Swffryd

16°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 17° / 9° · 69% rain
• Tomorrow: 20° / 13° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:41Sunset 19:36

12h 55m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

19US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Caerphilly White Street, United Kingdom

58 reported · July 2026▲ 23% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences18
• Anti-social behaviour10
• Public order10
• Criminal damage & arson9

Neighbourhood team: Llanhilleth · 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)

144 food businesses within 2 miles

• 111 rated 4–5 ★ (87 top)
• 3 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Llanhilleth (1.8 km)
• 0 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 (7.5 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 183.9p · Morrisons (8.7 km)

10 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

21 charging locations within ~8 km

• 1 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: West View Car Park (2.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches5
• Playgrounds5

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

Nick Smith

Labour

Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney

Source: UK Parliament

Labour majority

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

• Schools4
• Restaurants & cafés3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

1,665 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£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

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 worthwhile7.8
• 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 Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney:

• Review the law on unfit to plead & reform it to protect victims & public safety798 local signatures · 9,865 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test457 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office333 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership288 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s262 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide

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

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  Swffryd · 0.2 km

  Swffryd is a Welsh community on the boundary of Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council.

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  Crumlin, Caerphilly · 0.4 km

  Crumlin is a town, community and electoral ward in Caerphilly county borough in South Wales. It is situated in the Ebbw River valley, 5 miles (8 km) west of Pontypool, within the historic boundaries of Monmouthshire.

• Crumlin Arm (Monmouthshire canal) · 0.4 km

  The Crumlin Arm of the Monmouthshire canal is part of the Monmouthshire & Brecon Canal network in South Wales. It connected Crumlin and its tramways to the Docks at Newport.

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  Crumlin Viaduct · 0.5 km

  The Crumlin Viaduct was a railway viaduct located above the village of Crumlin in South Wales, originally built to carry the Taff Vale Extension of the Newport, Abergavenny and Hereford Railway (NA&HR) across the Ebbw…

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  Navigation Colliery, Crumlin · 0.5 km

  Navigation Colliery is a former coal mine in Crumlin, Caerphilly County Borough, Wales. Opened in 1911, at its peak it produced 145,000 tonnes of coal a year. The mine closed in 1967 and the site has been disused sinc…

• Hafodyrynys Platform railway station · 0.6 km

  Hafodyrynys Platform railway station was a station on the former Taff Vale Extension of the Newport, Abergavenny and Hereford Railway. It served the village of Hafodyrynys, and was located near to the western portal o…

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