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On Dolphin Street, in Pillgwenlly & Docks
What it's like at NP20 2AR: every home that has sold on Dolphin Street 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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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.
2 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Dolphin Street; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
8 of the 50 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 2, Dolphin StreetTerraced | Jul 2003 | £75,500 | 120 m² | £629/m² | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 - 7, Dolphin StreetDetached | Jul 2004 | £100,000 | 177 m² | £565/m² | 2 |
| 10, Dolphin StreetTerraced | Apr 1997 | £30,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 12, Dolphin StreetTerraced | Apr 2003 | £65,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 13, Dolphin StreetTerraced | Sept 2023 | £140,000 | 98 m² | £1,429/m² | 2 |
| 15, Dolphin StreetTerraced | Jan 2009 | £50,000 | 90 m² | £556/m² | 1 |
| 16, Dolphin StreetTerraced | Feb 2000 | £26,500 | 112 m² | £237/m² | 1 |
| 17, Dolphin StreetTerraced | Nov 2021 | £165,000 | 112 m² | £1,473/m² | 1 |
| 76, Dolphin StreetTerraced | Jun 2026 | £156,000 | 111 m² | £1,405/m² | 1 |
| 78, Dolphin StreetTerraced | Jul 2021 | £140,000 | 125 m² | £1,120/m² | 1 |
| 79, Dolphin StreetTerraced | Oct 2022 | £142,000 | 103 m² | £1,379/m² | 1 |
| 80, Dolphin StreetTerraced · company-owned | Feb 1997 | £25,000 | 100 m² | £250/m² | 1 |
| 84, Dolphin StreetTerraced · company-owned | May 2003 | £57,000 | 105 m² | £543/m² | 1 |
| 85, Dolphin StreetTerraced · company-owned | Oct 2024 | £138,000 | 108 m² | £1,278/m² | 1 |
| 86, Dolphin StreetTerraced | Oct 2007 | £62,000 | 145 m² | £428/m² | 2 |
| 89, Dolphin StreetTerraced | Feb 2023 | £160,000 | 92 m² | £1,739/m² | 1 |
| 90, Dolphin StreetTerraced | Nov 2019 | £63,144 | – | – | 2 |
| 92, Dolphin StreetTerraced | Dec 2005 | £103,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 95, Dolphin StreetTerraced · company-owned | Jan 2011 | £150,000 | – | – | 3 |
| 96, Dolphin StreetTerraced | Feb 2022 | £95,500 | 75 m² | £1,273/m² | 2 |
| 97, Dolphin StreetTerraced · company-owned | Apr 2024 | £128,000 | 120 m² | £1,067/m² | 4 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Newport (S Wales), a short drive or bike ride (1.3 km), with 206k journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Liverpool Street.
The nearest bus stop is Dolphin Street, 100 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (routes JF2, SJ11); 31 departures an hour from the 10 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Pillgwenlly Primary School, a few minutes' walk (500 m).
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is St Julian's School, 2.5 km away.
It's a family area: 23% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Asda Stores Ltd (Asda Newport Pillgwenlly), 150 m away; Pill Mini Market (100 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is St. Paul'S Clinic (500 m), with Pill Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (100 m).
For a haircut, Star Barbers is 100 m away.
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 14 restaurants and cafés, 8 pubs and bars.
Tas Firin is the closest café or restaurant (150 m), and Newport Masonic Hall the nearest pub (250 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (15 of them).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 248 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
It's a mix of homes: 35% flats and 13% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1983-1992.
It's growing: about 659 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Courtybella Gardens, 450 m away; for exercise, Bannatyne Health Club (250 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 11.0 µg/m³).
For holidays, Bristol is 29 km away.
Most households own their home, 28% rent privately.
It's young: 22% of residents are aged 15–29.
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.
45 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.
Newport East constituency: Jessica Morden MP (Labour), since May 2005. 2024 general election: Lab hold, majority 9,009 (23.4%), turnout 50%. Vote shares: Labour 43%, Reform UK 19%, Conservative 17%, Plaid Cymru 6%.
30 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 NP20 2AR →
On this street: 1 of 37 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 0 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.7% | 1.5% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.0% | 0.2% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 76.8% | 92.9% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.0% | 1.0% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 9.7% | 4.3% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 2.6% | 0.4% | 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.
Tap a type to see what it covers and how it has changed in Newport 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 50 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
National infrastructure projects and headline schemes only, not local planning applications. See them all on a map.
Nearest: Penarth Beach · about 33 min
Nearest: Penarth Pier · about 33 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.