Newbridge-on-Wye

7°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 9° / 5° · 51% rain
• Tomorrow: 7° / 4° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:14Sunset 16:39

9h 25m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

21US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Rhondda Glyncoch Garth Avenue, United Kingdom

2 reported · August 2026▼ 33% YoY

• Burglary1
• Public order1

Neighbourhood team: Llanyre · 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)

11 food businesses within 2 miles

• 9 rated 4–5 ★ (7 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Builth Road (5.0 km)
• 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: 171.9p · Asda (7.2 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 199.9p · Asda (7.2 km)

2 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

8 charging locations within ~8 km

• 3 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: Stryd Fawr / High Street (5 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches3
• Playgrounds2

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

David Chadwick

Liberal Democrat

Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat / Labour coalition

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

• Schools1
• Parks & greens1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

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

8% low-carbon electricity

Gas 93% · Wind 8%

364 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for South Wales · National Grid ESO

• 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

2 GP surgeries · 2 pharmacies in LD1

• Llandrindod Wells Clinic
• Llandrindod Wells Medical Practice

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

• Newbridge-on-Wye · 0.2 km

  Newbridge-on-Wye is a small village in Powys, Wales. It lies, as its name suggests, on the River Wye, just downstream from the market town of Rhayader, and in the community of Llanyre.

• Newbridge on Wye railway station · 0.3 km

  Newbridge on Wye railway station stood on the single-tracked Mid Wales Railway between Builth Wells and Rhayader. It was closed on 31 December 1962 and the trackbed removed. The site has been cleared and now contains…

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  River Ithon · 0.8 km

  The River Ithon is a major left-bank tributary of the River Wye in Powys, mid Wales. It rises in the broad saddle between the western end of Kerry Hill and the hill of Glog to its west and flows initially southwards t…

• Llysdinam · 0.9 km

  Llysdinam is a hamlet located in Powys, Wales, to the west and near to the town of Llandrindod Wells. Until 1986 Llysdinam was a community.

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  St Cewydd's Church, Disserth · 1.7 km

  St Cewydd's Church is an active parish church in the village of Disserth, Powys, Wales. The dispersed village of Disserth lies south of Llandrindod Wells and north of Builth Wells. The church stands in an isolated pos…

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  Disserth and Trecoed · 1.7 km

  Disserth and Trecoed is a community in central Powys, Wales. It has a population of 1,239 according to the 2011 UK census.

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