Meliden

8°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 11° / 5° · 53% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 5° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:18Sunset 16:36

9h 18m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

18US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Wirral Tranmere, United Kingdom

47 reported · August 2026

• Violence & sexual offences27
• Anti-social behaviour6
• Burglary3
• Criminal damage & arson3

1 stop & searches · mostly offensive weapons

Neighbourhood team: Prestatyn Meliden · North Wales

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

85 reported road collisions (2025)

42 killed or seriously injured · 127 casualties · 8.9 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

163 food businesses within 2 miles

• 138 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

£207,130 average▲ 5.2% YoY

Across Denbighshire · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£718 average monthly rent▲ 6.2% YoY

• 1 bed £549
• 2 bed £707
• 3 bed £811

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 (5.9× 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)

7 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)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK4,666
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK3,823
• Net moves+843

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

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)

4,460 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£660 median full-time weekly pay

3.6% 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

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

• 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

6 GP surgeries · 5 pharmacies in LL19

• Hafen Lles
• North Denbigshire Cluste
• Upcc At Healthy Prestatyn

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Clwyd East:

• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks264 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth187 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK169 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide
• End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately158 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills152 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide

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

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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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