Maerdy

15°CLight drizzle

• Today: 16° / 10° · 85% rain
• Tomorrow: 19° / 13° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:42Sunset 19:37

12h 55m 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

45 reported · July 2026▲ 50% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences16
• Shoplifting15
• Public order6
• Criminal damage & arson3

Neighbourhood team: Ferndale and Maerdy · South Wales

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

144 reported road collisions (2024)

24 killed or seriously injured · 190 casualties · 6.1 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

155 food businesses within 2 miles

• 117 rated 4–5 ★ (90 top)
• 6 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Treorchy (2.4 km)
• 0 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£167,559 average▲ 7.4% YoY

Across Rhondda Cynon Taf · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£753 average monthly rent▲ 2.2% YoY

• 1 bed £527
• 2 bed £675
• 3 bed £757

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

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: 156.9p · Esso (7.9 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 187.7p · Asda (5.7 km)

6 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

15 charging locations within ~8 km

• 1 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: Dyfodwg Street (2.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Gyms1
• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches4
• Playgrounds2

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)

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

Chris Bryant

Labour

Rhondda and Ogmore

Source: UK Parliament

Labour majority

• Lab 57
• Con 1
• Grn 1
• Oth 8

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

• Schools3
• GPs & clinics1
• Parks & greens1
• Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

6,805 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

8 jobs advertised

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Source: Adzuna

£666 median full-time weekly pay

3.2% 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

54% low-carbon electricity

Wind 49% · Gas 45% · Nuclear 2% · Biomass 1%

180 gCO₂/kWh · 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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Rhondda and Ogmore:

• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office357 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership349 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s310 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases310 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth306 local signatures · 112,809 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

• Maerdy railway station · 0.2 km

  Maerdy railway station was a railway station in Rhondda Cynon Taf, South Wales. It served the town of Maerdy between 1889 and 1964.

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  Maerdy · 0.4 km

  Maerdy is a village and community in the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf, and within the historic county boundaries of Glamorgan, Wales, lying at the head of the Rhondda Fach Valley.

• Mardy Colliery · 0.5 km

  Maerdy Colliery was a coal mine located in the South Wales village of Maerdy, in the Rhondda Valley, located in the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf, and within the historic county boundaries of Glamorgan, Wales. O…

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  Noddfa Chapel, Treorchy · 2.2 km

  Noddfa or Noddfa Welsh Baptist Chapel, was located in Treorchy in the Rhondda Valley. It was one of the largest Baptist churches in the South Wales valleys, and one of the largest and grandest of all Welsh chapels.

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  Treorchy · 2.2 km

  Treorchy is a town and community in Wales. Once a mining town, it retains such characteristics. It is situated in the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf in the Rhondda Fawr valley. Treorchy is also one of the 16 comm…

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  Parc and Dare Hall · 2.3 km

  The Parc and Dare Hall, now known as the Park and Dare Theatre, is a former Miners' institute but now serves as a large entertainment venue in the village of Treorchy, in the Rhondda Valley of Wales. Since the demolit…

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