Bedwas

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• Today: 20° / 13° · 28% rain
• Tomorrow: 19° / 12° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:39Sunset 19:39

12h 59m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

7US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Caerphilly White Street, United Kingdom

170 reported · July 2026▲ 50% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences62
• Anti-social behaviour32
• Criminal damage & arson25
• Public order19

1 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Bedwas, Trethomas and Machen · Gwent

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

155 reported road collisions (2024)

58 killed or seriously injured · 223 casualties · 8.8 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

285 food businesses within 2 miles

• 214 rated 4–5 ★ (163 top)
• 11 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

£197,272 average▲ 5.9% YoY

Across Caerphilly · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£743 average monthly rent▲ 8.4% YoY

• 1 bed £548
• 2 bed £686
• 3 bed £773

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

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: 182.7p · Asda (8.4 km)

23 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)

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

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

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

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

5,035 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

16 jobs advertised · £32,851 avg

e.g. Delivery Opportunities Near Me? - Deliver with Uber Eats, Be Your Own Boss - Deliver with Uber Eats, Fabricator / Welder

Source: Adzuna

£710 median full-time weekly pay

3.4% 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

10% low-carbon electricity

Gas 90% · Solar 8% · Wind 2%

355 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:

• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership398 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office336 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s328 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test266 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Review the law on unfit to plead & reform it to protect victims & public safety239 local signatures · 9,865 nationwide

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

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  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)