Wales | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 54 | 43 |
| Children under 15 | 12% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 36% | 21% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | Wales | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 88% | 66% |
| Owned outright | 64% | 38% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | under 1% |
| Social rented | 2% | 17% |
| Private rented | 10% | 17% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | Wales | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 49% | 54% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 0% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 41% | 25% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 2% | 6% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 47% | 26% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 40% | 61% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | under 1% | under 1% |
| By any public transport, including bus | under 1% | 3% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 11% | 8% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 35% | 60% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 39% | 10% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | Wales | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 50% | 32% |
| No qualifications | 11% | 20% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 5% | 6% |
| Main language English or Welsh (aged 3 and over) | 98% | 97% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 1% | under 1% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this postcode is in decile 9 of 10 on the Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025, where 1 is the most deprived tenth of Wales's 1,917 neighbourhoods and 10 the least.
The full dossier for this postcode's main street is on Dixton Road.