Bwlch

8°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 9° / 5° · 58% rain
• Tomorrow: 8° / 4° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:13Sunset 16:39

9h 27m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

15US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Rhondda Glyncoch Garth Avenue, United Kingdom

2 reported · August 2026

• Other theft1
• Violence & sexual offences1

Neighbourhood team: Bwlch · Dyfed Powys

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

322 reported road collisions (2025)

153 killed or seriously injured · 440 casualties · 24.2 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

9 food businesses within 2 miles

• 8 rated 4–5 ★ (8 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• 3 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£237,042 average▲ 1.4% YoY

Across Powys · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£621 average monthly rent▲ 9.1% YoY

• 1 bed £462
• 2 bed £578
• 3 bed £700

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

7.9× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 7.9 times median annual pay (6.7× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 177.9p · Asda (7.4 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 199.9p · Asda (7.4 km)

1 station within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

10 charging locations within ~8 km

• 1 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: Henderson Hall (4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

133,170 residents in Powys · 26/km²

• Under 16: 15%
• 16–64: 57%
• 65+: 28%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK5,733
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK4,878
• Net moves+855

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

Among the least deprived areas in Wales

1% of neighbourhoods are in Wales’s most deprived 10%; 6% in the most deprived 20%

Source: Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2019

Property band mix

Most homes here are Band C (20% of 66,730)

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

Liberal Democrat / Labour coalition

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

9,745 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£705 median full-time weekly pay

2.7% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£23,047 disposable income per head (2024)

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

32% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 64,719 certificates

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics

• Life satisfaction7.4
• Feeling worthwhile7.8
• Happiness yesterday7.5
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.0

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

8 GP surgeries · 3 pharmacies in LD3

• Brecon Medical Centre
• Lhb Headquarters
• Brecon Clinic

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe:

• Review the law on unfit to plead & reform it to protect victims & public safety1,000 local signatures · 12,590 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks442 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Provide lifelong vet care and financial support for retired service animals177 local signatures · 55,079 nationwide
• End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately166 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills140 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide

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

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  Bwlch · 0.3 km

  Bwlch is a village and an electoral ward in the community of Cwmdu and District, Powys, south Wales. The settlement is strung out along the A40 road which crosses a low col above the Usk Valley at this point on its ro…

• Llygadwy · 0.7 km

  Llygadwy is a locality near the village of Bwlch in the county of Powys in southeast Wales. The usual meaning of llygad in Welsh is 'eye' but it can signify a spring e.g. Llygad Llwchwr. The name therefore signifies t…

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  Blaenllynfi Castle · 1.1 km

  Blaenllynfi Castle is a privately owned ruinous stone castle near the village of Bwlch in southern Powys, Wales. It was probably built in the early thirteenth century. It was captured several times during the rest of…

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  Buckland Hill · 1.5 km

  Buckland Hill is a low hill in the Brecon Beacons National Park in the county of Powys in Wales. Sitting transversely across the Usk valley between the river and the village of Bwlch, it provides excellent panoramic v…

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  Llangynidr Bridge · 1.8 km

  Llangynidr Bridge, also known as "Coed-yr-Ynys Bridge", is an early 18th-century bridge that crosses the River Usk to the north of Llangynidr, Powys, Wales. It carries the B4560 road towards Bwlch.

• Buckland Coach House & Ice House · 2.1 km

  Buckland Coach House & Ice House is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in Brecknock, Powys, Wales. These are part of the grounds of Buckland House and have been leased into the care of the Vincent Wildlife Trust.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)