Ynysybwl

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• Today: 10° / 7° · 34% rain
• Tomorrow: 9° / 6° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:12Sunset 16:41

9h 28m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

19US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Rhondda Glyncoch Garth Avenue, United Kingdom

29 reported · August 2026▼ 19% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences13
• Anti-social behaviour5
• Burglary2
• Criminal damage & arson2

Neighbourhood team: Ynysybwl · South Wales

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

146 reported road collisions (2025)

30 killed or seriously injured · 207 casualties · 6.1 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

80 food businesses within 2 miles

• 63 rated 4–5 ★ (48 top)
• 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Abercynon (2.2 km)
• 0 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£165,213 average▲ 4.9% YoY

Across Rhondda Cynon Taf · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£754 average monthly rent▲ 1.7% YoY

• 1 bed £528
• 2 bed £675
• 3 bed £758

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

4.7× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 4.7 times median annual pay (4.5× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 153.9p · BP (10.8 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 186.9p · BP (10.8 km)

8 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

19 charging locations within ~8 km

• 1 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 75 kW
• Nearest: Abercynon Railway Station Carpark (2.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches6
• Playgrounds3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

237,651 residents in Rhondda Cynon Taf · 560/km²

• Under 16: 18%
• 16–64: 62%
• 65+: 20%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK7,401
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK7,653
• Net moves−252

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

More deprived than the average in Wales

17% of neighbourhoods are in Wales’s most deprived 10%; 29% in the most deprived 20%

Source: Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2019

Property band mix

Most homes here are Band A (42% of 111,810)

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

Alex Davies-Jones

Labour

Pontypridd

Source: UK Parliament

Labour majority

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

• Schools2
• GPs & clinics1
• Supermarkets1
• Parks & greens2
• Restaurants & cafés3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

6,970 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

2 jobs advertised · £27,976 avg

e.g. Support Worker - Adult Residential, Cleaner (Grade 1)

Source: Adzuna

£666 median full-time weekly pay

3.3% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£19,935 disposable income per head (2024)

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

35% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 112,026 certificates

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics

9% low-carbon electricity

Gas 91% · Wind 9%

358 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for South Wales · National Grid ESO

• Life satisfaction7.4
• Feeling worthwhile7.8
• Happiness yesterday7.2
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.4

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

7 GP surgeries · 10 pharmacies in CF37

• Drugaid
• Kaleidoscope
• Eglwysbach Medical Practi

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Pontypridd:

• Review the law on unfit to plead & reform it to protect victims & public safety361 local signatures · 12,590 nationwide
• Review discharge of mental health patients340 local signatures · 14,649 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth275 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Provide lifelong vet care and financial support for retired service animals180 local signatures · 55,079 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases160 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide

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

• Lady Windsor Colliery · 0.1 km

  Lady Windsor Colliery was a coal mine located in the village of Ynysybwl in South Wales. Opened in 1884, it closed in 1988, 104 years later.

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  Noddfa Chapel, Ynysybwl · 0.2 km

  Noddfa is a Baptist chapel in the High Street, Ynysybwl, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales.

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  Tabernacle Chapel, Ynysybwl · 0.2 km

  Tabernacle, Ynysybwl is a former Independent chapel in Other Street, Ynysybwl, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales.

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  Jerusalem Chapel, Ynysybwl · 0.4 km

  Jerusalem, Ynysybwl was a Calvinistic Methodist chapel in Thompson Street, Ynysybwl, Glamorgan, Wales. Services at Jerusalem were conducted in the Welsh language.

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  Ynysybwl · 0.5 km

  Ynysybwl is a village in Wales. It is situated in the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf, roughly 15 miles (24 km) north-north-west of Cardiff, 4 miles (6 km) north of Pontypridd and 16 miles (26 km) south of Merthyr…

• Bethel Chapel, Ynysybwl · 1.0 km

  Bethel, Ynysybwl was a Calvinistic Methodist chapel in Rock Terrace, Ynysybwl, Glamorgan, Wales.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)