Trelewis

16°CFog

• Today: 17° / 15° · 74% rain
• Tomorrow: 15° / 11° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:44Sunset 19:32

12h 48m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

3US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Rhondda Glyncoch Garth Avenue, United Kingdom

66 reported · July 2026▲ 35% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences27
• Anti-social behaviour9
• Public order8
• Criminal damage & arson6

Neighbourhood team: Bedlinog and Trelewis · South Wales

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

38 reported road collisions (2024)

7 killed or seriously injured · 54 casualties · 6.5 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

116 food businesses within 2 miles

• 89 rated 4–5 ★ (59 top)
• 5 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Quakers Yard (2.0 km)
• 39 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£146,611 average▼ 3% YoY

Across Merthyr Tydfil · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£755 average monthly rent▼ 1.1% YoY

• 1 bed £552
• 2 bed £640
• 3 bed £723

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

4.6× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 4.6 times median annual pay (4.4× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 153.9p · BP (11.3 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 184.7p · Asda (7 km)

18 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

18 charging locations within ~8 km

• Fastest nearby: 22 kW
• Nearest: Trelewis, Bontnewydd Terrace (0.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools3
• Sports pitches17
• Playgrounds3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

58,840 residents in Merthyr Tydfil · 528/km²

• Under 16: 19%
• 16–64: 62%
• 65+: 19%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Among the most deprived areas in Wales

22% of neighbourhoods are in Wales’s most deprived 10%; 31% in the most deprived 20%

Source: Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2019

Property band mix

Most homes here are Band A (51% of 27,610)

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27 · £ figures England only

Gerald Jones

Labour

Merthyr Tydfil and Aberdare

Source: UK Parliament

Independent (minority)

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

• Schools1
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies1
• Parks & greens5
• Restaurants & cafés11

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

1,620 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

3 jobs advertised

e.g. Become a Maths Tutor in Trelewis – Flexible & Remote, Online Music Tutor - Part Time, Online Maths Tutor - Part Time

Source: Adzuna

£685 median full-time weekly pay

3.4% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£20,222 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

43% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 32,937 certificates

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics

10% low-carbon electricity

Gas 90% · Wind 8% · Solar 3%

353 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for South Wales · National Grid ESO

• Life satisfaction7.5
• Feeling worthwhile8.1
• Happiness yesterday7.5
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.6

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Merthyr Tydfil and Aberdare:

• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office329 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test296 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership294 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s275 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership220 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide

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

• Taff Merthyr Colliery Halt railway station · 0.1 km

  Taff Merthyr Colliery halt served the nearby Taff Merthyr Colliery near the village of Trelewis in the historic county of Glamorgan, Wales, from 1928 to 1964 on the Great Western Railway.

• Trelewis Halt railway station · 0.1 km

  Trelewis Halt railway station served the village of Trelewis in the historic county of Glamorgan, Wales, from 1934 to 1964 on the Great Western Railway.

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  Trelewis · 0.1 km

  Trelewis is a small village in the Taff Bargoed Valley of south-east Wales, currently located in the southern part of Merthyr Tydfil County Borough. It is a former mining village and together with nearby Bedlinog was…

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  Treharris Athletic Western F.C. · 0.3 km

  Treharris Athletic Western F.C. is a football club from Treharris in south Wales who play in the South Wales Premier League Championship Division. Their home ground is based in Parc Taf Bargoed in the neighbouring vil…

• Trelewis Platform railway station · 0.3 km

  Trelewis Platform railway station served the village of Trelewis in the historic county of Glamorgan, Wales, from 1911 to 1964 on the Taff Bargoed Joint Line of the Rhymney Railway and Great Western Railway.

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  Deep Navigation Colliery · 0.4 km

  Deep Navigation Colliery was a coal mine in South Wales, that operated from 1872 until 1991.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)