Nelson (Caerphilly)

9°COvercast

• Today: 9° / 5° · 28% 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

17US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Rhondda Glyncoch Garth Avenue, United Kingdom

39 reported · August 2026▼ 7% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences15
• Anti-social behaviour7
• Criminal damage & arson5
• Other theft5

Neighbourhood team: Nelson · 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)

116 food businesses within 2 miles

• 82 rated 4–5 ★ (52 top)
• 5 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Quakers Yard (2.7 km)
• 13 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 (9.5 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 186.9p · BP (9.5 km)

9 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

23 charging locations within ~8 km

• 1 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 75 kW
• Nearest: Dynevor Terrace Car Park (0.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools3
• Sports pitches7
• Golf courses1
• 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)

• Schools2
• Pharmacies1
• Supermarkets1
• Parks & greens4
• Restaurants & cafés8

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

9% low-carbon electricity

Gas 91% · Wind 9%

358 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 · 2 pharmacies in CF46

• Treharris Primary Care Centre
• Nelson 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

• Nelson Glam railway station · 0.3 km

  Nelson Glam railway station served the village of Nelson, in the historical county of Glamorganshire, Wales, from 1900 to 1932 on the Llancaiach Branch.

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  Nelson, Caerphilly · 0.3 km

  Nelson is a village and community in the County Borough of Caerphilly, Wales. It sits five miles north of Caerphilly and ten miles north of Cardiff, at the lower end of the Taff Bargoed Valley, and lies adjacent to Tr…

• Llancaiach railway station · 0.5 km

  Llancaiach railway station was originally opened by the Newport, Abergavenny and Hereford Railway on the Taff Vale Extension which later amalgamated with the Great Western Railway between Pontypool and Quakers Yard. T…

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  Nelson and Llancaiach railway station · 0.6 km

  Nelson and Llancaiach railway station served the village of Nelson and the hamlet of Llancaiach in the historic county of Caerphilly, Wales, from 1912 to 1964 on the Rhymney Railway.

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  Llancaiach · 0.8 km

  Llancaiach is a hamlet just north of the village of Nelson, Caerphilly, Wales. It is close to Llancaiach Fawr Manor, a Tudor manor house and living history museum.

• Llancaiach Colliery · 0.9 km

  Llancaiach Colliery was a coal mine in the South Wales Valleys, located just to the north of the village of Nelson and just to the south of Llancaiach Fawr Manor.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)