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On Orchard Court, in Pontllan-fraith
What it's like at NP12 2NG: every home that has sold on Orchard Court since 1995 and who owns them, what's happening down the road, crime on the street, a day in the life, history on the doorstep and what's changing nearby. Moving, buying, selling, improving or investing? Pick a lens above for what matters to you.
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Compared with all 7,264 neighbourhoods in England and Wales (council well-being: all councils). Open a tab below for the detail.
ORR, DfE, police.uk, OS Terrain 50 and Open Greenspace, Forestry Commission, Defra noise maps (England), Xoserve. Every distance: Moving; radon, ground and flood checks: Buying.
1 home on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Orchard Court; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 9 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 3, Orchard CourtSemi-detached | Oct 2022 | £242,500 | 86 m² | £2,820/m² | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4, Orchard CourtSemi-detached | Nov 2015 | £102,000 | 84 m² | £1,214/m² | 1 |
| 6, Orchard CourtSemi-detached | Jul 2023 | £162,500 | 88 m² | £1,847/m² | 2 |
| 7, Orchard CourtSemi-detached | Jul 2015 | £113,000 | 87 m² | £1,299/m² | 2 |
| 11, Orchard CourtSemi-detached | Dec 2013 | £109,000 | 99 m² | £1,101/m² | 2 |
| 12, Orchard CourtSemi-detached | Nov 2006 | £124,000 | – | – | 3 |
| 13, Orchard CourtSemi-detached | Mar 2024 | £170,000 | 85 m² | £2,000/m² | 1 |
| 14, Orchard CourtSemi-detached | Aug 2006 | £115,000 | – | – | 3 |
| 15, Orchard CourtSemi-detached | Jul 2022 | £235,000 | 148 m² | £1,588/m² | 4 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Newbridge, a short drive or bike ride (2.6 km), with 153k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Cardiff Central.
The nearest bus stop is Orchard Court, 50 m away, with a bus about every 60 minutes on weekdays (route 26); 17 departures an hour from the 7 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Pontllanfraith Primary School, about a 5-minute walk (500 m).
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Blackwood Comprehensive School, 2.6 km away.
The nearest supermarket is Sainsbury's, 350 m away; Pontllanfraith Stores (500 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Blackwood Medical Group (800 m), with Pontllanfraith Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (800 m).
For a haircut, Home of Aesthetics and Beauty is 1.4 km away.
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 5 restaurants and cafés, 5 pubs and bars.
Jelly Totz Playcentre is the closest café or restaurant (400 m), and Llanarth Club the nearest pub (500 m).
Crime is around the national middle: about 104 per 1,000 residents a year.
It's a mix of homes: 6% flats and 19% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1955-1964.
It's growing: about 155 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Windsor Park, 2.0 km away; for exercise, Elite Fitness (350 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 8.0 µg/m³).
For holidays, Cardiff is 30 km away, and Bristol, with far more destinations, 44 km.
Most households own their home, 12% rent privately.
Written from the figures on this page: Census 2021, DfT journey times (2019), NaPTAN/ORR, Ofsted, CQC, FSA, police.uk and planning registers. Figures describe the neighbourhood around the street.
11 places on this map are within about a 10-minute walk.
Walking times are estimates from straight-line distance. Food businesses from the FSA food hygiene register; schools from the DfE register; nurseries from Ofsted's childcare register; care homes from the Care Quality Commission; pools, sports halls, tennis and golf from Sport England Active Places (contains data © Sport England); everything else © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Map © OpenFreeMap, OpenMapTiles, OpenStreetMap contributors.
Caerphilly constituency: Chris Evans MP (Labour (Co-op)), since May 2010. 2024 general election: Lab hold, majority 6,419 (16.8%), turnout 53%. Vote shares: Labour 38%, Plaid Cymru 21%, Reform UK 20%, Conservative 12%.
4 new homes, planning permissions and school changes on record within 2 km, plus energy projects, road works, storm overflows and major infrastructure. Everything changing near NP12 2NG →
On this street: 0 of 7 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 1 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 1.8% | 1.5% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.1% | 0.2% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 97.9% | 96.1% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.2% | 1.2% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 1.2% | 1.4% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.0% | 0.0% | 2.1% |
From each home's latest energy certificate, so panels or heat pumps fitted since aren't counted and the shares are lower than today's real figures. Compare areas in the data explorer.
Nearest: Penarth Beach · about 42 min
Nearest: Cardiff International Pool · about 38 min
Nearest: Brecon Mountain Railway · about 32 min
Nearest: Welsh Hawking Centre · about 34 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.
Tap a type to see what it covers and how it has changed in Caerphilly since 2011.
police.uk, 2025-09 to 2026-08. Crimes are mapped to the nearest of a set of anonymised points and labelled with that point's street, so busy roads and junctions collect crimes from nearby; the street has about 9 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.