Groes-faen

7°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 9° / 7° · 49% rain
• Tomorrow: 10° / 6° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

23US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Rhondda Glyncoch Garth Avenue, United Kingdom

272 reported road collisions (2025)

39 killed or seriously injured · 348 casualties · 7.5 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

59 food businesses within 2 miles

• 51 rated 4–5 ★ (43 top)
• 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Pontyclun (3.6 km)
• 5 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£272,443 average▲ 2.1% YoY

Across Cardiff · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,177 average monthly rent▲ 3.5% YoY

• 1 bed £908
• 2 bed £1,085
• 3 bed £1,211

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

7.0× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 7.0 times median annual pay (6.7× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 153.9p · BP (7.8 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 186.9p · BP (7.8 km)

11 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

22 charging locations within ~8 km

• 4 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: MISKIN V21 (2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches5
• Golf courses1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

362,308 residents in Cardiff · 2,571/km²

• Under 16: 18%
• 16–64: 67%
• 65+: 14%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK25,378
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK27,543
• Net moves−2,165

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

More deprived than the average in Wales

18% of neighbourhoods are in Wales’s most deprived 10%; 28% in the most deprived 20%

Source: Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2019

Property band mix

Most homes here are Band D (22% of 166,780)

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

1 CQC-registered services

• GP practices1

Source: Care Quality Commission · Cardiff

Mr Alex Barros-Curtis

Labour

Cardiff West

Source: UK Parliament

Labour majority

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

• Schools1
• Parks & greens2
• Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

15,460 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£712 median full-time weekly pay

3.9% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£21,059 disposable income per head (2024)

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

49% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: C · 191,815 certificates

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics

8% low-carbon electricity

Gas 92% · Wind 8%

361 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for South Wales · National Grid ESO

• Life satisfaction7.2
• Feeling worthwhile7.3
• Happiness yesterday7.1
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.5

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

2 GP surgeries · 6 pharmacies in CF72

• Old School Surgery
• Newpark Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Cardiff West:

• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks276 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth196 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Provide lifelong vet care and financial support for retired service animals170 local signatures · 55,079 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases148 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Introduce weekend access to death certification for burials117 local signatures · 9,659 nationwide

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

• Brofiscin Quarry · 0.3 km

  Brofiscin Quarry is a disused limestone quarry in Groes-faen, near Llantrisant in South Wales. It was used for about seven years for the dumping of toxic waste including polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and was cappe…

• Groes-faen · 0.3 km

  Groes-faen is a village approximately three miles south of Llantrisant in the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. It is in the historic county of Glamorgan.

• Creigiau · 0.9 km

  Creigiau is a dormitory settlement in the north-west of Cardiff, the capital of Wales. The village currently has about 1,500 houses and a population of approximately 5,000 people. Prior to 2022, the Cardiff electoral…

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  Castell-y-mynach · 1.1 km

  Castell-y-mynach, is a 15th century manor house in Creigiau, Cardiff, Wales. One of the largest late-medieval houses in Glamorgan, it is a Grade II* listed building.

• Creigiau railway station · 1.2 km

  Creigiau railway station was a railway station in Creigiau in south Wales. It was on the Barry Railway between Efail Isaf and Wenvoe, which ran broadly north–south through Creigiau. To the east of the station, a secon…

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  Rhiwsaeson · 1.5 km

  Rhiwsaeson is a village and district of the principal town and community of Llantrisant with the County Borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf in South Wales. It is located on the south easterly outskirts of the town, along the…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)