Cwmgwrach

14°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 16° / 10° · 85% rain
• Tomorrow: 19° / 13° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:43Sunset 19:38

12h 56m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

25US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Port Talbot Dyffryn School, United Kingdom

28 reported · July 2026▲ 4% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences15
• Criminal damage & arson4
• Public order4
• Anti-social behaviour2

Neighbourhood team: Blaengwrach and Glynneath West · South Wales

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

77 reported road collisions (2024)

16 killed or seriously injured · 95 casualties · 5.4 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

43 food businesses within 2 miles

• 37 rated 4–5 ★ (28 top)
• 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• 1 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£162,967 average▲ 1.3% YoY

Across Neath Port Talbot · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£689 average monthly rent▲ 6.9% YoY

• 1 bed £498
• 2 bed £633
• 3 bed £725

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

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: 165.9p · ESSO (1.5 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 188.9p · ESSO (1.5 km)

3 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

2 charging locations within ~8 km

• 2 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 175 kW
• Nearest: McDonald's Glynneath (0.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Gyms1
• Sports pitches4
• 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)

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

Carolyn Harris

Labour

Neath and Swansea East

Source: UK Parliament

Independent / Plaid Cymru coalition

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

• Schools1
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies1
• Supermarkets1
• Parks & greens1
• Restaurants & cafés2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

3,870 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£693 median full-time weekly pay

3.1% 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

86% low-carbon electricity

Wind 65% · Gas 14% · Solar 13% · Nuclear 7%

55 gCO₂/kWh · low 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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Neath and Swansea East:

• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases407 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership382 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office376 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test337 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s317 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide

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

• 
  Blaengwrach · 0.1 km

  Blaengwrach is a community near Glynneath and Resolven in the county borough of Neath Port Talbot, Wales. It is also the name of an electoral ward of Neath Port Talbot county borough, which is a larger area than the C…

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  Glyn Neath railway station · 0.4 km

  Glyn Neath railway station served the town of Glynneath, in the historical county of Glamorganshire, Wales, from 1851 to 1964 on the Vale of Neath Railway.

• Vale of Neath · 1.0 km

  The Vale of Neath, one of the South Wales Valleys, encompasses the upper reaches of the River Neath in southwest Wales. In addition to the River Neath, it is traversed by the Neath Canal and the A465 dual carriageway.

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  St Cadoc's Church, Glynneath · 1.0 km

  St. Cadoc's Church is a Church in Wales church in Glynneath, Wales. It is located in the grounds of the now derelict Aberpergwm House for which it was an estate church.

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  Aberpergwm House · 1.1 km

  Aberpergwm House is an abandoned and ruinous country house located in Glynneath, Wales. Within the grounds of the house sits the church of St. Cadoc, which is possibly of late medieval origin.

• Glynneath (electoral ward) · 2.2 km

  Glynneath is an electoral ward in Neath Port Talbot county borough, Wales.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)