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• Today: 14° / 7° · 20% rain
• Tomorrow: 14° / 5° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:06Sunset 16:49

9h 43m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

34US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Port Talbot Dyffryn School, United Kingdom

26 reported · August 2026▼ 26% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences10
• Public order5
• Anti-social behaviour3
• Criminal damage & arson3

Neighbourhood team: Llangynwyd · 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)

96 food businesses within 2 miles

• 74 rated 4–5 ★ (55 top)
• 4 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Garth (Bridgend) (1.1 km)
• 9 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 (10.3 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 140.8p · AppleGreen (10.3 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: Maesteg Multi Storey Car Park (3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches11
• Playgrounds5

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

Stephen Kinnock

Labour

Aberafan Maesteg

Source: UK Parliament

Labour (minority)

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

• Schools4
• Parks & greens3
• Restaurants & cafés2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

4,805 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£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

5% low-carbon electricity

Gas 95% · Wind 5%

375 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 · 7 pharmacies in CF34

• Llynfi Surgery
• Woodlands Surgery
• Bron-Y-Garn Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Aberafan Maesteg:

• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases560 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Review the law on unfit to plead & reform it to protect victims & public safety300 local signatures · 12,590 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth214 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Provide lifelong vet care and financial support for retired service animals150 local signatures · 55,079 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK138 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide

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

• 
  Llangynwyd · 0.2 km

  Llangynwyd is a village 2 miles to the south of Maesteg, in the county borough of Bridgend, Wales. It was part of the medieval commote of Tir Iarll.

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  Llangynwyd Middle · 0.2 km

  Llangynwyd Middle is a community in Bridgend County Borough, south Wales. It is located to the south of Maesteg and contains the villages of Llangynwyd and Cwmfelin. At the 2001 census, the population of the community…

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  Llangynwyd railway station · 0.3 km

  Llangynwyd railway station is on the Maesteg Line in Bridgend County Borough, Wales. It was closed to regular passenger trains on 22 June 1970 but continued to be served by school trains until 15 July 1970, The line t…

• Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Llangynwyd · 0.6 km

  Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Llangynwyd is a Welsh-medium secondary school for pupils aged between 11 and 18. The school is based in the village of Llangynwyd in the borough of Bridgend, Wales. The school opened on 3 September…

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  Garth railway station (Bridgend) · 1.1 km

  Garth railway station (Bridgend) is a railway station serving the village of Garth, Bridgend, Wales. It is located on the Maesteg Line from Cardiff via Bridgend. The station is known as Garth (Bridgend) in order to di…

• Lletty Brongu railway station · 1.3 km

  Lletty Brongu railway station served the hamlet of Lletty Brongu, in the historical county of Glamorganshire, Wales, from 1898 to 1932 on the Port Talbot Railway.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)