Ponthir

19°CPartly Cloudy

• Today: 20° / 14° · 23% rain
• Tomorrow: 20° / 16° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:40Sunset 19:35

12h 55m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

15US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Newport St Julians Comp School, United Kingdom

7 reported · July 2026▼ 50% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences5
• Anti-social behaviour1
• Vehicle crime1

Neighbourhood team: Llanyravon South · Gwent

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

159 reported road collisions (2024)

46 killed or seriously injured · 198 casualties · 10 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

126 food businesses within 2 miles

• 115 rated 4–5 ★ (89 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

£230,505 average▲ 5% YoY

Across Newport · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£956 average monthly rent▲ 2.6% YoY

• 1 bed £696
• 2 bed £861
• 3 bed £963

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

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: 183.9p · Morrisons (3.9 km)

13 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)

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)

5,290 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

14 jobs advertised · £50,000 avg

e.g. Looking For Part-Time Opportunities? - Deliver with Uber Eats, Online Primary school Tutoring Job in Ponthir – Flexible Schedule, Online Biology Tutor - Part Time

Source: Adzuna

£728 median full-time weekly pay

4.5% 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

87% low-carbon electricity

Wind 60% · Solar 21% · Gas 13% · Nuclear 6%

52 gCO₂/kWh · low 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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Torfaen:

• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership363 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office358 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Review the law on unfit to plead & reform it to protect victims & public safety356 local signatures · 9,865 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s263 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test254 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

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

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  Ponthir · 0.3 km

  Ponthir 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 Newport city centre and 3½ miles f…

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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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