Ebbw Vale

15°CCloudy

• Today: 16° / 10° · 69% rain
• Tomorrow: 19° / 14° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:41Sunset 19:36

12h 56m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

17US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Rhondda Glyncoch Garth Avenue, United Kingdom

185 reported · July 2026▲ 10% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences57
• Anti-social behaviour49
• Criminal damage & arson26
• Public order26

Neighbourhood team: Ebbw Vale South · Gwent

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

53 reported road collisions (2024)

17 killed or seriously injured · 68 casualties · 7.9 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

296 food businesses within 2 miles

• 207 rated 4–5 ★ (130 top)
• 22 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

£144,603 average▲ 8.9% YoY

Across Blaenau Gwent · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£679 average monthly rent▲ 6.9% YoY

• 1 bed £501
• 2 bed £602
• 3 bed £687

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

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: 183.9p · Morrisons (9.9 km)

5 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)

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)

1,665 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

164 jobs advertised · £38,343 avg

e.g. Sign Up as A Delivery Person - Earn With Uber Eats, Looking For Part-Time Opportunities? - Deliver with Uber Eats, Field Interviewer - Ebbw Vale

Source: Adzuna

£711 median full-time weekly pay

3.8% 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

85% low-carbon electricity

Wind 61% · Solar 18% · Gas 15% · Nuclear 5%

58 gCO₂/kWh · low 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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney:

• Review the law on unfit to plead & reform it to protect victims & public safety798 local signatures · 9,865 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test457 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office333 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership288 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s262 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide

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

• 
  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.

• 
  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.

• 
  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.

• 
  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.

• 
  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…

• 
  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)