Chirk

8°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 10° / 4° · 35% rain
• Tomorrow: 9° / 4° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:17Sunset 16:34

9h 17m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

37US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Wrexham, United Kingdom

29 reported · August 2026▼ 12% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour9
• Violence & sexual offences8
• Public order6
• Vehicle crime3

Neighbourhood team: Chirk South · North Wales

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

102 reported road collisions (2025)

49 killed or seriously injured · 150 casualties · 7.5 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

38 food businesses within 2 miles

• 37 rated 4–5 ★ (37 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Chirk (0.9 km)
• 8 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£215,035 average▲ 3.8% YoY

Across Wrexham · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£770 average monthly rent▲ 3.2% YoY

• 1 bed £597
• 2 bed £711
• 3 bed £840

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

5.3× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 5.3 times median annual pay (5.6× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 158.9p · BP (8.2 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · BP (8.5 km)

5 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

9 charging locations within ~8 km

• 2 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 125 kW
• Nearest: McDonald's Chirk Retail Park (1.8 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches8
• Playgrounds7

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

135,114 residents in Wrexham · 268/km²

• Under 16: 18%
• 16–64: 61%
• 65+: 20%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK4,448
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK4,144
• Net moves+304

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

Around the average in Wales

7% of neighbourhoods are in Wales’s most deprived 10%; 12% in the most deprived 20%

Source: Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2019

Property band mix

Most homes here are Band C (28% of 61,860)

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

Independent / Conservative coalition

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

• Schools2
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies1
• Supermarkets1
• Parks & greens6
• Restaurants & cafés6

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

5,115 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

14 jobs advertised · £37,040 avg

e.g. Carer - Nights, Machine Operatives, AVON Representatives wanted in Chirk, Wrexham, Wales – start today

Source: Adzuna

£694 median full-time weekly pay

3% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£20,786 disposable income per head (2024)

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

44% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 58,381 certificates

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics

80% low-carbon electricity

Wind 52% · Nuclear 27% · Gas 17% · Imports 4%

66 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for North Wales & Merseyside · National Grid ESO

• Life satisfaction7.5
• Feeling worthwhile7.8
• Happiness yesterday7.4
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.2

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

5 GP surgeries · 8 pharmacies in LL14

• The Surgery
• Chirk Surgery
• The Medical Centre

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

• 
  Chirk AAA F.C. · 0.4 km

  Chirk AAA F.C. is a Welsh football team based in Chirk, Wales. They compete in the North East Wales Division Two. They were previously in the Premier division of the Welsh National League since their relegation after…

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  Chirk War Memorial · 0.4 km

  Chirk War Memorial is a war memorial in the Welsh town of Chirk, now in Wrexham County Borough. The memorial stands on a traffic island at the east end of Station Avenue, at its junction Church Street. It became a Gra…

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  Chirkland · 0.6 km

  Chirkland was a marcher lordship in north-east Wales. It was created in 1282 from parts of Powys Fadog granted to Roger Mortimer de Chirk, third son of Roger Mortimer, 1st Baron Mortimer of Wigmore, who then built C…

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  Chirk · 0.7 km

  Chirk is a town and community in Wrexham County Borough, Wales, 10 miles south of Wrexham, between it and Oswestry. At the 2011 census, it had a population of 4,468. Historically in the traditional county of Denbighsh…

• Ceiriog Rural District · 0.7 km

  Ceiriog was a rural district in the administrative county of Denbighshire from 1935 to 1974.

• Chirk Community Hospital · 0.9 km

  Chirk Community Hospital is a community hospital in Chirk, Wales. It is managed by the Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)