Cwmavon

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• Today: 14° / 9° · 17% rain
• Tomorrow: 14° / 7° · Partly Cloudy

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:07Sunset 16:50

9h 43m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

74US AQI · Moderate

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Port Talbot Margam, United Kingdom

29 reported · August 2026▲ 4% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences12
• Anti-social behaviour8
• Public order5
• Criminal damage & arson3

Neighbourhood team: Bryn and Cwmavon · South Wales

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

58 reported road collisions (2025)

22 killed or seriously injured · 69 casualties · 4.1 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

181 food businesses within 2 miles

• 158 rated 4–5 ★ (121 top)
• 5 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Port Talbot Parkway (3.0 km)
• 7 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£165,787 average▲ 2% YoY

Across Neath Port Talbot · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£690 average monthly rent▲ 6.3% YoY

• 1 bed £499
• 2 bed £634
• 3 bed £727

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

4.4× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 4.4 times median annual pay (4.2× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 136.8p · AppleGreen (3.1 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 143.8p · AppleGreen (3.1 km)

5 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

13 charging locations within ~8 km

• 4 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: Tesco Superstore - Port Talbot (2.6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches6
• Playgrounds5

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

142,286 residents in Neath Port Talbot · 322/km²

• Under 16: 18%
• 16–64: 61%
• 65+: 21%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK5,793
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK5,873
• Net moves−80

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

More deprived than the average in Wales

15% of neighbourhoods are in Wales’s most deprived 10%; 33% in the most deprived 20%

Source: Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2019

Property band mix

Most homes here are Band B (41% of 67,170)

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

Stephen Kinnock

Labour

Aberafan Maesteg

Source: UK Parliament

Independent / Plaid Cymru coalition

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

• Parks & greens9

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

3,950 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£693 median full-time weekly pay

3.2% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£19,910 disposable income per head (2024)

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

39% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 74,620 certificates

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics

18% low-carbon electricity

Gas 83% · Solar 15% · Wind 2%

325 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for South Wales · National Grid ESO

• Life satisfaction7.3
• Feeling worthwhile7.7
• Happiness yesterday7.3
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.6

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

7 GP surgeries · 7 pharmacies in SA12

• Rehab Team Pcp
• Neath Port Talbot Localit
• Virtual Ward Clinic

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Aberafan Maesteg:

• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases560 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Review the law on unfit to plead & reform it to protect victims & public safety300 local signatures · 12,590 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth214 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Provide lifelong vet care and financial support for retired service animals150 local signatures · 55,079 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK138 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide

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

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  Bryn and Cwmavon · 0.3 km

  Bryn and Cwmavon is an electoral ward of Neath Port Talbot county borough, south Wales. The electoral ward comprises the parishes of Bryn and Cwmavon.

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  Cwmavon Glam railway station · 0.4 km

  Cwmavon Glam railway station served the village of Cwmafan, in the historical county of Glamorganshire, Wales, from 1885 to 1964 on the Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railway.

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  Cwmafan · 0.6 km

  Cwmafan, also known as Cwmavon, is a large village and community in the Afan valley in Wales, lying within Neath Port Talbot County Borough. It had a population of 5,615 at the 2011 Census. Cwmafan is known for having…

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  Trefelin B.G.C. · 1.3 km

  Trefelin Boys & Girls Club, often shortened to Trefelin BGC, is an association football club who play their home games at Ynys Park in Port Talbot, Neath Port Talbot, Wales. Their men's team play in the Cymru Premier.

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  Mynydd-y-Gaer · 1.8 km

  Mynydd-y-Gaer is a hill that sits on the boundaries between the South Wales communities of Baglan, Cwmavon and Briton Ferry,, all within Neath Port Talbot county borough. The summit, at 314 m (1,030 ft), has grassland…

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  Buarth-y-Gaer · 1.9 km

  Buarth-y-Gaer is an Iron Age hillfort or enclosure on the summit of Mynydd-y-Gaer, 300 m (980 ft) above sea level. It is in Briton Ferry community, near Neath, in Neath Port Talbot, South Wales. A large hilltop enclos…

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