Newbridge

17°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 18° / 16° · 74% rain
• Tomorrow: 16° / 10° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:44Sunset 19:31

12h 48m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

10US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Caerphilly White Street, United Kingdom

58 reported · July 2026▼ 31% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour16
• Violence & sexual offences13
• Public order9
• Criminal damage & arson6

Neighbourhood team: Newbridge · 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)

112 food businesses within 2 miles

• 88 rated 4–5 ★ (70 top)
• 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Newbridge (0.7 km)
• 13 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: 154.9p · Esso (8 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 184.7p · Asda (4.2 km)

14 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

29 charging locations within ~8 km

• 4 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 100 kW
• Nearest: Otter (0.6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches9
• 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

Labour majority

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

• Schools5
• Pharmacies1
• Parks & greens2
• Restaurants & cafés8

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

1,665 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

196 jobs advertised · £30,752 avg

e.g. Amazon Flex Delivery Driver - Earn £14 - £18 per hour*, Courier - Evri, Material Scientist: Polymer & Biocompatibility SME

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

• 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 Newport West and Islwyn:

• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership380 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office360 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Review the law on unfit to plead & reform it to protect victims & public safety347 local signatures · 9,865 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s334 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test309 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

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

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  Newbridge, Caerphilly · 0.4 km

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  Newbridge railway station (Wales) · 0.7 km

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• Treowen Halt railway station · 1.0 km

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  Ebbw Valley Railway · 1.0 km

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