Efail Isaf

8°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 10° / 7° · 52% rain
• Tomorrow: 9° / 7° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:12Sunset 16:41

9h 29m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

18US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Rhondda Glyncoch Garth Avenue, United Kingdom

19 reported · August 2026▼ 14% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences8
• Anti-social behaviour4
• Other theft3
• Criminal damage & arson2

Neighbourhood team: Llantwit Fardre · South Wales

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

146 reported road collisions (2025)

30 killed or seriously injured · 207 casualties · 6.1 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

133 food businesses within 2 miles

• 107 rated 4–5 ★ (78 top)
• 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Treforest Estate (2.6 km)
• 0 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£165,213 average▲ 4.9% YoY

Across Rhondda Cynon Taf · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£754 average monthly rent▲ 1.7% YoY

• 1 bed £528
• 2 bed £675
• 3 bed £758

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

4.7× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 4.7 times median annual pay (4.5× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 153.9p · BP (4.8 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 186.9p · BP (4.8 km)

11 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

27 charging locations within ~8 km

• 6 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: Llantwit Fardre Leisure Centre, Pontypridd (1.8 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches4
• Playgrounds9

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

237,651 residents in Rhondda Cynon Taf · 560/km²

• Under 16: 18%
• 16–64: 62%
• 65+: 20%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK7,401
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK7,653
• Net moves−252

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

More deprived than the average in Wales

17% of neighbourhoods are in Wales’s most deprived 10%; 29% in the most deprived 20%

Source: Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2019

Property band mix

Most homes here are Band A (42% of 111,810)

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

Alex Davies-Jones

Labour

Pontypridd

Source: UK Parliament

Labour majority

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

• Schools3
• Pharmacies1
• Parks & greens3
• Restaurants & cafés6

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

6,970 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

2 jobs advertised · £24,180 avg

e.g. Team Leader (Major Projects), Full Time Secondary Teaching Assistant

Source: Adzuna

£666 median full-time weekly pay

3.3% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£19,935 disposable income per head (2024)

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

35% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 112,026 certificates

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics

14% low-carbon electricity

Gas 86% · Wind 14%

341 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for South Wales · National Grid ESO

• Life satisfaction7.4
• Feeling worthwhile7.8
• Happiness yesterday7.2
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.4

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

2 GP surgeries · 4 pharmacies in CF38

• Primary Care D&A Service
• Parc Canol Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Pontypridd:

• Review the law on unfit to plead & reform it to protect victims & public safety361 local signatures · 12,590 nationwide
• Review discharge of mental health patients340 local signatures · 14,649 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth275 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Provide lifelong vet care and financial support for retired service animals180 local signatures · 55,079 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases160 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide

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

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  Efail Isaf · 0.2 km

  Efail Isaf is a village located to the south of Llantwit Fardre in south Wales. It is located in the County Borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf. The former Barry Railway ran nearby. Efail Isaf has a village hall

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  Efail Isaf railway station · 0.6 km

  Efail Isaf railway station was a former railway station in Efail Isaf in south Wales. It was on the Barry Railway between Tonteg and Wenvoe, which ran broadly north–south through Creigiau.

• Llantwit Fardre railway station · 1.3 km

  Llantwit Fardre was a station on the Llantrisant and Taff Vale Junction Railway.

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  Llantwit Fardre · 1.3 km

  Llantwit Fardre is a large village and community situated on the A473, Pontypridd to Bridgend, road near the Welsh towns of Pontypridd and Llantrisant. Llantwit Fardre is also the name of the old parish and the commun…

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  Church Village Halt railway station · 1.4 km

  Church Village Halt railway station was a small halt on the Llantrisant and Taff Vale Junction Railway. The station was just south of the crossroads in the village on the road to Efail Isaf.

• Ysgol Garth Olwg · 1.6 km

  Ysgol Garth Olwg , English Garth Olwg School is a Welsh-medium comprehensive school in the village of Church Village near Pontypridd, in the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. It was the first Welsh language…

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