Ponthir

8°CClear

• Today: 11° / 8° · 22% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 8° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:09Sunset 16:41

9h 32m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

21US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Newport, United Kingdom

6 reported · August 2026▼ 45% YoY

• Public order3
• Anti-social behaviour1
• Criminal damage & arson1
• Shoplifting1

Neighbourhood team: Llanyravon South · Gwent

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

173 reported road collisions (2025)

56 killed or seriously injured · 216 casualties · 10.8 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

126 food businesses within 2 miles

• 115 rated 4–5 ★ (91 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Cwmbran (3.9 km)
• 10 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£225,702 average▼ 0.1% YoY

Across Newport · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£959 average monthly rent▲ 2.7% YoY

• 1 bed £697
• 2 bed £863
• 3 bed £965

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

6.3× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 6.3 times median annual pay (5.9× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 154.9p · Esso (8.2 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Esso (8.2 km)

10 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

69 charging locations within ~8 km

• 19 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 250 kW
• Nearest: Llanyravon (2.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Gyms1
• Swimming pools6
• Sports pitches4
• Playgrounds2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

159,592 residents in Newport · 838/km²

• Under 16: 20%
• 16–64: 63%
• 65+: 17%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK6,671
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK6,438
• Net moves+233

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

Among the most deprived areas in Wales

24% of neighbourhoods are in Wales’s most deprived 10%; 35% in the most deprived 20%

Source: Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2019

Property band mix

Most homes here are Band C (26% of 71,900)

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27 · £ figures England only

Nick Thomas-Symonds

Labour

Torfaen

Source: UK Parliament

Labour majority

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

• Schools1
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies1
• Parks & greens2
• Restaurants & cafés9

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

5,445 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£728 median full-time weekly pay

4.6% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£20,294 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

50% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: C · 79,936 certificates

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics

9% low-carbon electricity

Gas 91% · Wind 9%

357 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for South Wales · National Grid ESO

• Life satisfaction7.3
• Feeling worthwhile7.5
• Happiness yesterday7.1
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.2

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

4 GP surgeries · 3 pharmacies in NP18

• Wentwood Ward
• St Peters Hospital
• Isca Medical Centre

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Torfaen:

• Review the law on unfit to plead & reform it to protect victims & public safety490 local signatures · 12,590 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth222 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Provide lifelong vet care and financial support for retired service animals189 local signatures · 55,079 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK177 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide
• Make catapult attacks against animals a standalone criminal offence170 local signatures · 55,084 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

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  Ponthir · 0.3 km

  Ponthir, officially spelled Pont-hir, is a village and community in the south-east of the county borough of Torfaen on the boundary of the counties of Monmouthshire and Newport. It is approximately six miles from Newp…

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  Ponthir railway station · 0.3 km

  Ponthir railway station was a railway station in the village of Ponthir in Torfaen, South Wales, UK.

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  Llantarnam Abbey · 1.4 km

  Llantarnam Abbey is a Grade II*-listed house of the Sisters of St Joseph of Annecy and the site of a former 12th-century Cistercian abbey located in Llantarnam, Cwmbran, in the county borough of Torfaen in southeast W…

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  St Michael's Church, Llantarnam · 1.8 km

  The Parish Church of St Michael's & All Angels is a Grade II* listed parish church in Llantarnam, near Cwmbran, Torfaen, Wales.

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  Llantarnam railway station · 1.9 km

  Llantarnam railway station in Llantarnam village, Cwmbran in Torfaen, South Wales, UK was built as part of the Pontypool, Caerleon and Newport Railway.

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  Caerleon campus · 2.0 km

  Caerleon campus stands near Lodge Hill, a ridge to the north of the town of Caerleon, on the outskirts of Newport, Wales. The site opened as a teacher training college in 1914. In the 1975 the campus became the princi…

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