Blaenau Gwent

8°COvercast

• Today: 9° / 4° · 17% rain
• Tomorrow: 9° / 5° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:08Sunset 16:43

9h 35m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

18US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Caerphilly White Street, United Kingdom

27 reported · August 2026▲ 13% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour10
• Criminal damage & arson5
• Violence & sexual offences5
• Burglary2

Neighbourhood team: Ebbw Vale South · Gwent

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

65 reported road collisions (2025)

23 killed or seriously injured · 77 casualties · 9.7 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

162 food businesses within 2 miles

• 111 rated 4–5 ★ (58 top)
• 9 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Ebbw Vale Parkway (1.2 km)
• 0 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£143,243 average▲ 2.1% YoY

Across Blaenau Gwent · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£681 average monthly rent▲ 6.8% YoY

• 1 bed £503
• 2 bed £605
• 3 bed £689

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

4.3× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 4.3 times median annual pay (4.3× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 166.7p · Asda (10.9 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 193.7p · Asda (10.9 km)

4 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

35 charging locations within ~8 km

• 2 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 120 kW
• Nearest: Ebbw Fawr Primary School, Ebbw Vale (0.8 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Sports pitches12
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

66,902 residents in Blaenau Gwent · 615/km²

• Under 16: 18%
• 16–64: 62%
• 65+: 20%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK2,035
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK1,872
• Net moves+163

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

More deprived than the average in Wales

13% of neighbourhoods are in Wales’s most deprived 10%; 45% in the most deprived 20%

Source: Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2019

Property band mix

Most homes here are Band A (58% of 33,170)

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27 · £ figures England only

Labour majority

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

• Schools2
• Parks & greens1
• Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

1,680 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

242 jobs advertised · £37,647 avg

e.g. Science Teacher, Bathroom Fitter (Self-Employed), History Teacher

Source: Adzuna

£711 median full-time weekly pay

4% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£18,101 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

34% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 30,780 certificates

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics

• Life satisfaction7.3
• Feeling worthwhile7.8
• Happiness yesterday7.2
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.6

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney:

• Review the law on unfit to plead & reform it to protect victims & public safety1,187 local signatures · 12,590 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth172 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Provide lifelong vet care and financial support for retired service animals136 local signatures · 55,079 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK120 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide
• Reduce the state pension age to 65 for all95 local signatures · 25,761 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

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  Mynydd Carn-y-cefn · 0.6 km

  Mynydd Carn-y-cefn is the name given to the broad ridge of high ground between the Ebbw Vale and the valley of the Ebbw Fach in the Valleys region of South Wales. It lies within the county borough of Blaenau Gwent, fo…

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  Ebbw Vale Steelworks · 1.1 km

  Ebbw Vale Steelworks was an integrated steel mill located in Ebbw Vale, South Wales. Developed from 1790, by the late 1930s it had become the largest steel mill in Britain. It was nationalised after World War II. As t…

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  Waun-Lwyd · 1.2 km

  Waun-Lwyd or Waunlwyd is a village in the Ebbw Valley in Blaenau Gwent. It belongs in the community of Cwm.

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  Ebbw Vale Parkway railway station · 1.2 km

  Ebbw Vale Parkway railway station is a station on the Ebbw Valley Railway in Wales. The station opened on 6 February 2008 when services to and from Cardiff Central commenced after 46 years of being a freight-only line…

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  Blaenau Gwent · 1.2 km

  Blaenau Gwent is a county borough in the south-east of Wales. It borders Monmouthshire and Torfaen to the east, Caerphilly to the west and Powys to the north. Its main towns are Abertillery, Brynmawr, Ebbw Vale and Tr…

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  Blaina · 1.4 km

  Blaina is a town, situated deep within the South Wales Valleys between Brynmawr and Abertillery in the County Borough of Blaenau Gwent, ancient parish of Aberystruth, preserved county of Gwent and historic county of M…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)