Local servicesHospitalCounty Hospitalunder a mileGP surgeryPanteg Health Centre7 surgeries within 2 milesunder a milePharmacyWindsor Road Pharmacy11 pharmacies within 2 milesunder a mileDentistCwmbran Dental Care1.6 miSource: NHS Organisation Data Service
SchoolsWithin 2 mi13 schools8 primary, 3 secondary, 1 special, 1 otherPrimaryGriffithstown Primary School378 pupilsunder a milePrimaryYsgol Panteg409 pupilsunder a mileSecondaryWest Monmouth School1,149 pupils1.3 miSource: Welsh Government, address list of schools
Getting aroundAirportCardiff International Airport CWL24 miRailway stationPontypool & New Inn1.5 miBus stationCwmbran Bus Station Stand D1.7 miFerryNewport (S Wales) Ferry Terminal8.2 miBus stops64 within a mileSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the NP4 postcode district.
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Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the NP4 postcode district.
Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 16 h 40 min4:53 am – 9:34 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 48 min8:16 am – 4:04 pm
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People7,482 residentsin the Griffithstown & Sebastopol census areaMedian age 43.73,260 households74% of homes owner-occupied39% owned outright13% social rented, 12% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting4.2% unemployment rate61% of adults are economically active, 3,608 in work, 26% retiredMain industries: health and social work 17%, retail and wholesale 15%, public administration and defence 11%Getting to work: 22% work from home, 70% go by car, 3% take public transport, 5% walk or cycle60% of those who travel work within 10 km of homeSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Education and languages30% of adults hold a degree or higher18% have no qualifications, 6% an apprenticeshipMain language: English or Welsh 99%Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 21°C, lows 12°CColdest month February: highs 8°C, lows 1°C1,679 mm of rain a year, 52 days with 10 mm or morewettest month December44 days of air frost, 10 summer days above 25°C in a typical yearSource: Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991-2020 averages, 2 km grid (highs and lows from the 12 km grid)
Parks and green spacesPanteg Parkpark · under a mileCwmynyscoy Gwarchodfa Natur Leolpark · under a mile · 7 haPontnewydd Golf Clubgolf course · under a mile · 20 haPontnewydd Recreation Groundplaying field · 1.0 miPicwic Greenpark · 2.1 miSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes100 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 197017 of magnitude 3+, 2 of magnitude 4+Largest: magnitude 4.0 on 17 Feb 201835 mi away, Cwmllynfell, NptMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 12 May 202650 mi away, Llanbister, PowysSource: British Geological Survey earthquake database
Air qualityNO2 6.1 · PM2.5 5.5 · PM10 8.3 µg/m³annual mean concentrations, 2024Within UK limits, above the WHO guideline for PM2.5Source: DEFRA modelled background pollution maps 2024, 1 km grid
Broadband99% of premises can get gigabit-capable broadband100% can get superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)Every premises can get at least 10 Mbit/s (the universal service obligation)3,501 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation131 m430 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 67 to 289 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
