Vale of Glamorgan

12°CClear

• Today: 20° / 11° · 71% rain
• Tomorrow: 22° / 15° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:42Sunset 19:37

12h 55m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

20US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Rhondda Glyncoch Garth Avenue, United Kingdom

1 reported · July 2026

• Violence & sexual offences1

Neighbourhood team: St. Nicholas and Llancarfan · South Wales

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

90 reported road collisions (2024)

22 killed or seriously injured · 141 casualties · 6.8 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

15 food businesses within 2 miles

• 11 rated 4–5 ★ (7 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Rhoose Cardiff International Airport (6.9 km)
• 0 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£297,999 average▲ 3.3% YoY

Across Vale of Glamorgan · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£987 average monthly rent▲ 4.4% YoY

• 1 bed £730
• 2 bed £893
• 3 bed £1,002

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

7.9× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 7.9 times median annual pay (7.7× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 156.9p · Esso (5.7 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 185.7p · Asda (9.7 km)

7 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

12 charging locations within ~8 km

• 3 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 60 kW
• Nearest: Aubrey Arms (2.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

131,938 residents in Vale of Glamorgan · 398/km²

• Under 16: 19%
• 16–64: 59%
• 65+: 22%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Less deprived than the average in Wales

4% of neighbourhoods are in Wales’s most deprived 10%; 13% in the most deprived 20%

Source: Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2019

Property band mix

Most homes here are Band C (23% of 62,380)

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

Labour / Independent coalition

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

5,210 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

602 jobs advertised · £35,319 avg

e.g. Customer Service Advisor, Sign Up as A Delivery Person - Earn With Uber Eats, Delivery Opportunities Near Me? - Deliver with Uber Eats

Source: Adzuna

£791 median full-time weekly pay

3.3% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£26,733 disposable income per head (2024)

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

46% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 63,534 certificates

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics

• Life satisfaction7.5
• Feeling worthwhile7.7
• Happiness yesterday7.4
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.4

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Vale of Glamorgan:

• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership444 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office355 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s343 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test269 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership234 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

• Llantrithyd · 1.0 km

  Llantrithyd is a rural village and community in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales. The Aubrey Baronets were lords of the manor of Llantrithyd for centuries: the family died out in the 1850s.

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  St Hilary transmitting station · 1.8 km

  The St Hilary transmitting station is a facility for telecommunications situated close to the village of St Hilary, Glamorgan in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, in the United Kingdom. It comprises a 229-metre (750 ft) g…

• St Mary Church Road railway station · 1.8 km

  St Mary Church Road railway station was a railway station in the Vale of Glamorgan, South Wales.

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  Pant-y-Ffynnon Quarry · 1.9 km

  Pant-y-Ffynnon Quarry is a stone quarry in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, around 3 kilometers east of Cowbridge and is part of the Black Mountain mountain range. It contains fissure fill deposits dating to the Late Tri…

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  Vale of Glamorgan · 2.0 km

  The Vale of Glamorgan, locally referred to as The Vale, is a county borough in the south-east of Wales. It borders Bridgend County Borough to the west, Cardiff to the east, Rhondda Cynon Taf to the north, and the Bris…

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  St Hilary, Vale of Glamorgan · 2.0 km

  St Hilary is a village in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales. It is located just south of the A48, about a mile southeast of the market town of Cowbridge. The village has a population of about 260, in approximately 80 house…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)