Corntown

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• Today: 10° / 7° · 38% rain
• Tomorrow: 10° / 6° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:13Sunset 16:42

9h 29m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

25US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Port Talbot Dyffryn School, United Kingdom

36 reported · August 2026▲ 50% YoY

• Shoplifting11
• Anti-social behaviour7
• Violence & sexual offences6
• Other theft5

Neighbourhood team: St. Bride's Major · South Wales

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

67 reported road collisions (2025)

19 killed or seriously injured · 99 casualties · 4.6 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

206 food businesses within 2 miles

• 177 rated 4–5 ★ (130 top)
• 5 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Bridgend (2.7 km)
• 2 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£210,905 average▲ 2.8% YoY

Across Bridgend · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£763 average monthly rent▲ 7.8% YoY

• 1 bed £562
• 2 bed £701
• 3 bed £816

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

6.0× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 6.0 times median annual pay (5.9× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 135.8p · AppleGreen (2.3 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 140.8p · AppleGreen (2.3 km)

6 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

23 charging locations within ~8 km

• 4 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 180 kW
• Nearest: Bassett's Nissan Bridgend (1.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools2
• Sports pitches7
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

145,490 residents in Bridgend · 580/km²

• Under 16: 18%
• 16–64: 61%
• 65+: 21%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK4,680
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK4,031
• Net moves+649

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

Around the average in Wales

7% of neighbourhoods are in Wales’s most deprived 10%; 20% in the most deprived 20%

Source: Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2019

Property band mix

Most homes here are Band B (23% of 66,260)

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27 · £ figures England only

Kanishka Narayan

Labour

Vale of Glamorgan

Source: UK Parliament

Labour (minority)

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

• Supermarkets3
• Parks & greens1
• Restaurants & cafés13

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

4,805 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£738 median full-time weekly pay

3% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£21,400 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

45% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 64,606 certificates

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics

16% low-carbon electricity

Gas 85% · Wind 16%

333 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for South Wales · National Grid ESO

• Life satisfaction7.5
• Feeling worthwhile7.8
• Happiness yesterday7.7
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.1

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

3 GP surgeries · 3 pharmacies in CF35

• Hmp Parc
• The New Surgery
• The Medical Centre

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Vale of Glamorgan:

• Review the law on unfit to plead & reform it to protect victims & public safety250 local signatures · 12,590 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth234 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks206 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Provide lifelong vet care and financial support for retired service animals202 local signatures · 55,079 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK131 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide

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

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  Corntown · 0.0 km

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  Ewenny Priory House · 0.6 km

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  Ewenny Priory · 0.6 km

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  Ewenny · 1.1 km

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  Ewenny and Pant Quarries · 1.6 km

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