Bargod

9°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 10° / 5° · 34% rain
• Tomorrow: 9° / 5° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:10Sunset 16:42

9h 32m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

15US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Caerphilly White Street, United Kingdom

144 reported · August 2026▼ 11% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences51
• Anti-social behaviour31
• Public order22
• Criminal damage & arson20

Neighbourhood team: Bargoed · Gwent

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

145 reported road collisions (2025)

35 killed or seriously injured · 170 casualties · 8.2 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

185 food businesses within 2 miles

• 132 rated 4–5 ★ (87 top)
• 8 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Gilfach Fargoed (0.4 km)
• 34 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£198,545 average▲ 4.4% YoY

Across Caerphilly · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£747 average monthly rent▲ 8.1% YoY

• 1 bed £551
• 2 bed £689
• 3 bed £777

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

5.8× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 5.8 times median annual pay (5.6× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 156.9p · Esso (9.6 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Esso (9.6 km)

6 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

18 charging locations within ~8 km

• 1 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: Hanbury Road Car Park, Caerphilly (0.6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches24
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds8

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

175,952 residents in Caerphilly · 634/km²

• Under 16: 18%
• 16–64: 61%
• 65+: 20%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK5,025
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK4,598
• Net moves+427

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

Around the average in Wales

10% of neighbourhoods are in Wales’s most deprived 10%; 24% in the most deprived 20%

Source: Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2019

Property band mix

Most homes here are Band B (33% of 81,180)

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

Nick Smith

Labour

Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney

Source: UK Parliament

Labour majority

• Lab 41
• Grn 1
• Oth 19

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

• Schools8
• GPs & clinics4
• Pharmacies3
• Supermarkets1
• Parks & greens5
• Restaurants & cafés19

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

5,070 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£710 median full-time weekly pay

3.6% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£20,773 disposable income per head (2024)

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

43% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 77,189 certificates

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics

16% low-carbon electricity

Gas 84% · Wind 8% · Solar 8%

331 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for South Wales · National Grid ESO

• Life satisfaction7.3
• Feeling worthwhile7.8
• Happiness yesterday7.4
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.5

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

2 GP surgeries · 6 pharmacies in CF81

• Bryntirion Surgery
• South Street Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

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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  Gilfach Fargoed railway station · 0.4 km

  Gilfach Fargoed railway station is a railway station serving the village of Gilfach, in Caerphilly county borough, south Wales. It is a stop on the Rhymney Line of the Valley Lines network.

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  Bargoed Town Hall · 0.5 km

  Bargoed Town Hall is a municipal building located on Hanbury Road, Bargoed in the Rhymney Valley in Wales. The town hall, which is the meeting place of Bargoed Town Council, is a Grade II listed building.

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  Bargoed · 0.7 km

  Bargoed is a town and community in the Rhymney Valley, Wales, one of the South Wales Valleys. It lies on the Rhymney River in the county borough of Caerphilly. It straddles the ancient boundary of Glamorgan and Monmou…

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  Gilfach · 0.7 km

  Gilfach is the small district that lies between Bargoed and Pengam, situated in the Caerphilly county borough, seven miles north of Caerphilly, within the historic boundaries of Glamorgan, Wales. The Bargoed ward had…

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  Bargoed Interchange · 0.7 km

  Bargoed Interchange is a bus station located in the town centre of Bargoed, South Wales. It is situated near the High Street.

• Ysgol Gymraeg Gilfach Fargod · 0.8 km

  Ysgol Gymraeg Gilfach Fargod is a Welsh medium primary school located in the village of Gilfach, Bargoed in the County Borough of Caerphilly.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)