Gwynedd

8°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 11° / 5° · 24% rain
• Tomorrow: 10° / 4° · Partly Cloudy

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:19Sunset 16:40

9h 21m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

17US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Wrexham, United Kingdom

2 reported · August 2026

• Anti-social behaviour2

Neighbourhood team: Porthmadog-Tremadog · North Wales

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

105 reported road collisions (2025)

59 killed or seriously injured · 166 casualties · 8.9 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

82 food businesses within 2 miles

• 67 rated 4–5 ★ (61 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Pont Croesor Halt (1.0 km)
• 0 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£203,555 average▲ 4.1% YoY

Across Gwynedd · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£724 average monthly rent▲ 6.9% YoY

• 1 bed £559
• 2 bed £676
• 3 bed £804

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

5.9× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 5.9 times median annual pay (5.6× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

12 charging locations within ~8 km

• 1 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: Golden Fleece LTD (2.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

117,393 residents in Gwynedd · 46/km²

• Under 16: 17%
• 16–64: 60%
• 65+: 23%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK6,067
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK6,098
• Net moves−31

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

Less deprived than the average in Wales

3% of neighbourhoods are in Wales’s most deprived 10%; 5% in the most deprived 20%

Source: Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2019

Property band mix

Most homes here are Band B (25% of 62,370)

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27 · £ figures England only

Plaid Cymru majority

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

• Parks & greens1
• Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

6,715 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

420 jobs advertised · £42,171 avg

e.g. Vehicle Technician / MOT Tester, Lecturer in Biology, Health and Social Care Assessor

Source: Adzuna

£669 median full-time weekly pay

2.9% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£20,785 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

26% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 58,824 certificates

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics

• Life satisfaction7.6
• Feeling worthwhile7.8
• Happiness yesterday7.5
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.5

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Dwyfor Meirionnydd:

• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks283 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Introduce legislation to make it possible to renumerate emergency volunteers175 local signatures · 13,821 nationwide
• End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately148 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills130 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• Ban on sale of disposable BBQs128 local signatures · 22,327 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

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  Prenteg · 0.4 km

  Prenteg is a hamlet that lies 3 miles (4.8 km) from Porthmadog, Wales, between Tremadog and Beddgelert.

• Glaslyn Osprey Project · 1.0 km

  The Glaslyn Osprey Project is located in the Glaslyn Valley at Pont Croesor near Porthmadog in Gwynedd, north-west Wales. The project has supported ospreys since 2004 when they came to the Snowdonia National Park to b…

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  Pont Croesor railway station · 1.0 km

  Pont Croesor is a railway halt in Wales, on the Welsh Highland Railway, which runs through the Snowdonia National Park from Caernarfon to Porthmadog. It is located on the section between the stations of Hafod y Llyn a…

• Traeth Mawr Loop · 1.2 km

  Traeth Mawr Loop was a short-lived terminus during the restoration of the Welsh Highland Railway (WHR). The run-around loop was located within Traeth Mawr just the north of Porthmadog, Wales. It operated during 2007 b…

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  Traeth Mawr · 1.2 km

  Traeth Mawr is a polder near Porthmadog in Gwynedd in Wales. The area was formerly the large tidal estuary of the Afon Glaslyn. It was created after large-scale land reclamation occurred in the late 18th and early 19t…

• Coed Tremadog National Nature Reserve · 2.0 km

  Coed Tremadog National Nature Reserve is located near Porthmadog, Gwynedd, Wales. Its most striking features are huge volcanic cliffs which drop down to steep slopes of scree beneath. The rocks at the reserve are ver…

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