Wenvoe

7°CClear

• Today: 11° / 7° · 30% rain
• Tomorrow: 9° / 6° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:11Sunset 16:41

9h 30m 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

5 reported · August 2026▼ 44% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences2
• Anti-social behaviour1
• Public order1
• Vehicle crime1

Neighbourhood team: Wenvoe · 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)

89 food businesses within 2 miles

• 66 rated 4–5 ★ (49 top)
• 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Dinas Powys (3.7 km)
• 0 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 (11.3 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Esso (4.9 km)

11 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

77 charging locations within ~8 km

• 18 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: InstaVolt Valegate Retail Park (1.9 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools2
• Sports pitches16
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds3

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
• Restaurants & cafés3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

5,220 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

1 jobs advertised

e.g. Hotel Kitchen - Team Member

Source: Adzuna

£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

14% low-carbon electricity

Gas 86% · Wind 14%

339 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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  Wenvoe · 0.4 km

  Wenvoe is a village, community and electoral ward between Barry and Cardiff in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales. Nearby are the Wenvoe Transmitter near Twyn-yr-Odyn and the site of the former HTV Wales Television Centre a…

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  Wenvoe railway station · 0.8 km

  Wenvoe railway station is a former railway station in Wenvoe in south Wales. It was on the Barry Railway between Creigiau and Cadoxton, which ran broadly north–south through Wenvoe. It had two platforms with passing l…

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  Twyn-yr-Odyn · 1.2 km

  Twyn-yr-Odyn is a hamlet in the Vale of Glamorgan, southeast Wales, just beyond the territorial border of western Cardiff. It lies just southwest of Culverhouse Cross, very close to Wenvoe and St Lythans. The Wenvoe T…

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  St Lythans · 1.2 km

  St Lythans is a hamlet and former parish in the Vale of Glamorgan, southeast Wales, just outside western Cardiff. It lies southwest of Culverhouse Cross, west of Wenvoe and southwest of Twyn-yr-Odyn and is also connec…

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  Wenvoe Castle Golf Club · 1.3 km

  Wenvoe Castle Golf Club is an 18-hole golf course near Barry and Wenvoe in the Vale of Glamorgan off the A4050 road, situated to the south of Cardiff, the capital of Wales. The club was founded in 1936 around Wenvoe C…

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  Wenvoe Castle · 1.5 km

  Wenvoe Castle was a castle and country estate between Barry and Wenvoe, in the Vale of Glamorgan, south Wales. Today the former estate forms the Wenvoe Castle Golf Club. Goldsland lies on its western boundary.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)