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Wenvoe

Wenvoe is a village in South Glamorgan, Wales, with a population of around 1,155. There is around 1 restaurant or café and the nearest railway station is Dinas Powys, 3.7 km away. There were around 20 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly criminal damage and arson. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Wenvoe area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Vale of Glamorgan area is less deprived than the average in Wales (WIMD 2019). The wider council area has around 131,938 residents at roughly 398 people per km².

Council
Vale of Glamorgan
County
South Glamorgan
Constituency
Vale of Glamorgan
Police force
South Wales

Weather

20°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 20° / 11° · 40% rain
  • Tomorrow: 21° / 15° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:41Sunset 19:36

12h 55m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

25US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Cardiff Centre, United Kingdom

Crime

6 reported · July 2026 20% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences3
  • Burglary1
  • Other theft1
  • Public order1

Neighbourhood team: Wenvoe · South Wales

Local policing priorities

  • SHOP LIFTING ASB MCDONALDS
  • School Parking issues at pick up and drop off times outside Gwenfo Primary school

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

Road safety

90 reported road collisions (2024)

22 killed or seriously injured · 141 casualties · 6.8 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

89 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 66 rated 4–5 ★ (50 top)
  • 4 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Dinas Powys (3.7 km)
  • 0 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Dinas Powys (3.7 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£297,999 average 3.3% YoY

Across Vale of Glamorgan · to 2026-06

Detached£528,766
Semi-detached£313,460
Terraced£243,626
Flat£153,700

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£987 average monthly rent 4.4% YoY

  • 1 bed £730
  • 2 bed £893
  • 3 bed £1,002

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

Affordability

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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 156.9p · Esso (11.3 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 187.7p · Asda (5.6 km)

20 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

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

Sport & leisure

  • Swimming pools2
  • Sports pitches16
  • Golf courses1
  • Playgrounds3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

131,938 residents in Vale of Glamorgan · 398/km²

  • Under 16: 19%
  • 16–64: 59%
  • 65+: 22%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

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

Council tax

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

Your MP

Kanishka Narayan

Labour

Vale of Glamorgan

Recent votes:

  • NoTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • NoSocial Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading
  • AyeDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026
  • AyeRepresentation of the People Bill: Third Reading

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Labour / Independent coalition

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools1
  • Parks & greens1
  • Restaurants & cafés3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

5,210 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

9 jobs advertised · £32,552 avg

e.g. Deliver with Uber Eats - Sign Up and Start Earning, Online Maths Tutoring Job in Wenvoe – Flexible Schedule, Looking For Part-Time Opportunities? - Deliver with Uber Eats

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£791 median full-time weekly pay

3.3% 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

Energy efficiency

46% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 63,534 certificates

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics

Grid electricity

85% low-carbon electricity

Wind 61% · Solar 18% · Gas 15% · Nuclear 5%

58 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for South Wales · National Grid ESO

Wellbeing

  • 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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Vale of Glamorgan:

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

Notable places nearby

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Wenvoe?
Wenvoe is a town in South Glamorgan, Wales, in the Vale of Glamorgan local authority.
What is the population of Wenvoe?
Wenvoe has an approximate settlement population of 1,155.
How deprived is Wenvoe?
The Vale of Glamorgan local authority, which includes Wenvoe, is less deprived than the average in Wales on the WIMD 2019.