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17°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 18° / 12° · 60% rain
• Tomorrow: 20° / 15° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:43Sunset 19:38

12h 55m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

25US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Port Talbot Dyffryn School, United Kingdom

35 reported · July 2026▼ 3% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences15
• Anti-social behaviour6
• Public order6
• Criminal damage & arson3

Neighbourhood team: Bryntirion, Laleston and Merthyr Mawr · 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)

171 food businesses within 2 miles

• 137 rated 4–5 ★ (99 top)
• 3 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Bridgend (3.2 km)
• 5 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 (3.6 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 140.8p · AppleGreen (3.6 km)

8 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

22 charging locations within ~8 km

• 4 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 180 kW
• Nearest: El Prado (0.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches6
• Playgrounds7

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 Elmore

Labour

Bridgend

Source: UK Parliament

Labour (minority)

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

• Schools4
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies1
• Restaurants & cafés8

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

86% low-carbon electricity

Wind 65% · Gas 14% · Solar 13% · Nuclear 7%

55 gCO₂/kWh · low 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 Bridgend:

• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office398 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership327 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test326 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s288 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth230 local signatures · 112,809 nationwide

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

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  Laleston · 0.1 km

  Laleston is a village and a community in Bridgend County Borough, south Wales, directly west of Bridgend town centre. The village takes its name from the Norman Lageles family who settled in the area. Buildings of not…

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  St David's Church, Laleston · 0.1 km

  St David's Church, Laleston is a Grade I listed church in Laleston, Bridgend County Borough, southern Wales. It is listed Grade 1 as a medieval church with its fabric, including timber roofs, mainly intact, and having…

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  Union School of Theology · 1.0 km

  Union School of Theology is a Reformed educational institution in Bryntirion in Bridgend, South Wales. The School is part of the wider Christian ministry of Union which also involves church planting and the production…

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  Bryntirion Athletic F.C. · 1.2 km

  Bryntirion Athletic F.C. was a Welsh football team from the Bridgend suburb of Bryntirion. In 2013, they merged with local rivals Bridgend Town to form Pen-y-Bont.

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  Penybont F.C. · 1.2 km

  Penybont Football Club is a Welsh professional football club based in Bridgend, that plays in the Cymru Premier. The club was formed in 2013, following the merger of Bridgend Town and Bryntirion Athletic. Penybont pla…

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  Bridgend (UK Parliament constituency) · 1.2 km

  Bridgend is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Chris Elmore of the Labour Party.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)