Mwyndy

9°CPartly Cloudy

• Today: 13° / 4° · 17% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 6° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:07Sunset 16:46

9h 40m 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 · Rhondda Glyncoch Garth Avenue, United Kingdom

54 reported · August 2026▲ 50% YoY

• Shoplifting15
• Violence & sexual offences13
• Anti-social behaviour6
• Public order6

Neighbourhood team: Pontyclun East · 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)

166 food businesses within 2 miles

• 141 rated 4–5 ★ (114 top)
• 4 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Pontyclun (1.8 km)
• 1 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 (9.1 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 186.9p · BP (9.1 km)

9 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

20 charging locations within ~8 km

• 3 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: Tesco Extra-Pontyclun Talbot Green (1.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Gyms4
• Swimming pools2
• Sports pitches11
• Playgrounds5

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

Mr Alex Barros-Curtis

Labour

Cardiff West

Source: UK Parliament

Labour majority

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

• Schools3
• GPs & clinics2
• Pharmacies1
• Supermarkets4
• Parks & greens1
• Restaurants & cafés9

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

6,970 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

1 jobs advertised · £27,040 avg

e.g. Cleaning Technician

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

15% low-carbon electricity

Gas 85% · Solar 12% · Wind 4%

335 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 · 6 pharmacies in CF72

• Old School Surgery
• Newpark Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Cardiff West:

• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks276 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth196 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Provide lifelong vet care and financial support for retired service animals170 local signatures · 55,079 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases148 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Introduce weekend access to death certification for burials117 local signatures · 9,659 nationwide

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

• 
  Miskin · 0.9 km

  Miskin is a village approximately 2 miles (3 km) south of Llantrisant in the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales.

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  Cross Inn, Llantrisant · 1.1 km

  Cross Inn is a southerly district of the town of Llantrisant within Rhondda Cynon Taf, South Wales. It is bounded by the B4595 to the north, the A4119 to the west, and the A473 to the south, near the Afon Clun.

• Miskin Manor Cricket Club Ground · 1.2 km

  Miskin Manor Cricket Club Ground is a cricket ground in Miskin Manor, Glamorgan. The first recorded match on the ground was in 1949, when Miskin Manor played Glamorgan Club and Ground.

• Y Pant School · 1.3 km

  Y Pant School is an 11–18 mixed, English-medium community comprehensive secondary school and sixth form in Talbot Green, Pontyclun, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales.

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  Cross Inn railway station · 1.4 km

  Cross Inn railway station was situated on the line between Treforest and Llantrisant, Wales, about half a mile (0.8 km) to the east of Llantrisant village. Typically for this line, the station had a single passenger p…

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  Afon Clun · 1.7 km

  Afon Clun is a 14-mile (23 km) long tributary of the River Ely, in the counties of Cardiff and Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. Its bedrock is predominantly of sandstone. Beginning on the western slope of The Garth the river…

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