Tredegar

8°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 8° / 5° · 54% rain
• Tomorrow: 7° / 4° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:12Sunset 16:40

9h 28m 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 · Rhondda Glyncoch Garth Avenue, United Kingdom

209 reported · August 2026▲ 32% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences74
• Anti-social behaviour44
• Criminal damage & arson36
• Public order21

Neighbourhood team: Tredegar · Gwent

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

65 reported road collisions (2025)

23 killed or seriously injured · 77 casualties · 9.7 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

251 food businesses within 2 miles

• 168 rated 4–5 ★ (101 top)
• 16 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Ebbw Vale Town (3.1 km)
• 26 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£143,243 average▲ 2.1% YoY

Across Blaenau Gwent · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£681 average monthly rent▲ 6.8% YoY

• 1 bed £503
• 2 bed £605
• 3 bed £689

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

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: 159.9p · Esso (8.1 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 191.9p · Esso (8.1 km)

2 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

33 charging locations within ~8 km

• 2 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 120 kW
• Nearest: Gwent Shopping Centre CarPark, Blaenau Gwent (0.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres4
• Gyms2
• Sports pitches19
• 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)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK2,035
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK1,872
• Net moves+163

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

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)

• Schools5
• Pharmacies2
• Supermarkets1
• Parks & greens8
• Restaurants & cafés23

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

1,680 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

58 jobs advertised · £43,437 avg

e.g. Senior QA Officer, AVON Representatives wanted in Tredegar, Gwent, Wales – start today, Senior Quality Assurance Auditor

Source: Adzuna

£711 median full-time weekly pay

4% 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

19% low-carbon electricity

Gas 81% · Wind 14% · Solar 6%

318 gCO₂/kWh · very high 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

3 GP surgeries · 5 pharmacies in NP22

• Health Centre
• Glan Yr Afon Surgery
• Meddygfa Cwm Rhymni Practice

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney:

• Review the law on unfit to plead & reform it to protect victims & public safety1,187 local signatures · 12,590 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth172 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Provide lifelong vet care and financial support for retired service animals136 local signatures · 55,079 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK120 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide
• Reduce the state pension age to 65 for all95 local signatures · 25,761 nationwide

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

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  Tredegar Town Hall · 0.2 km

  Tredegar Town Hall is a municipal structure in The Circle, Tredegar, Wales. The town hall, which was the headquarters of Tredegar Urban District Council, is a Grade II listed building.

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  Tredegar General Hospital · 0.3 km

  Tredegar General Hospital was a community hospital in Tredegar, Blaenau Gwent, Wales. It was managed by the Aneurin Bevan Local Health Board.

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  Bedwellty House · 0.5 km

  Bedwellty House is a Grade II-listed house and gardens in Tredegar, in the Sirhowy Valley in south-east Wales. It was built in the early 19th century on the site of an earlier building and subsequently enlarged into i…

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  Tredegar · 0.7 km

  Tredegar is a town and community situated on the banks of the Sirhowy River in the county borough of Blaenau Gwent, in South East Wales. Within the historic boundaries of Monmouthshire, it became an early centre of th…

• 1911 South Wales anti-Jewish riots · 0.7 km

  The 1911 South Wales anti-Jewish riots were a series of antisemitic riots that occurred in South Wales in the summer of 1911.

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  Tredegar railway station · 0.7 km

  Tredegar railway station was a station on the Sirhowy Railway. It served the town of Tredegar. The station was near the southern edge of Bedwellty Park.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)