Pontllanfraith

8°CPartly Cloudy

• Today: 10° / 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 · Caerphilly White Street, United Kingdom

176 reported · August 2026▲ 16% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences52
• Anti-social behaviour38
• Criminal damage & arson29
• Public order14

Neighbourhood team: Pontllanfraith · 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)

173 food businesses within 2 miles

• 128 rated 4–5 ★ (85 top)
• 5 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Newbridge (3.0 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 (10.9 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 186.9p · BP (10.9 km)

8 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

24 charging locations within ~8 km

• 2 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 62 kW
• Nearest: Market Trader Car Park (1.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Gyms2
• Sports pitches13
• Playgrounds7

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)

• Schools6
• Supermarkets2
• Parks & greens2
• Restaurants & cafés23

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

5,070 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

2 jobs advertised · £36,094 avg

e.g. Speech and Language Therapist

Source: Adzuna

£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

8% low-carbon electricity

Gas 92% · Wind 8%

363 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

5 GP surgeries · 7 pharmacies in NP12

• Markham Medical Centre
• Blackwood Medical Group
• Pontllanfraith Health Centre

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

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  Caerphilly County Borough · 0.1 km

  Caerphilly County Borough is a county borough in the south-east of Wales. It is governed by Caerphilly County Borough Council.

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  Pontllanfraith Low Level railway station · 0.4 km

  Pontllanfraith Low Level railway station served the village of Pontllanfraith, historically in Monmouthshire, Wales, from 1857 to 1964 on the Newport, Abergavenny and Hereford Railway.

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  Islwyn (UK Parliament constituency) · 0.5 km

  Islwyn was a constituency in Wales represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The area, historically known for coal-mining, had voted for Labour Party candidates since it was created…

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  Islwyn (Senedd constituency) · 0.5 km

  Islwyn was a constituency of the Senedd. It elected one Member of the Senedd by the first past the post method of election. Also, however, it was one of eight constituencies in the South Wales East electoral region, w…

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  Pontllanfraith · 0.7 km

  Pontllanfraith is a large village and community located in the Sirhowy Valley in Caerphilly County Borough, Wales, within the historic boundaries of Monmouthshire. It is situated adjacent to the town of Blackwood, wit…

• Penmaen Halt railway station · 1.1 km

  Penmaen Halt railway station served the hamlet of Penmaen, in the historical county of Monmouthshire, Wales, from 1927 to 1939 on the Penar branch line.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)