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On Gwladys Street, in Dowlais
What it's like at CF48 2AT: every home that has sold on Gwladys Street since 1995 and who owns them, what's happening down the road, crime on the street, a day in the life, history on the doorstep and what's changing nearby. Moving, buying, selling, improving or investing? Pick a lens above for what matters to you.
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Compared with all 7,264 neighbourhoods in England and Wales (council well-being: all councils). Open a tab below for the detail.
ORR, DfE, police.uk, OS Terrain 50 and Open Greenspace, Forestry Commission, Defra noise maps (England), Xoserve. Every distance: Moving; radon, ground and flood checks: Buying.
7 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Gwladys Street; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 54 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 1, Gwladys StreetSemi-detached | Mar 2006 | £65,000 | – | – | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7, Gwladys StreetTerraced | Aug 2017 | £95,000 | 92 m² | £1,033/m² | 2 |
| 13, Gwladys StreetTerraced | Feb 2021 | £85,000 | 91 m² | £934/m² | 1 |
| 15, Gwladys StreetTerraced | Sept 2019 | £127,000 | 96 m² | £1,323/m² | 3 |
| 23, Gwladys StreetTerraced | Mar 2009 | £77,500 | 101 m² | £767/m² | 2 |
| 27, Gwladys StreetTerraced | May 2018 | £100,000 | 102 m² | £980/m² | 3 |
| 29, Gwladys StreetTerraced | Jan 2002 | £31,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 31, Gwladys StreetTerraced | Jan 2008 | £58,000 | 102 m² | £569/m² | 2 |
| 35, Gwladys StreetTerraced | Nov 2005 | £69,000 | 72 m² | £958/m² | 1 |
| 37, Gwladys StreetTerraced | Aug 2020 | £77,828 | 103 m² | £756/m² | 2 |
| 41, Gwladys StreetTerraced | Dec 2010 | £62,000 | 100 m² | £620/m² | 1 |
| 45, Gwladys StreetTerraced | Mar 2024 | £90,000 | 104 m² | £865/m² | 1 |
| 53, Gwladys StreetTerraced | Aug 2024 | £140,000 | 92 m² | £1,522/m² | 4 |
| 55, Gwladys StreetTerraced | May 2004 | £47,500 | 98 m² | £485/m² | 2 |
| 61, Gwladys StreetTerraced | Jun 2017 | £77,000 | 91 m² | £846/m² | 2 |
| 63, Gwladys StreetTerraced | Dec 2025 | £161,000 | 98 m² | £1,643/m² | 1 |
| 65, Gwladys StreetTerraced | Nov 2020 | £93,000 | 102 m² | £912/m² | 1 |
| 71, Gwladys StreetTerraced | Nov 2021 | £130,000 | 95 m² | £1,368/m² | 4 |
| 73, Gwladys StreetTerraced | Oct 2016 | £67,500 | 80 m² | £844/m² | 3 |
| 75, Gwladys StreetTerraced | Sept 2021 | £101,000 | 100 m² | £1,010/m² | 1 |
| 77, Gwladys StreetTerraced | Apr 2019 | £92,500 | 121 m² | £764/m² | 3 |
| 81, Gwladys StreetTerraced | Jun 2002 | £23,000 | 104 m² | £221/m² | 1 |
| 85, Gwladys StreetTerraced | Apr 2015 | £73,000 | 103 m² | £709/m² | 2 |
| 93, Gwladys StreetTerraced | Nov 2021 | £125,000 | 70 m² | £1,786/m² | 4 |
The nearest station is Merthyr Tydfil, a drive away (3.5 km), with 413k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Cardiff Central.
The nearest bus stop is Edward Street Middle, 50 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (route 24); 8 departures an hour from the 7 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Pantysgallog Primary School, a few minutes' walk (350 m).
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Pen-Y-Dre High School, 2.0 km away.
The nearest supermarket is Asda Stores, 950 m away, with Pant Stores closer still (350 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Morlais Medical Practice (1.2 km), with Dowlais Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (1.0 km).
For a haircut, Goon Barbers is 750 m away.
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 17 restaurants and cafés, 10 pubs and bars.
Pantyscallog Steak House is the closest café or restaurant (350 m), and Quarrymans Arms the nearest pub (450 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (13 of them).
Crime is around the national middle: about 91 per 1,000 residents a year.
It's a mix of homes: 5% flats and 13% detached houses.
Most homes are Victorian or Edwardian: 57% were built before 1919.
The nearest park is Old Thomastown Park, 2.9 km away; for exercise, Rival Fitness Merthyr (750 m).
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 5.5 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
For holidays, Cardiff is 41 km away, and Bristol, with far more destinations, 61 km.
Most households own their home, 18% rent privately.
Written from the figures on this page: Census 2021, DfT journey times (2019), NaPTAN/ORR, Ofsted, CQC, FSA, police.uk and planning registers. Figures describe the neighbourhood around the street.
6 places on this map are within about a 10-minute walk.
Walking times are estimates from straight-line distance. Food businesses from the FSA food hygiene register; schools from the DfE register; nurseries from Ofsted's childcare register; care homes from the Care Quality Commission; pools, sports halls, tennis and golf from Sport England Active Places (contains data © Sport England); everything else © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Map © OpenFreeMap, OpenMapTiles, OpenStreetMap contributors.
Merthyr Tydfil and Aberdare constituency: Gerald Jones MP (Labour), since May 2015. 2024 general election: Lab hold, majority 7,447 (21.1%), turnout 47%. Vote shares: Labour 45%, Reform UK 24%, Plaid Cymru 14%, Conservative 8%.
2 new homes, planning permissions and school changes on record within 2 km, plus energy projects, road works, storm overflows and major infrastructure. Everything changing near CF48 2AT →
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
On this street: 1 of 48 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 0 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.7% | 1.0% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.1% | 0.2% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 99.1% | 96.7% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 1.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 0.5% | 1.0% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.0% | 0.3% | 2.1% |
From each home's latest energy certificate, so panels or heat pumps fitted since aren't counted and the shares are lower than today's real figures. Compare areas in the data explorer.
Nearest: Aberafan · about 42 min
Nearest: Lc · about 44 min
Nearest: Welsh Hawking Centre · about 42 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.
Tap a type to see what it covers and how it has changed in Merthyr Tydfil since 2011.
police.uk, 2025-09 to 2026-08. Crimes are mapped to the nearest of a set of anonymised points and labelled with that point's street, so busy roads and junctions collect crimes from nearby; the street has about 54 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.