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Higher Kinnerton

Higher Kinnerton is a village in Clwyd, Wales, with a population of around 1,000. It has around 1 restaurant or café, 6 bus stops, and the nearest railway station is Penyffordd, 3.4 km away. There were around 6 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 Higher Kinnerton area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Flintshire area is less deprived than the average in Wales (WIMD 2019). The wider council area has around 154,962 residents at roughly 352 people per km².

Council
Flintshire
County
Clwyd
Constituency
Alyn and Deeside
Police force
North Wales

Weather

8°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 12° / 6° · 41% rain
  • Tomorrow: 12° / 6° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:15Sunset 16:35

9h 19m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

23US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Wrexham, United Kingdom

Crime

5 reported · August 2026

  • Anti-social behaviour4
  • Violence & sexual offences1

Neighbourhood team: Higher Kinnerton · North Wales

Local policing priorities

  • Tackling retail crime
  • Crime Prevention

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

Road safety

113 reported road collisions (2025)

47 killed or seriously injured · 154 casualties · 7.3 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

27 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 23 rated 4–5 ★ (22 top)
  • 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Penyffordd (3.4 km)
  • 6 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Penyffordd (3.5 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£214,882 average▲ 2.5% YoY

Across Flintshire · to 2026-08

Detached£309,244
Semi-detached£192,039
Terraced£156,820
Flat£105,420

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£811 average monthly rent▲ 7.2% YoY

  • 1 bed £593
  • 2 bed £756
  • 3 bed £892

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

Affordability

5.4× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 5.4 times median annual pay (5.7× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 137.8p · AppleGreen (9.5 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 143.8p · AppleGreen (9.5 km)

13 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

16 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 3 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 120 kW
  • Nearest: Llyndir Hall Hotel (5 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports pitches2
  • Playgrounds4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

154,962 residents in Flintshire · 352/km²

  • Under 16: 18%
  • 16–64: 61%
  • 65+: 21%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Internal migration

  • Moves in from elsewhere in the UK5,604
  • Moves out to elsewhere in the UK5,126
  • Net moves+478

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

Deprivation

Less deprived than the average in Wales

3% of neighbourhoods are in Wales’s most deprived 10%; 11% in the most deprived 20%

Source: Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2019

Council tax

Property band mix

Most homes here are Band C (29% of 71,570)

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

Care & health services

2 CQC-registered services

  • Homecare agencies2

CQC ratings: 100% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · Flintshire

Your MP

Sir Mark Tami

Labour

Alyn and Deeside

Recent votes:

  • AyeDraft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026
  • NoOpposition day motion: Support for British farmers
  • AyeWithdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
  • AyeDraft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Labour (minority)

  • Lab 26
  • Con 1
  • LD 4
  • Ref 8

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools1
  • Parks & greens2
  • Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

6,180 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Jobs

1 jobs advertised · £32,344 avg

e.g. Care Assistant - Driving License Required

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£771 median full-time weekly pay

3.1% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£23,426 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

42% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 68,585 certificates

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics

Grid electricity

74% low-carbon electricity

Wind 43% · Nuclear 31% · Gas 23% · Imports 3%

92 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for North Wales & Merseyside · National Grid ESO

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.3
  • Feeling worthwhile7.7
  • Happiness yesterday7.4
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.9

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

Health services

3 GP surgeries · 8 pharmacies in CH4

  • The Handbridge Med.Ctr.
  • Lache Health Centre
  • Marches Medical Practice

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Alyn and Deeside:

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

Notable places nearby

  • All Saints Church, Higher Kinnerton · 0.1 km

    All Saints Church is in Main Road, Higher Kinnerton, Flintshire, Wales. It is an active Anglican parish church in the Diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Chester, and the deanery of Chester.

  • Higher Kinnerton · 0.1 km

    Higher Kinnerton is a village and community within rural Flintshire, Wales, close to the Wales-England border. Its sister village, Lower Kinnerton, is across the border in Cheshire, England.

  • Kinnerton railway station · 1.1 km

    Kinnerton railway station was a station in Higher Kinnerton, Flintshire, Wales. The station was opened on 2 February 1891 and closed on 30 April 1962.

  • Lower Kinnerton Hall · 1.4 km

    Lower Kinnerton Hall, also known as Bridge Farmhouse, stands adjacent to the England-Wales border to the west of the village of Lower Kinnerton, Cheshire, England. The house is dated 1685, and carries the initials TTE…

  • Broughton Hall, Flintshire · 1.4 km

    Broughton Hall was a large country house that was located in Broughton, Flintshire, Wales. It was demolished in the early 1970s and houses now exist on the site. The only indication of its existence is the main road t…

  • Mold Railway · 1.5 km

    The Mold Railway was a railway company that built a line in north-east Wales. The line linked Mold to Chester and it opened on 14 August 1849. The company built a mineral branch line to Ffrith, opened in November 1849…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Higher Kinnerton?
Higher Kinnerton is a town in Clwyd, Wales, in the Flintshire local authority.
How deprived is Higher Kinnerton?
The Flintshire local authority, which includes Higher Kinnerton, is less deprived than the average in Wales on the WIMD 2019.