St Brides Major
Village · 539 residents
75Very good
Very good · better than 9 in 10 villages
Check Local Score out of 100 · 60 is typical for the country
Each arc is a topic, coloured by its score
What’s good
- Environment scores 80, well above the typical 60
- Less recorded crime than is typical: 43 per 1,000 people a year against 99
- Schools scores 71, well above the typical 60
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- Radon: part of the area is in an affected zone, and a home test is cheap
The essentials
Everyday life
The area
Around St Brides Major
Map outline: Official built-up area
Is St Brides Major a good place to live?
St Brides Major scores 75/100 overall, which the scorecard rates as very good — 60 is typical for the country.
It stands out for environment (80) and safety (75).
Scores come from official data on safety, schools, transport, prices, health, food & drink and the local environment, for St Brides Major in Wales, each measured against the national average.
Summary of St Brides Major
Saint-y-brid sits in that quiet corner of the Vale of Glamorgan where the Welsh countryside does most of the talking — a village name rather than a high street of chain shopfronts, the kind of place you'd only find if you already knew someone there.
There isn't much to go on in the way of hard numbers for this one, which is itself worth saying plainly rather than papering over. What we do know is where it sits in the wider property market: the Vale of Glamorgan as a whole carries a median house price of £276,500, noticeably above both the Welsh average of £208,000 and the regional figure for South Wales, which tells you this is a council area with money in it rather than one of the harder-pressed corners of the country. Crime across the Vale runs at 73.59 per 1,000, a benchmark rather than a verdict, but useful context if you're comparing it against other Welsh council areas before you narrow in on the village itself.
Beyond that, honestly, the picture thins out. There's no local crime count, no school listed by name, no rail station on record, no green space or restaurant data to sketch a weekend from. I'd rather tell you that than invent texture that isn't there. What I can say is that the Vale of Glamorgan generally attracts people who want proximity to Cardiff without living in it — commuters, retirees, families trading a shorter commute for more garden — and a place carrying the name Saint-y-brid, tucked into that council area, is likely to lean further into the rural, quieter end of that spectrum rather than the commuter-belt end.