Rhos

13°CCloudy

• Today: 15° / 9° · 42% rain
• Tomorrow: 15° / 9° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:39Sunset 19:46

13h 7m 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 · Swansea Morriston Roadside, United Kingdom

26 reported · July 2026▲ 8% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences9
• Public order6
• Anti-social behaviour5
• Shoplifting4

Neighbourhood team: Rhos · 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)

103 food businesses within 2 miles

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

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Neath (5.7 km)
• 0 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: 136.8p · AppleGreen (8.3 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 183.9p · Morrisons (5.4 km)

10 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

7 charging locations within ~8 km

• 1 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: Tesco Superstore-Swansea Pontardawe (1.6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches3
• Playgrounds3

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

David Chadwick

Liberal Democrat

Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe

Source: UK Parliament

Independent / Plaid Cymru coalition

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

• Schools3
• GPs & clinics1
• Supermarkets1
• Parks & greens2

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

50% low-carbon electricity

Gas 50% · Solar 41% · Wind 6% · Nuclear 2%

197 gCO₂/kWh · 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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe:

• Review the law on unfit to plead & reform it to protect victims & public safety756 local signatures · 9,865 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership352 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership335 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office302 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s288 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide

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

• Rhos, Neath Port Talbot · 0.1 km

  Rhos is a village in the Swansea Valley, located outside of Pontardawe, in Neath Port Talbot county borough, South Wales, in the community of Cilybebyll.

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  Cilybebyll · 0.8 km

  Cilybebyll is a village and community in the Neath Port Talbot County Borough, Wales. It includes the villages of Alltwen, Fforest Gôch, Gellinudd and Rhos. The village is located 2 miles (3.2 km) east of Pontardawe,…

• Pontardawe television relay station · 0.9 km

  The Pontardawe television relay station was originally built in 1974/1975 as a relay for UHF analogue television. It consists of a 45 m self-supporting lattice mast standing on a hillside which is itself about 160 m a…

• Alltwen · 1.2 km

  Alltwen is a village in the Swansea Valley in Wales. Alltwen forms part of the community of Cilybebyll and is administered separately from adjoining Pontardawe on the opposite bank of the River Tawe.

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  Pontardawe railway station · 1.4 km

  Pontardawe railway station was a railway station on the Swansea Vale Railway that served the town of Pontardawe in West Glamorgan, Wales. British Railways closed the station to passengers in 1950. The line continued c…

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  Pontardawe Arts Centre · 1.7 km

  Pontardawe Arts Centre is a multi-purpose cultural venue in Pontardawe, Neath Port Talbot, Wales. The building is owned by Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council and is located in Herbert Street.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)