Dinas Powis

17°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 20° / 11° · 37% rain
• Tomorrow: 21° / 15° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:41Sunset 19:36

12h 55m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

30US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Cardiff Centre, United Kingdom

34 reported · July 2026▼ 17% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences16
• Public order6
• Criminal damage & arson4
• Anti-social behaviour3

Neighbourhood team: Dinas Powys · South Wales

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

90 reported road collisions (2024)

22 killed or seriously injured · 141 casualties · 6.8 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

275 food businesses within 2 miles

• 220 rated 4–5 ★ (180 top)
• 4 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Dinas Powys (0.4 km)
• 8 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£297,999 average▲ 3.3% YoY

Across Vale of Glamorgan · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£987 average monthly rent▲ 4.4% YoY

• 1 bed £730
• 2 bed £893
• 3 bed £1,002

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

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

• Cheapest petrol: 159.9p · Esso (5.7 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 187.7p · Asda (5.6 km)

18 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

78 charging locations within ~8 km

• 15 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 120 kW
• Nearest: Tesco Superstore - Penarth (2.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools2
• Sports pitches43
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

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

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

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

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

Stephen Doughty

Labour (Co-op)

Cardiff South and Penarth

Source: UK Parliament

Labour / Independent coalition

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

• Schools7
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies2
• Parks & greens4
• Restaurants & cafés10

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

5,210 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£791 median full-time weekly pay

3.3% 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

46% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 63,534 certificates

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics

53% low-carbon electricity

Wind 49% · Gas 46% · Nuclear 2% · Biomass 1%

181 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for South Wales · National Grid ESO

• 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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Cardiff South and Penarth:

• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership483 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s264 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership211 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office208 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test159 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

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  Dinas Powys F.C. · 0.1 km

  Dinas Powys F.C. is a Welsh football club that plays in the South Wales Premier League Championship Division. They are based in Dinas Powys, near Cardiff, in South Wales. They have an academy with over 100 players.

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  Dinas Powys · 0.1 km

  Dinas Powys is a town and community in the Vale of Glamorgan, South Wales. It lies 5.6 miles (9.0 km) south-west of the centre of Cardiff, making it a popular dormitory village for city commuters; it neighbours the la…

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  Dinas Powys railway station · 0.4 km

  Dinas Powys is one of two railway stations that serve the village of Dinas Powys, in the Vale of Glamorgan, South Wales; the other is Eastbrook. It lies on the Barry branch of the Valley Lines network, 4+1⁄2 miles (7…

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  Eastbrook railway station · 0.8 km

  Eastbrook railway station is a railway station serving the Eastbrook area of Dinas Powys, a village near Cardiff, South Wales. It is located on Network Rail's Barry Branch 3+1⁄2 miles (5.6 km) south of Cardiff Central…

• Dinas Powys hillfort · 1.3 km

  The Dinas Powys hillfort is an Iron Age hillfort near Dinas Powys, Glamorgan, Wales. It is just one of several thousand hillforts to have been constructed around Great Britain during the British Iron Age, for reasons…

• St Cyres School · 1.5 km

  St Cyres School is an 11–18 mixed, English-medium, community secondary school and sixth form in Penarth, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales. It was established in 1958.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)