Heol-y-Cyw

9°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 10° / 6° · 33% rain
• Tomorrow: 10° / 5° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:14Sunset 16:40

9h 26m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

23US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Rhondda Glyncoch Garth Avenue, United Kingdom

2 reported · August 2026▼ 33% YoY

• Public order1
• Vehicle crime1

Neighbourhood team: Pencoed and Penprysg · 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)

33 food businesses within 2 miles

• 21 rated 4–5 ★ (12 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Pencoed (3.0 km)
• 0 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 (5.8 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 140.8p · AppleGreen (5.8 km)

6 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

25 charging locations within ~8 km

• 4 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 180 kW
• Nearest: High Street, Heol-y-Cyw (0.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches2
• Playgrounds1

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

Chris Elmore

Labour

Bridgend

Source: UK Parliament

Labour (minority)

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

• Parks & greens1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

4,805 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

5 jobs advertised · £37,199 avg

e.g. Multi-Drop Delivery Driver, Sales Advisor, Supply Chain & Planning Manager

Source: Adzuna

£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 Bridgend:

• Review the law on unfit to plead & reform it to protect victims & public safety254 local signatures · 12,590 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth231 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases194 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Provide lifelong vet care and financial support for retired service animals189 local signatures · 55,079 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK144 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide

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

• 
  Coychurch Higher · 0.4 km

  Coychurch Higher is a community in Bridgend County Borough, south Wales. It covers the westerly area of the county north of Pencoed and south of Ogmore Vale. The community is sparsely populated and contains only one s…

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  Heol-y-Cyw · 0.4 km

  Heol-y-Cyw is a little village in Bridgend County Borough, Wales, located near Bridgend, in the community of Coychurch Higher. The village, and its surroundings, had a population of 538 in 2011 census.

• Cefn Hirgoed · 1.4 km

  Cefn Hirgoed is a ridge in Bridgend county borough in South Wales. The ridge extends for about 5 km east from the village of Sarn just north of Bridgend to Pen-prysg north of Pencoed. At the point where it reaches it…

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  Mynydd y Gaer · 1.8 km

  Mynydd y Gaer is a 295-metre-high hill in Bridgend County Borough in South Wales. The summit is crowned by a trig point.

• Blackmill Woodlands · 2.3 km

  Blackmill Woodlands is woodland which is designated as a Site of Special Scientific Interest and a Special Area of Conservation near Blackmill in Bridgend County Borough, south Wales, formerly it was in Glamorgan.

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  Blackmill railway station · 2.5 km

  Blackmill railway station served the village of Blackmill, in the historical county of Glamorgan County Council, Wales, from 1873 to 1961 on the Ogmore Valley line.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)