Troedyrhiw and Pentrebach

15°CCloudy

• Today: 16° / 10° · 69% rain
• Tomorrow: 19° / 14° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:41Sunset 19:37

12h 56m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

17US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Rhondda Glyncoch Garth Avenue, United Kingdom

41 reported · July 2026▲ 64% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences19
• Public order10
• Criminal damage & arson3
• Other theft3

Neighbourhood team: Plymouth (Merthyr) · 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)

76 food businesses within 2 miles

• 62 rated 4–5 ★ (40 top)
• 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Troed-y-rhiw (0.1 km)
• 21 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: 156.9p · Esso (3.8 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 183.9p · Morrisons (8.6 km)

11 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

28 charging locations within ~8 km

• 2 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: King Brychan Pub & Restaurant (3.7 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches13
• 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)

• Schools3
• Parks & greens3
• Restaurants & cafés6

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

1,620 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£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

67% low-carbon electricity

Wind 50% · Gas 33% · Solar 14% · Nuclear 2%

131 gCO₂/kWh · moderate 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

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  Troed-y-rhiw railway station · 0.1 km

  Troed-y-rhiw railway station serves the village of Troed-y-rhiw in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales. It is located on the Merthyr branch of the Merthyr Line. Passenger services are provided by Transport for Wales.

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  Troed-y-rhiw · 0.1 km

  Troed-y-rhiw is a village and community in the county borough of Merthyr Tydfil, Wales. Its population at the 2011 census was 5,296. It features the Troed-y-rhiw railway station.

• Afon Tâf High School · 0.3 km

  Afon Tâf High School is an 11–16 mixed secondary school in Troed-y-rhiw, Merthyr Tydfil, Merthyr Tydfil County Borough, Wales.

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  Mynydd Cilfach-yr-encil · 1.3 km

  Mynydd Cilfach-yr-encil attains a height of 446m at OS grid reference SO 079033 making it the high point of the broad ridge of high ground between Taff Vale and Cwm Bargod in the Valleys region of South Wales. It lie…

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  Abercanaid · 1.6 km

  Abercanaid is a small village in the county borough of Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom with a population of about 5,060. It is situated 2.5 miles (4.0 km) south of Merthyr town centre and west of Pent…

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  Taff Trail · 1.7 km

  The Taff Trail is a walking and cycle path that runs for 55 miles (89 km) between Cardiff Bay and Brecon in Wales. It is so named because it follows the course of the River Taff. Along much of its length, it follows t…

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