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On Castan Road, in Pont-y-clun & Llanharry
What it's like at CF72 9EH: every home that has sold on Castan Road 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.
2 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Castan Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
1 of the 18 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 1, Castan RoadTerraced | Oct 2015 | £205,000 | 128 m² | £1,602/m² | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2, Castan RoadTerraced | Jul 2008 | £136,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 4, Castan RoadTerraced | Nov 2024 | £249,950 | 106 m² | £2,358/m² | 2 |
| 6, Castan RoadTerraced · company-owned | Dec 2024 | £228,000 | 86 m² | £2,651/m² | 1 |
| 7, Castan RoadTerraced | Jan 2023 | £250,000 | 81 m² | £3,086/m² | 1 |
| 8, Castan RoadTerraced | Nov 2003 | £99,000 | 123 m² | £805/m² | 1 |
| 9, Castan RoadTerraced | Jul 2024 | £267,500 | 101 m² | £2,649/m² | 2 |
| 10, Castan RoadSemi-detached | Apr 2000 | £58,250 | – | – | 2 |
| 11, Castan RoadTerraced | Jun 2022 | £320,000 | 131 m² | £2,443/m² | 3 |
| 12, Castan RoadTerraced | Aug 2015 | £200,000 | 118 m² | £1,695/m² | 4 |
| 13, Castan RoadTerraced | Feb 2021 | £250,000 | 101 m² | £2,475/m² | 4 |
| 15, Castan RoadTerraced | Mar 1997 | £57,500 | 94 m² | £612/m² | 1 |
| 17, Castan RoadTerraced | Feb 2015 | £184,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 18, Castan RoadDetached | Nov 2023 | £215,000 | 62 m² | £3,468/m² | 3 |
| 19, Castan RoadDetached | Nov 2015 | £232,500 | 146 m² | £1,592/m² | 1 |
| 20, Castan RoadDetached | Feb 2026 | £224,500 | 73 m² | £3,075/m² | 1 |
| 21, Castan RoadSemi-detached | Jul 1999 | £75,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 24, Castan RoadDetached | Feb 2017 | £116,500 | 72 m² | £1,618/m² | 1 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Pontyclun, a few minutes' walk (200 m), with 278k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Cardiff Central.
The nearest bus stop is Tesco Cowbridge Road, 150 m away, with a bus about every 20 minutes on weekdays (routes 64, 404, 321); 16 departures an hour from the 6 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Pontyclun Primary, a few minutes' walk (150 m).
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Y Pant Comprehensive, 1.0 km away.
The nearest supermarket is Co-operative Group, 50 m away; Greggs (50 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Old School Surgery (200 m), with Pontyclun Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (50 m).
For a haircut, Marcus the Barber is 50 m away.
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 20 restaurants and cafés, 13 pubs and bars.
The Thirsty Elephant is the closest café or restaurant (100 m), and Pontyclun Institute Athletic Club the nearest pub (50 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 41 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
It's a mix of homes: 6% flats and 39% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1983-1992.
The nearest park is Pontyclun Park, 350 m away; for exercise, PureGym (1.8 km).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 8.3 µg/m³).
For holidays, Cardiff is 14 km away, and Bristol, with far more destinations, 49 km.
Most households own their home, 13% 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.
30 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.
Cardiff West constituency: Mr Alex Barros-Curtis MP (Labour), since July 2024. 2024 general election: Lab hold, majority 7,019 (15.7%), turnout 59%. Vote shares: Labour 37%, Plaid Cymru 21%, Conservative 15%, Reform UK 13%.
3 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 CF72 9EH →
On this street: 0 of 14 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 | 0.8% | 1.5% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.3% | 0.3% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 97.8% | 97.0% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 1.0% | 0.6% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 0.5% | 1.4% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.0% | 0.0% | 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.
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.
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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 18 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.