Tredegar

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• Today: 16° / 10° · 62% rain
• Tomorrow: 19° / 14° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:41Sunset 19:37

12h 56m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

4US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Rhondda Glyncoch Garth Avenue, United Kingdom

256 reported · July 2026▲ 45% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences86
• Anti-social behaviour75
• Public order32
• Criminal damage & arson23

Neighbourhood team: Tredegar · 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)

260 food businesses within 2 miles

• 175 rated 4–5 ★ (107 top)
• 22 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

£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: 159.9p · Esso (8.1 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 183.9p · Morrisons (9.4 km)

4 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)

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)

1,665 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

90 jobs advertised · £38,353 avg

e.g. Looking For Part-Time Opportunities? - Deliver with Uber Eats, Storesperson, Become a Music Tutor in Sirhowy – Flexible & Remote

Source: Adzuna

£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

42% low-carbon electricity

Gas 58% · Wind 42% · Nuclear 0%

228 gCO₂/kWh · 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

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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  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)