Bedwas

9°CClear

• Today: 10° / 6° · 27% rain
• Tomorrow: 10° / 7° · 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

139 reported · August 2026▲ 29% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences42
• Anti-social behaviour38
• Criminal damage & arson20
• Public order16

Neighbourhood team: Bedwas, Trethomas and Machen · 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)

211 food businesses within 2 miles

• 152 rated 4–5 ★ (108 top)
• 7 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Energlyn & Churchill Park (2.4 km)
• 42 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: 153.9p · BP (4.7 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 186.9p · BP (4.7 km)

11 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

32 charging locations within ~8 km

• 10 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 250 kW
• Nearest: Navigation Street Car Park (0.9 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Gyms1
• Sports pitches12
• Playgrounds3

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

Chris Evans

Labour (Co-op)

Caerphilly

Source: UK Parliament

Labour majority

• Lab 41
• Grn 1
• Oth 19

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

• Schools7
• GPs & clinics3
• Pharmacies2
• Supermarkets4
• Parks & greens5
• Restaurants & cafés17

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

5,070 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

5 jobs advertised · £26,672 avg

e.g. Care Assistant, Customer Care Account Manager, Mechanical Assembler

Source: Adzuna

£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

12% low-carbon electricity

Gas 88% · Wind 10% · Solar 2%

348 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

7 GP surgeries · 14 pharmacies in CF83

• Aber Medical Centre
• Carnau Elysium Healthcare Cefn
• Ty Bryn Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Caerphilly:

• Review the law on unfit to plead & reform it to protect victims & public safety295 local signatures · 12,590 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth215 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases178 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Provide lifelong vet care and financial support for retired service animals177 local signatures · 55,079 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK143 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide

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

• 
  Bedwas railway station · 0.4 km

  Bedwas railway station served the village of Bedwas, Monmouthshire, Wales, from 1865 to 1965 on the Brecon and Merthyr Tydfil Junction Railway.

• Bedwas High School · 0.5 km

  Bedwas High School, formerly known as Bedwas Comprehensive School, is a comprehensive school located east of the Welsh village of Bedwas, Caerphilly county borough, south Wales. It has a total enrollment of about 680…

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  Bedwas Workmen's Hall · 0.6 km

  Bedwas Workmen's Hall, built in 1923, is a community hall situated in the village of Bedwas, in south Wales.

• Bedwas · 0.6 km

  Bedwas is a town situated two miles north-east of Caerphilly, south Wales, situated in the Caerphilly county borough, within the historic boundaries of Monmouthshire.

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  Cadw · 0.7 km

  Cadw is the historic environment service of the Welsh Government and part of the Tourism and Culture group. Cadw works to protect the historic buildings and structures, the landscapes and heritage sites of Wales, to m…

• Bedwas Navigation Colliery · 0.9 km

  Bedwas Navigation Colliery was a coal mine in the small Welsh village of Bedwas, two miles (3.2 km) north of Caerphilly. The colliery opened in 1913, and closed after the miners' strike of 1984-85.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)