Taff's Well

17°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 21° / 17° · 83% rain
• Tomorrow: 22° / 17° · Fog

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

4US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Caerphilly White Street, United Kingdom

38 reported · July 2026▲ 36% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences13
• Shoplifting9
• Public order7
• Anti-social behaviour2

Neighbourhood team: Pentyrch and St. Fagans · South Wales

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

240 reported road collisions (2024)

25 killed or seriously injured · 330 casualties · 6.6 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

105 food businesses within 2 miles

• 85 rated 4–5 ★ (64 top)
• 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Taffs Well (0.4 km)
• 6 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£270,094 average▲ 2.1% YoY

Across Cardiff · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,169 average monthly rent▲ 3.4% YoY

• 1 bed £902
• 2 bed £1,078
• 3 bed £1,203

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

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 (3.2 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 185.9p · Asda (8.6 km)

26 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

40 charging locations within ~8 km

• 11 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: ASDA Cardiff Coryton Supercentre (2.7 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches8
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds2

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)

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)

• Schools2
• Parks & greens4
• Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

15,230 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£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

62% low-carbon electricity

Wind 61% · Gas 38% · Nuclear 1% · Biomass 0%

150 gCO₂/kWh · moderate 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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Cardiff West:

• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership377 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s300 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership251 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office222 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test212 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

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

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  Taff's Well · 0.2 km

  Taff's Well is a semi-rural village, community and electoral ward located at the south-eastern tip of Rhondda Cynon Taf, 6 miles (9.7 km) north-west of the city centre of Cardiff, the capital of Wales. Known locally a…

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  Taff's Well Thermal Spring · 0.3 km

  Taff's Well thermal spring is in Taff's Well north of Cardiff, south Wales at an elevation of about 30 metres (100 ft). It is the only thermal spring in Wales. The spring emerges on the eastern bank of the River Taff…

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  Taffs Well railway station · 0.5 km

  Taffs Well railway station is a railway station serving the village of Taff's Well, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, as well as neighbouring Gwaelod-y-Garth, Cardiff. It is located on the Merthyr Line and the Rhondda Line. P…

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  Taffs Well A.F.C. · 0.7 km

  Taffs Well Association Football Club is a Welsh association football Club founded in 1946. The team are based in Taff's Well, near Cardiff, and compete in the Ardal SW League. The team is nicknamed the Wellmen and the…

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  Gwaelod-y-Garth · 0.8 km

  Gwaelod-y-Garth is a village in the community of Pentyrch, Cardiff in Wales.

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  Walnut Tree Viaduct · 0.8 km

  Walnut Tree Viaduct was a railway viaduct located above the southern edge of the village of Taffs Well, South Wales. Originally built to carry the Barry Railway across a narrow gorge through which the River Taff, Taff…

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