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On Thomas Street, in Aber Valley
What it's like at CF83 4AW: every home that has sold on Thomas 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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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.
1 home on the street extended (energy certificates). 3 homes have a new energy certificate in the last 6 months and no sale since: often a sign of a sale or let coming.
Sales and extensions on Thomas Street; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 159 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 39, Thomas StreetTerraced | Sept 2022 | £205,000 | 109 m² | £1,881/m² | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 45, Thomas StreetTerraced | Aug 2003 | £64,000 | 105 m² | £610/m² | 3 |
| 47, Thomas StreetTerraced | Jul 2006 | £102,500 | 98 m² | £1,046/m² | 3 |
| 49, Thomas StreetTerraced | Dec 2006 | £116,500 | – | – | 2 |
| 1, Llantygwyn, Thomas StreetFlat | Apr 2026 | £145,000 | 43 m² | £3,372/m² | 3 |
| 2, Llantygwyn, Thomas StreetFlat | Sept 2011 | £75,000 | 57 m² | £1,316/m² | 2 |
| 3, Llantygwyn, Thomas StreetFlat | Apr 2014 | £83,000 | 63 m² | £1,317/m² | 1 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Llanbradach, a short drive or bike ride (2.6 km), with 69k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Cardiff Central.
The nearest bus stop is Abertridwr Spar, 50 m away, with a bus about every 17 minutes on weekdays (routes B, E); 27 departures an hour from the 13 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Cwmaber Junior School, a few minutes' walk (200 m).
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is St Cenydd School, 2.5 km away.
It's a family area: 21% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Tesco, 2.3 km away, with Spar closer still (100 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Aber Medical Centre (100 m), with Bl & Pm Morris Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (100 m).
For a haircut, Ilan Road Barber is 300 m away.
It's quiet in the evenings: only 7 restaurants, cafés and pubs in the neighbourhood itself.
Oasis Coffee Shop is the closest café or restaurant (50 m), and Ymca the nearest pub (200 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (9 of them).
Crime is around the national middle: about 79 per 1,000 residents a year.
It's a mix of homes: 11% flats and 9% detached houses.
Most homes are Victorian or Edwardian: 61% were built before 1919.
The nearest park is Aneurin Park, 2.2 km away; for exercise, Pacific Fitness (3.0 km).
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 6.5 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
For holidays, Cardiff is 23 km away, and Bristol, with far more destinations, 45 km.
Most households own their home, 19% 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.
20 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.
Caerphilly constituency: Chris Evans MP (Labour (Co-op)), since May 2010. 2024 general election: Lab hold, majority 6,419 (16.8%), turnout 53%. Vote shares: Labour 38%, Plaid Cymru 21%, Reform UK 20%, Conservative 12%.
5 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 CF83 4AW →
On this street: 0 of 121 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 1 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.9% | 1.5% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.3% | 0.2% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 98.7% | 96.1% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.3% | 1.2% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 0.3% | 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.
Nearest: Penarth Beach · about 34 min
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 159 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.