Dinas Powis

8°CCloudy

• Today: 11° / 7° · 29% rain
• Tomorrow: 10° / 6° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:09Sunset 16:42

9h 33m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

25US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Cardiff Centre, United Kingdom

48 reported · August 2026▲ 12% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences26
• Public order9
• Vehicle crime4
• Other theft3

Neighbourhood team: Dinas Powys · South Wales

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

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)

277 food businesses within 2 miles

• 221 rated 4–5 ★ (180 top)
• 8 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

£300,358 average▲ 3.2% YoY

Across Vale of Glamorgan · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£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

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: 189.9p · Esso (5.7 km)

9 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)

• 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

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)

5,220 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£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

46% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 63,534 certificates

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics

9% low-carbon electricity

Gas 91% · Wind 9%

359 gCO₂/kWh · very 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

8 GP surgeries · 10 pharmacies in CF64

• Vog Lhb
• Vale Clinic
• Albert Road Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

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

• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks276 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth129 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills113 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• Provide lifelong vet care and financial support for retired service animals109 local signatures · 55,079 nationwide
• Review the 2026 visa brake: Publish evidence & create transitional arrangements97 local signatures · 38,019 nationwide

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

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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)