Green Row Machen, Caerphilly
19 addresses across 3 postcodes (CF83), about 2 km (1.2 miles) long, classed as a minor road. USRN 47503994.
- Energy: 7 homes have an energy certificate (D: 2, E: 2, F: 3).
- Flood: No postcode centre on the street is in flood zone 2 or 3.
- Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band C; Band D in Caerphilly costs £2,083 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 0% to 78% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Crosskeys, about 4 km (2.5 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden is about 790 m (0.5 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 6.8 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 5.5 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 50 to 170 m above sea level.
- Noise: 1 of its 19 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Ty Bryn Surgery, about 2.7 km (1.7 miles) away.
- People: About 1,150 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 88% of households owned their home and 46% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
Sales on this street
No sales recorded on this street since January 1995 under this street name.
Energy performance certificates
7 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 172 m². Most common: House, detached (6); Bungalow, detached (1). Built: before 1900 (4); 1991-1995 (2); 1976-1982 (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (7).
Council tax
What each band costs in Caerphilly in 2026-27: Band D £2,083 a year on average, including the police and community council charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,389 | £1,620 | £1,851 | £2,083 | £2,546 | £3,009 | £3,471 | £4,166 | £4,860 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhoods around this street: most are in band C (20% of about 1,210 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: none.
- Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders and green belt: Wales has no national record of these; the council's planning department holds them.
Roadworks
Street works permits come from the Department for Transport's Street Manager, which covers England only.
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: of the 70 address points in this street's postcodes, 1 at high risk, 0 at medium risk and 6 at low risk. Each counts once, at the higher of its rivers-and-sea and surface-water risk.
Rivers and the sea alone: 0 at high risk, 0 at medium risk and 1 at low risk. Surface water and small watercourses alone: 1 at high risk, 0 at medium risk and 5 at low risk.
High: 3.3% (1 in 30) or more chance of flooding a year. Medium: 1% to 3.3%. Low: 0.1% to 1%. The map allows for flood defences. Address points are every property record (UPRN) in the postcode, each counted if it is in an area or within 5 m of one (the maps stop at building walls); a few are not homes, such as garages, business units or caravan pitches. Counts cover whole postcodes, which can include other streets.
Flood zone for planning: no postcode centre on this street is in flood zone 2 or 3. Welsh zones include an allowance for climate change.
| Postcode | Planning zone | Addresses at high / medium / low risk |
|---|---|---|
| CF83 8NR | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 |
| CF83 3EB | not in 2 or 3 | 1 / 0 / 5 |
| CF83 8NZ | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 1 |
Height above sea level
The street's 19 addresses are between 50 m and 170 m above sea level (103 m on average); the ground rises about 119 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CF83 3EB | 78% | 78% | 78% | 6% |
| CF83 8NR | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| CF83 8NZ | 25% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Crosskeys 92,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 4 km (2.5 miles) |
| Risca and Pontymister 95,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 4.5 km (2.8 miles) | |
| Caerphilly 623,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 5 km (3.1 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 0 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 4 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Cae Bach Machen | 650 m (0.4 miles) |
| Bus or coach station | Caerphilly Interchange Stand 11 | 5 km (3.1 miles) |
| Ferry terminal | Cardiff Castle Waterbus Stop | 12.1 km (7.5 miles) |
| EV charging points | 2 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Connected Kerb Charging Stations | 930 m (0.6 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Cardiff International Airport CWL | 25.2 km (16 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Ty Bryn Surgery | 2.7 km (1.7 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 1 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Machen Pharmacy | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Cross Keys Dental Surgery | 3.9 km (2.4 miles) |
| Hospital | Ysbyty Ystrad Fawr | 7.6 km (4.7 miles) |
| Police station | Bedwas Police Station | 3.3 km (2.1 miles) |
| Cash machines | The Cooperative Food Machen Commercial Road Cashzone | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 3,050 m² | 790 m (0.5 miles) |
| Play area | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 330 m² | 740 m (0.5 miles) |
| Playing field | Unnamed 6.3 ha | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
| Allotments | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 7,550 m² | 780 m (0.5 miles) |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 1 park or garden, 0.3 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Machen Forge and Tinplate Works, a scheduled monument, 470 m (0.3 miles) north. 1 listed building is within 1 km (0.6 miles).
