Trelewis

8°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 8° / 5° · 49% rain
• Tomorrow: 8° / 4° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:12Sunset 16:40

9h 28m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

18US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Rhondda Glyncoch Garth Avenue, United Kingdom

56 reported · August 2026▲ 37% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences15
• Anti-social behaviour14
• Criminal damage & arson6
• Public order5

Neighbourhood team: Bedlinog and Trelewis · South Wales

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

46 reported road collisions (2025)

10 killed or seriously injured · 58 casualties · 7.8 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

102 food businesses within 2 miles

• 77 rated 4–5 ★ (49 top)
• 4 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

£148,656 average▼ 1% YoY

Across Merthyr Tydfil · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£754 average monthly rent▼ 1.6% YoY

• 1 bed £552
• 2 bed £640
• 3 bed £722

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

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: 186.9p · BP (11.3 km)

11 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)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK1,567
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK1,688
• Net moves−121

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

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)

1,655 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£685 median full-time weekly pay

3.5% 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

22% low-carbon electricity

Gas 78% · Wind 16% · Solar 6%

308 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

2 GP surgeries · 2 pharmacies in CF46

• Treharris Primary Care Centre
• Nelson Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

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

• Review the law on unfit to plead & reform it to protect victims & public safety294 local signatures · 12,590 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth181 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Make it illegal to walk dogs during extreme heat to prevent suffering and death.175 local signatures · 11,618 nationwide
• Provide lifelong vet care and financial support for retired service animals160 local signatures · 55,079 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK142 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide

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

• 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)