Ogmore Vale

14°CLight rain shower

• Today: 18° / 14° · 91% rain
• Tomorrow: 18° / 15° · Fog

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:44Sunset 19:35

12h 51m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

20US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Port Talbot Dyffryn School, United Kingdom

26 reported · July 2026▲ 63% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences17
• Anti-social behaviour5
• Public order2
• Criminal damage & arson1

Neighbourhood team: Ogmore Vale · South Wales

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

72 reported road collisions (2024)

13 killed or seriously injured · 98 casualties · 4.9 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

61 food businesses within 2 miles

• 48 rated 4–5 ★ (32 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Ton Pentre (6.3 km)
• 0 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£207,546 average▲ 3.1% YoY

Across Bridgend · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£759 average monthly rent▲ 7.8% YoY

• 1 bed £559
• 2 bed £697
• 3 bed £812

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

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 (11.1 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 140.8p · AppleGreen (11.1 km)

6 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

11 charging locations within ~8 km

• 2 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 180 kW
• Nearest: Oxford Street, Garw Valley (2.8 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches3
• Playgrounds2

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)

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 Bryant

Labour

Rhondda and Ogmore

Source: UK Parliament

Labour (minority)

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

• Schools1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

4,795 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£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

39% low-carbon electricity

Gas 61% · Wind 39% · Nuclear 0%

241 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

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

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  Ogmore Vale railway station · 0.2 km

  Ogmore Vale railway station served the village of Ogmore Vale, in the historical county of Glamorgan, Wales, from 1873 to 1958 on the Ogmore Valley Railway.

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  Ogmore Vale · 0.2 km

  Ogmore Vale is a village in the county borough of Bridgend, Wales on the River Ogmore. Until the 1980's, the village's main source of income came from coal mining. Up until the year 1865, the Ogmore valley was a quiet…

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  Ogmore Valley · 0.3 km

  Ogmore Valley is a community in the Bridgend County Borough, Mid Glamorgan, Wales. Made up of the villages of Nantymoel, Ogmore Vale, Price Town and Wyndham, its population at the time of the 2001 census was 7,800, in…

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  Wyndham Halt railway station · 0.9 km

  Wyndham Halt railway station served the village of Wyndham, in the historical county of Glamorgan, Wales, from 1942 to 1958 on the Ogmore Valley Railway.

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  Wyndham, Bridgend · 0.9 km

  Wyndham is a small village in the County Borough of Bridgend, Wales built alongside the Ogwr Fawr tributary of the River Ogmore. The village is part of the community of the Ogmore Valley and is south of Nantymoel and…

• Cwm Cyffog · 1.1 km

  Cwm Cyffog is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in Glamorgan, South Wales.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)