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Machen Forge and Tinplate Works | Scheduled monument | 470 m (0.3 miles) north |
| Rudry Ironworks | Scheduled monument | 770 m (0.5 miles) west |
| Machen House | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 2.5 km (1.5 miles) east |
| Ruperra Castle | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 2.7 km (1.7 miles) south-east |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Forge Wood | Wood | 320 m north-west |
| Cwm-diffrwyth | Valley | 490 m (0.3 miles) north-east |
| Coed Ty'n-y-coedcae | Wood | 650 m (0.4 miles) south-west |
| Coed Draw | Wood | 1 km (0.6 miles) south-west |
| Y Llyn | Lake or reservoir | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) east |
| Mynydd Machen | Hill | 2.6 km (1.6 miles) north-east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 6.8 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 5.5 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 8.5 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within the UK legal limits; PM2.5 is above the WHO guideline, as in most towns and cities.
Road and rail noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| 55 to 59 | 1 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 18 | 19 |
1 of the street's 19 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, above the WHO guidelines.
Climate, daylight and earthquakes
Monthly temperatures and rainfall, sunrise and sunset through the year, and earthquakes recorded nearby since 1970 are much the same across the area, so they are worked out once for Caerphilly: see them on the Caerphilly page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Machen Primary School English medium | Primary | 3–11 | 1 km (0.6 miles) | Estyn reports · My Local School |
| Graig-y-Rhacca Primary and Nursery Community English medium | Primary | 3–11 | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) | Estyn reports · My Local School |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
No rated food businesses within 500 m (0.3 miles).
Crime within 250 m
No crimes recorded at anonymised points within 250 m in this period (gwent).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | Wales | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 49 | 43 |
| Children under 15 | 16% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 23% | 21% |
Homes
| Around this street | Wales | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 88% | 66% |
| Owned outright | 48% | 38% |
| Shared ownership | under 1% | under 1% |
| Social rented | 5% | 17% |
| Private rented | 7% | 17% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | Wales | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 60% | 54% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 3% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 27% | 25% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 3% | 6% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 42% | 26% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 53% | 61% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 1% | under 1% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 2% | 3% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 3% | 8% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 53% | 60% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 11% | 10% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | Wales | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 46% | 32% |
| No qualifications | 12% | 20% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 5% | 6% |
| Main language English or Welsh (aged 3 and over) | 99% | 97% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | under 1% |
Deprivation
The 2 neighbourhoods around this street are in deciles 7 to 9 of 10 on the Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025, where 1 is the most deprived tenth of Wales's 1,917 neighbourhoods and 10 the least.
What has changed
Nothing new since the change feed started on 30 October 2026. New sales and energy certificates, and hygiene ratings, school inspections and flood figures nearby, will be listed here as the sources update.
Postcodes on this street
- CF83 8NR: 16 addresses
- CF83 3EB: 2 addresses of 48 in the postcode
- CF83 8NZ: 1 address of 6 in the postcode
All the streets in CF83 and across Caerphilly.
What this page cannot tell you
- Whether a particular house is at risk of flooding, subsiding or anything else: the flood map is a model of areas and there is no property-level data here.
- What a home is worth now: sales are historic prices for the homes that happened to sell.
- How safe the street is: crime points are moved to anonymised locations and many crimes are never reported.
- Whether you would get a place at a school: distances are straight lines, not catchments.
- Who lives on the street now: census figures describe the small areas around it in March 2021, during a lockdown.
- How long a journey takes or how often anything runs: transport distances are straight lines to the nearest stops.
- Whether a GP practice is taking new patients, or a dentist new NHS patients.
- How loud a home is inside, or noise from industry, neighbours or smaller airfields: noise figures are models of road, rail and air traffic outside.
How each figure on this page is matched to the street and worked out: methodology.