B4591 Abercarn, Caerphilly
4 addresses across 2 postcodes (NP11), about 880 m long, classed as a b road. USRN 47500510.
No postcode centre on the street is in flood zone 2 or 3. Most homes around it are in council tax band B; Band D in Caerphilly costs £2,083 a year in 2026-27. Gigabit broadband is available to 92% to 100% of premises. The nearest railway station is Newbridge, about 1.7 km away in a straight line. The nearest park or garden is about 160 m away. Background air pollution in 2024 was 7.4 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 5.6 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits. Its addresses are 106 to 116 m above sea level. The nearest GP surgery is St. Luke's Surgery, about 550 m away. About 570 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 69% of households owned their home and 29% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification. 52 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often violence and sexual offences.
Sales on this street
No sales recorded on this street since January 1995 under this street name.
Energy performance certificates
No certificates found for addresses on this street.
Council tax
What each band costs in Caerphilly in 2026-27: Band D £2,083 a year on average, including the police and community council charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,389 | £1,620 | £1,851 | £2,083 | £2,546 | £3,009 | £3,471 | £4,166 | £4,860 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhoods around this street: most are in band B (48% of about 1,860 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 1.
- Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders and green belt: Wales has no national record of these; the council's planning department holds them.
Listed buildings
- Church of St Luke, grade II*
Roadworks
Street works permits come from the Department for Transport's Street Manager, which covers England only.
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: of the 31 address points in this street's postcodes, 1 at high risk, 0 at medium risk and 0 at low risk. Each counts once, at the higher of its rivers-and-sea and surface-water risk.
Rivers and the sea alone: none is in an area at risk. Surface water and small watercourses alone: 1 at high risk, 0 at medium risk and 0 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: no postcode centre on this street is in flood zone 2 or 3. Welsh zones include an allowance for climate change.
| Postcode | Planning zone | Addresses at high / medium / low risk |
|---|---|---|
| NP11 5JL | not in 2 or 3 | 1 / 0 / 0 |
| NP11 5JF | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 |
Height above sea level
The street's 4 addresses are between 106 m and 116 m above sea level (109 m on average); the ground rises about 10 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NP11 5JF | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| NP11 5JL | 92% | 92% | 92% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Newbridge 153,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 1.7 km |
| Crosskeys 92,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 3.6 km | |
| Llanhilleth 94,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 5.3 km | |
| Bus stops | 15 stops within 400 m, 31 within 800 m; nearest Maple Terrace Persondy | 60 m |
| Bus or coach station | Newbridge Station Car Park Penyfan | 1.6 km |
| Ferry terminal | Newport (S Wales) Ferry Terminal | 14.5 km |
| EV charging points | 2 within 1.6 km; nearest Bridge Street, Abercarn | 740 m |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Cardiff International Airport CWL | 32.1 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 1 practices within 1.6 km; nearest St. Luke's Surgery | 550 m |
| Pharmacies | 1 pharmacies within 1.6 km; nearest Knights Abercarn Pharmacy | 690 m |
| NHS dentists | Bridge Dental Care | 1.7 km |
| Hospital | Ysbyty Ystrad Fawr | 7.6 km |
| Police station | Blackwood Police Station | 4.4 km |
| Cash machines | 1 machines within 800 m; nearest Nisa Abercarn, Victoria Buildings Cashzone | 690 m |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 3 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 5.9 ha | 160 m |
| Play area | 2 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 1,010 m² | 410 m |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m; nearest King George's Field 4,820 m² | 550 m |
| Allotments | 2 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 2,750 m² | 290 m |
Within 800 m: 3 parks and gardens, 6.7 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Church of St Luke, a listed building (Grade II*), 480 m south-west. 5 listed buildings are within 1.0 km, 1 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Church of St Luke | Listed building, Grade II* | 480 m south-west |
| Charcoal Blast Furnace at Abercarn | Scheduled monument | 680 m south |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Coed Ffordd-fawr | Wood | 190 m south |
| Cwm Hafod-fach | Valley | 810 m north-east |
| Tylè-côch Wood | Wood | 830 m north-west |
| Coed Poeth | Wood | 1.3 km north-east |
| Twyn-y-ganol | Hill | 1.3 km north |
| Pwllgwinau | Lake or reservoir | 1.6 km north-east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 7.4 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 5.6 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 8.9 | 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.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abercarn Primary school English medium | Primary | 3–11 | 220 m | Estyn reports · My Local School |
| Ysgol Gymraeg Cwm Gwyddon Welsh medium | Primary | 3–11 | 550 m | Estyn reports · My Local School |
| Newbridge School English medium | Secondary | 11–16 | 1.3 km | Estyn reports · My Local School |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JSP Convenience Store NP11 5JT | Retailers - other | 300 m | 4 Good | 4 Dec 2024 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 22 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 9 |
| Vehicle crime | 6 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 4 |
| Public order | 4 |
| Other crime | 3 |
| Other theft | 3 |
| Burglary | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Laburnum Terrace (15); On or near Pen-Rhiw Terrace (8); On or near Persondy Terrace (7); On or near Ystrad Terrace (6); On or near Mill Race (5).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | Wales | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 40 | 43 |
| Children under 15 | 19% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 15% | 21% |
Homes
| Around this street | Wales | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 69% | 66% |
| Owned outright | 30% | 38% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | under 1% |
| Social rented | 19% | 17% |
| Private rented | 12% | 17% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | Wales | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 64% | 54% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 4% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 17% | 25% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 3% | 6% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 28% | 26% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 57% | 61% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 2% | under 1% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 7% | 3% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 5% | 8% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 51% | 60% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 10% | 10% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | Wales | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 29% | 32% |
| No qualifications | 23% | 20% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 6% | 6% |
| Main language English or Welsh (aged 3 and over) | 99% | 97% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | under 1% |
Deprivation
The 2 neighbourhoods around this street are in deciles 5 to 7 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.
What has changed
Nothing new since the change feed started on 30 October 2026. New sales and energy certificates, and hygiene ratings, school inspections and flood figures nearby, will be listed here as the sources update.
Postcodes on this street
Nearby streets
Newport Road · Acacia Terrace · Maple Terrace · Sycamore Terrace · Laburnum Terrace · Ystrad Terrace · Cemetery Road · A467 · A467 · Mill Race · Pen-Rhiw Terrace · Persondy Terrace
All the streets in NP11 and across Caerphilly.
What this page cannot tell you
- Whether a particular house is at risk of flooding, subsiding or anything else: the flood map is a model of areas and there is no property-level data here.
- What a home is worth now: sales are historic prices for the homes that happened to sell.
- How safe the street is: crime points are moved to anonymised locations and many crimes are never reported.
- Whether you would get a place at a school: distances are straight lines, not catchments.
- Who lives on the street now: census figures describe the small areas around it in March 2021, during a lockdown.
- How long a journey takes or how often anything runs: transport distances are straight lines to the nearest stops.
- Whether a GP practice is taking new patients, or a dentist new NHS patients.
- How loud a home is inside, or noise from aircraft, industry or neighbours: noise figures are models of road and rail traffic outside, in England only.
How each figure on this page is matched to the street and worked out: methodology.