Meliden

13°CFog

• Today: 19° / 13° · 71% rain
• Tomorrow: 21° / 13° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:42Sunset 19:36

12h 54m 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 · Wirral Tranmere, United Kingdom

47 reported · July 2026▼ 19% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences21
• Anti-social behaviour10
• Criminal damage & arson7
• Other theft3

1 stop & searches · mostly evidence of offences under the act

Neighbourhood team: Prestatyn Meliden · North Wales

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

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)

159 food businesses within 2 miles

• 136 rated 4–5 ★ (119 top)
• 3 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Prestatyn (2.2 km)
• 6 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£198,995 average▲ 3.6% YoY

Across Denbighshire · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£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

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

• Cheapest petrol: 141.8p · AppleGreen (6.9 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 146.8p · AppleGreen (6.9 km)

9 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

11 charging locations within ~8 km

• 8 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 120 kW
• Nearest: Fern Lane (1.8 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Gyms1
• Swimming pools2
• Sports pitches16
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds10

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

95,817 residents in Denbighshire · 114/km²

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

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

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

Becky Gittins

Labour

Clwyd East

Source: UK Parliament

Labour / Plaid Cymru coalition

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

• Schools4
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies1
• Parks & greens287

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

4,355 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£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

31% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 49,783 certificates

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics

85% low-carbon electricity

Nuclear 52% · Wind 29% · Imports 9% · Gas 6%

28 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for North Wales & Merseyside · National Grid ESO

• 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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Clwyd East:

• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office433 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership337 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s247 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership228 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test195 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

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

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  Meliden · 0.2 km

  Meliden is a village between Prestatyn and Dyserth in Denbighshire, Wales. It grew up around the locality of lead mines and limestone quarries. The placename "Meliden" has variously been claimed to be derived from tha…

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  Meliden railway station · 0.3 km

  Meliden railway station served the mining village of Meliden, Flintshire, Wales, on the Dyserth branch line. It was used as a way of shipping minerals from the nearby quarries at Dyserth to Prestatyn. The branch line…

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  Graig Fawr · 0.6 km

  Graig Fawr is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in the preserved county of Clwyd, north Wales, now in Denbighshire. It is 153 metres high and located between Meliden and Dyserth, marking the northern end of the Cl…

• Alt-y-Graig railway station · 0.8 km

  Alt-y-Craig railway station was an unstaffed halt at Talargoch, Denbighshire, Wales, UK, on the Dyserth branch line. Like Woodland Park further down the line, passengers would have had to access the station from a hil…

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  St. Melyd Golf Links railway station · 0.8 km

  St. Melyd Golf Links railway station was a stop on Dyserth branch line. Passengers would have to access from the Gwaenysgor facing side of the golf course. All that remains here is a post that has long overgrown with…

• Prestatyn High School · 1.1 km

  Prestatyn High School is the only secondary school in the town of Prestatyn, and one of 9 secondary schools in the entire county of Denbighshire. It is one of the largest schools in the region and the country with ove…

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