Ebbw Vale

7°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 8° / 5° · 61% rain
• Tomorrow: 8° / 4° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:12Sunset 16:40

9h 28m 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 · Rhondda Glyncoch Garth Avenue, United Kingdom

139 reported · August 2026▼ 17% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour42
• Violence & sexual offences41
• Criminal damage & arson15
• Public order13

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)

296 food businesses within 2 miles

• 207 rated 4–5 ★ (127 top)
• 17 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Ebbw Vale Town (0.4 km)
• 24 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: 159.9p · Esso (10.8 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 191.9p · Esso (10.8 km)

3 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

33 charging locations within ~8 km

• 2 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 120 kW
• Nearest: Boxworks, Ebbw Vale (0.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Gyms1
• Sports pitches26
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds6

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

Nick Smith

Labour

Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney

Source: UK Parliament

Labour majority

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

• Schools6
• GPs & clinics1
• Supermarkets3
• Parks & greens6
• Restaurants & cafés17

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

1,680 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

89 jobs advertised · £35,734 avg

e.g. Field Interviewer - Ebbw Vale, Science Teacher, Hire Desk Controller

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

12% low-carbon electricity

Gas 88% · Wind 12%

348 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for South Wales · National Grid ESO

• 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

5 GP surgeries · 8 pharmacies in NP23

• Brynmawr Medical
• Glan Rhyd Surgery
• Blaen-Y-Cwm Group Practice

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

• 
  Ebbw Vale South · 0.2 km

  Ebbw Vale South is a community and electoral ward in Blaenau Gwent, South Wales, including the south of the town of Ebbw Vale.

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  Ebbw Vale bus station · 0.3 km

  Ebbw Vale bus station, also known as Inner Bypass, is a bus terminus located in the town centre of Ebbw Vale, South Wales.

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  Ebbw Vale Hospital · 0.3 km

  Ebbw Vale Hospital was a community hospital in Ebbw Vale, Wales. It was managed by the Aneurin Bevan University Health Board.

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  Ysbyty Aneurin Bevan · 0.3 km

  Ysbyty Aneurin Bevan is a community hospital in Ebbw Vale, Wales. It is managed by the Aneurin Bevan University Health Board.

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  Ebbw Vale · 0.3 km

  Ebbw Vale is a town at the head of the valley formed by the Ebbw Fawr tributary of the Ebbw River in Wales. It is the largest town and the administrative centre of Blaenau Gwent county borough. The Ebbw Vale and Brynm…

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  Ebbw Vale (High Level) railway station · 0.4 km

  Ebbw Vale railway station was a station on a short branch from the London and North Western Railway's Heads of the Valleys line which served the town of Ebbw Vale in the Welsh county of Monmouthshire.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)