St Nicholas

8°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 10° / 7° · 51% rain
• Tomorrow: 10° / 6° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:13Sunset 16:39

9h 26m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

20US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Cardiff Centre, United Kingdom

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)

41 food businesses within 2 miles

• 32 rated 4–5 ★ (22 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Waun-gron Park (6.4 km)
• 4 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: 156.9p · Esso (9.8 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Esso (6.4 km)

11 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

37 charging locations within ~8 km

• 8 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: National Trust Dyffryn Gardens (1.9 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Sports pitches2
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds2

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

Kanishka Narayan

Labour

Vale of Glamorgan

Source: UK Parliament

Labour / Independent coalition

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

• Schools1
• Parks & greens1

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

10% low-carbon electricity

Gas 90% · Wind 10%

353 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

5 GP surgeries · 9 pharmacies in CF5

• Woodlands Medical Centre
• Ely Bridge Surgery
• Fairwater Health Centre

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Vale of Glamorgan:

• Review the law on unfit to plead & reform it to protect victims & public safety250 local signatures · 12,590 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth234 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks206 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Provide lifelong vet care and financial support for retired service animals202 local signatures · 55,079 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK131 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide

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

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  St Nicholas, Vale of Glamorgan · 0.1 km

  St Nicholas is a village in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, situated approximately 6 miles west of Cardiff city centre and east of Cowbridge. At the 2021 census, St Nicholas had a population of 654.

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  Tinkinswood · 1.0 km

  Tinkinswood or its full name Tinkinswood Burial Chamber, also known as Castell Carreg, Llech-y-Filiast and Maes-y-Filiast, is a megalithic burial chamber, built around 4000 BC, during the Neolithic period, in the Vale…

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  Coedarhydyglyn · 1.7 km

  Coedarhydyglyn or Coedriglan, formerly Old Coedarhydyglyn, is a private Grade I listed neo-classical regency villa and estate on the western rim of Cardiff, less than half a mile from Culverhouse Cross, southeast Wale…

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  Gwern-y-Steeple · 1.8 km

  Gwern-y-steeple is a hamlet in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales. It lies north of the A48 road and north-west St. Nicholas on the road south-west of Peterston-Super-Ely. Cottrell Park Golf Club lies to the south. Gwern-y-…

• Wyndham Park · 1.8 km

  Wydham Park is an uncompleted planned village in Peterston-super-Ely in the Vale of Glamorgan. It was the first garden suburb in Wales.

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  Downs, Vale of Glamorgan · 2.1 km

  Downs is a hamlet in the Vale of Glamorgan near the county border with the City of Cardiff. It lies just off the A48 road along a road called Grant's Field, just west of Culverhouse Cross and just south of the histori…

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