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Bodelwyddan

Bodelwyddan is a village in Clwyd, Wales, with a population of around 1,794. It has 1 pharmacy, around 5 restaurants and cafés, 6 bus stops, and the nearest railway station is Central Station, 4.9 km away. There were around 25 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly violence & sexual offences. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Bodelwyddan area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Denbighshire area is around the average in Wales (WIMD 2019). The wider council area has around 95,817 residents at roughly 114 people per km².

Council
Denbighshire
County
Clwyd
Constituency
Vale of Clwyd
Police force
North Wales

Weather

16°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 20° / 13° · 50% rain
  • Tomorrow: 21° / 12° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:42Sunset 19:37

12h 54m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

24US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Wirral Tranmere, United Kingdom

Crime

43 reported · July 2026 87% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences23
  • Anti-social behaviour8
  • Public order6
  • Criminal damage & arson4

Neighbourhood team: Bodelwyddan · North Wales

Local policing priorities

  • Rhyl Town Centre
  • Prestatyn high street and retail park

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

Road safety

90 reported road collisions (2024)

31 killed or seriously injured · 118 casualties · 9.4 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

51 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 46 rated 4–5 ★ (40 top)
  • 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Central Station (4.9 km)
  • 6 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Rhyl (5.4 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£198,995 average 3.6% YoY

Across Denbighshire · to 2026-06

Detached£266,355
Semi-detached£182,059
Terraced£147,310
Flat£95,151

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£712 average monthly rent 5.9% YoY

  • 1 bed £545
  • 2 bed £702
  • 3 bed £805

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

Affordability

5.9× house price to earnings

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

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 141.8p · AppleGreen (3.3 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 146.8p · AppleGreen (3.3 km)

9 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

18 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 10 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 120 kW
  • Nearest: EG Kinmel Park East (1.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports pitches6
  • Golf courses1
  • Playgrounds4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

95,817 residents in Denbighshire · 114/km²

  • Under 16: 18%
  • 16–64: 58%
  • 65+: 25%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Around the average in Wales

12% of neighbourhoods are in Wales’s most deprived 10%; 16% in the most deprived 20%

Source: Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2019

Council tax

Property band mix

Most homes here are Band C (32% of 46,650)

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

Your MP

Gill German

Labour

Clwyd North

Recent votes:

  • AyeTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • AyeClosure motion
  • NoSocial Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading
  • AyeDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Labour / Plaid Cymru coalition

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools1
  • Pharmacies1
  • Supermarkets1
  • Parks & greens17
  • Restaurants & cafés8

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

4,355 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

25 jobs advertised · £29,694 avg

e.g. Deliver with Uber Eats - Sign Up and Start Earning, Bar Team Member, Online Psychology Tutoring Job in Bodelwyddan – Flexible Schedule

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£660 median full-time weekly pay

3.5% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£21,623 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

31% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 49,783 certificates

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics

Grid electricity

86% low-carbon electricity

Nuclear 56% · Wind 26% · Imports 10% · Gas 4%

19 gCO₂/kWh · very low intensity

Latest estimate for North Wales & Merseyside · National Grid ESO

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.5
  • Feeling worthwhile7.6
  • Happiness yesterday7.3
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.9

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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Clwyd North:

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

Notable places nearby

  • Glan Clwyd Hospital · 0.2 km

    Glan Clwyd Hospital is a hospital in Bodelwyddan, Denbighshire, Wales. It is managed by the Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board.

  • Bodelwyddan · 0.2 km

    Bodelwyddan is a village, electoral ward and community in Denbighshire, Wales, approximately 5 miles (8 km) south of Rhyl. The parish includes several smaller hamlets such as Marli and Little Pengwern.

  • Marble Church, Bodelwyddan · 0.5 km

    St Margaret's Church, Bodelwyddan, nicknamed the Marble Church, is a Decorated Gothic Style parish church in the lower Vale of Clwyd in Denbighshire, Wales and is visible for many miles because its spire rises to 202…

  • Faenol Fawr, Bodelwyddan · 0.6 km

    Faenol Fawr is an Elizabethan H-plan mansion with crow-stepped gables. The house is situated immediately to the north of Glan Clwyd Hospital in the parish of Bodelwyddan in the historic county of Flintshire, but now i…

  • Bodelwyddan Castle · 1.0 km

    Bodelwyddan Castle, close to the village of Bodelwyddan, near Rhyl, Denbighshire in Wales, was built around 1460 by the Humphreys family of Anglesey as a manor house. It was associated with the Williams-Wynn family fo…

  • Kinmel Park Training Area · 2.1 km

    Kinmel Park Training Area is an army training ground in what was once the grounds of Kinmel Hall, near Abergele, in Conwy county borough, Wales. The camp was built in 1915 to train troops during the First World War an…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Bodelwyddan?
Bodelwyddan is a town in Clwyd, Wales, in the Denbighshire local authority.
What is the population of Bodelwyddan?
Bodelwyddan has an approximate settlement population of 1,794.
How deprived is Bodelwyddan?
The Denbighshire local authority, which includes Bodelwyddan, is around the average in Wales on the WIMD 2019.