Trethomas

10°CCloudy

• Today: 10° / 6° · 27% rain
• Tomorrow: 10° / 7° · 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

13US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Caerphilly White Street, United Kingdom

73 reported · August 2026▼ 19% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour25
• Violence & sexual offences21
• Criminal damage & arson7
• Public order7

Neighbourhood team: Bedwas, Trethomas and Machen · 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)

124 food businesses within 2 miles

• 91 rated 4–5 ★ (62 top)
• 4 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Energlyn & Churchill Park (3.5 km)
• 26 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 (5.7 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 186.9p · BP (5.7 km)

12 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

32 charging locations within ~8 km

• 11 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 250 kW
• Nearest: Navigation Street Car Park (0.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Sports pitches13
• Playgrounds3

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
• GPs & clinics3
• Pharmacies2
• Supermarkets2
• Parks & greens4
• Restaurants & cafés16

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

5,070 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

1 jobs advertised

e.g. Warehouse Operative (Shifts)

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

12% low-carbon electricity

Gas 88% · Wind 10% · Solar 2%

348 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

7 GP surgeries · 14 pharmacies in CF83

• Aber Medical Centre
• Carnau Elysium Healthcare Cefn
• Ty Bryn Surgery

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

• 
  Trethomas · 0.1 km

  Trethomas is a small village 2+1⁄2 miles (4 km) northeast of Caerphilly, southeast Wales, situated in the Caerphilly county borough, within the historic boundaries of Monmouthshire.

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  Trethomas railway station · 0.4 km

  Trethomas railway station served the village of Trethomas, Caerphilly, Wales, from 1915 to 1962 on the Brecon and Merthyr Tydfil Junction Railway.

• Bedwas Navigation Colliery · 0.6 km

  Bedwas Navigation Colliery was a coal mine in the small Welsh village of Bedwas, two miles (3.2 km) north of Caerphilly. The colliery opened in 1913, and closed after the miners' strike of 1984-85.

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  Bedwas Workmen's Hall · 0.7 km

  Bedwas Workmen's Hall, built in 1923, is a community hall situated in the village of Bedwas, in south Wales.

• Bedwas High School · 0.8 km

  Bedwas High School, formerly known as Bedwas Comprehensive School, is a comprehensive school located east of the Welsh village of Bedwas, Caerphilly county borough, south Wales. It has a total enrollment of about 680…

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  Graig-y-Rhacca · 1.1 km

  Graig-y-Rhacca is a housing estate bordering Trethomas, Bedwas and Machen in the borough of Caerphilly, southeastern Wales. The town is about 8 miles to the west of Newport and 4 miles to the east of Caerphilly. The t…

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