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Colwinston

Colwinston is a village in South Glamorgan, Wales. It has around 2 restaurants and cafés, 1 bus stop, and the nearest railway station is Bridgend, 5.5 km away. There were around 1 recorded street crime in June 2026, most commonly Violence & sexual offences. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Colwinston area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Vale of Glamorgan area is less deprived than the average in Wales (WIMD 2019). The wider council area has around 131,938 residents at roughly 398 people per km².

Council
Vale of Glamorgan
County
South Glamorgan
Constituency
Vale of Glamorgan
Police force
South Wales

Weather

8°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 9° / 7° · 40% rain
  • Tomorrow: 10° / 5° · Cloudy

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:14Sunset 16:40

9h 26m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

23US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Rhondda Glyncoch Garth Avenue, United Kingdom

Crime

No street-level crime recorded here.

Road safety

102 reported road collisions (2025)

17 killed or seriously injured · 146 casualties · 7.7 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

13 food businesses within 2 miles

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

Source: Food Standards Agency

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Bridgend (5.5 km)
  • 1 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Bridgend (5.5 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£300,358 average▲ 3.2% YoY

Across Vale of Glamorgan · to 2026-08

Detached£533,889
Semi-detached£315,604
Terraced£245,422
Flat£154,906

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£982 average monthly rent▲ 2.7% YoY

  • 1 bed £726
  • 2 bed £888
  • 3 bed £997

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

Affordability

7.9× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 7.9 times median annual pay (7.7× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 135.8p · AppleGreen (5 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 140.8p · AppleGreen (5 km)

4 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

18 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 2 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 75 kW
  • Nearest: Cherry Laurel Pub (3.7 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports pitches3
  • Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

131,938 residents in Vale of Glamorgan · 398/km²

  • Under 16: 19%
  • 16–64: 59%
  • 65+: 22%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Internal migration

  • Moves in from elsewhere in the UK5,481
  • Moves out to elsewhere in the UK5,071
  • Net moves+410

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

Deprivation

Less deprived than the average in Wales

4% of neighbourhoods are in Wales’s most deprived 10%; 13% in the most deprived 20%

Source: Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2019

Council tax

Property band mix

Most homes here are Band C (23% of 62,380)

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

Your MP

Kanishka Narayan

Labour

Vale of Glamorgan

Recent votes:

  • AyeBudget Resolution No. 86: High value council tax surcharge
  • AyeBudget Resolution No. 76: Rates of alcohol duty
  • AyeBudget Resolution No. 55: Value added tax (electric vehicle charging)
  • AyeBudget Resolution No. 15: Charges in connection with employment visas

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Labour / Independent coalition

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools1
  • Restaurants & cafés2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

5,220 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Local economy

£791 median full-time weekly pay

3.4% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£26,733 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

46% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 63,534 certificates

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics

Grid electricity

10% low-carbon electricity

Gas 90% · Wind 10%

354 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for South Wales · National Grid ESO

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.5
  • Feeling worthwhile7.7
  • Happiness yesterday7.4
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.4

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

Health services

2 GP surgeries · 2 pharmacies in CF71

  • Cowbridge & Vale Medical Practice
  • Western Vale Family Practice

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Vale of Glamorgan:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Colwinston · 0.1 km

    Colwinston is both a village and a community in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, approximately 4 miles (6.4 km) southeast of the centre of Bridgend and 21 miles (34 km) west of the centre of Cardiff. The village is locat…

  • Llandow (electoral ward) · 0.1 km

    Llandow is an electoral ward in the west of the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales. It covers its namesake community of Llandow as well as the neighbouring communities of Colwinston and Llangan. Since 1995 the ward has elected…

  • St Michael and All Angels Church, Colwinston · 0.3 km

    St Michael and All Angels Church is a Grade I listed church in Colwinston, in the Vale of Glamorgan, south Wales. It became a Grade I listed building on 22 February 1963. The church is said to have been built in 1111.…

  • Llampha · 1.9 km

    Llampha is a hamlet in the Vale of Glamorgan, South Wales, near Bridgend. It mainly consists of farms and smallholdings.

  • Llandow Halt railway station · 2.1 km

    Llandow Halt railway station served the village of Llandow in South Wales.

  • Llandow · 2.3 km

    Llandow is a village and community in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales. The community population taken at the 2011 census was 726. The village is located 15 miles (24 km) south west of Cardiff. The community includes the…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Colwinston?
Colwinston is a town in South Glamorgan, Wales, in the Vale of Glamorgan local authority.
How deprived is Colwinston?
The Vale of Glamorgan local authority, which includes Colwinston, is less deprived than the average in Wales on the WIMD 2019.