Padeswood

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• Today: 15° / 10° · 50% rain
• Tomorrow: 17° / 10° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:37Sunset 19:40

13h 2m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

29US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Wrexham, United Kingdom

35 reported · July 2026▲ 94% YoY

• Shoplifting14
• Violence & sexual offences8
• Public order4
• Anti-social behaviour3

Neighbourhood team: Buckley Bistre East · North Wales

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

122 reported road collisions (2024)

51 killed or seriously injured · 176 casualties · 7.9 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

75 food businesses within 2 miles

• 69 rated 4–5 ★ (57 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Buckley (1.1 km)
• 0 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£213,930 average▲ 1% YoY

Across Flintshire · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£803 average monthly rent▲ 6% YoY

• 1 bed £588
• 2 bed £749
• 3 bed £883

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

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

• Cheapest petrol: 137.8p · AppleGreen (5.5 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 143.8p · AppleGreen (5.5 km)

9 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

14 charging locations within ~8 km

• 4 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 120 kW
• Nearest: Precinct Way (2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches5
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds8

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

154,962 residents in Flintshire · 352/km²

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

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

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

2 CQC-registered services

• Homecare agencies2

CQC ratings: 100% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · Flintshire

Labour (minority)

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

• Schools3
• Parks & greens4
• Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

6,135 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

3 jobs advertised · £56,634 avg

e.g. Transport Supervisor, Senior Project Engineer Contract, Vehicle Technician

Source: Adzuna

£771 median full-time weekly pay

3% 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

42% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 68,585 certificates

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics

• 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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Alyn and Deeside:

• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office446 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s349 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership321 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test284 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth275 local signatures · 112,809 nationwide

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

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  Hope Exchange railway station · 0.8 km

  Hope Exchange railway station was located to the west of Penyffordd, Flintshire. The station was in fields with no road access, being an interchange between two lines. The high level section of the station opened on 1…

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  Alyn and Deeside (Senedd constituency) · 1.0 km

  Alyn and Deeside was a constituency of the Senedd. It elected one Member of the Senedd by the first past the post method of election. Also, however, it was one of nine constituencies in the North Wales electoral regio…

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  Buckley railway station · 1.1 km

  Buckley railway station serves the town of Buckley in Flintshire, Wales. The station is 8½ miles (14 km) north of Wrexham Central on the Borderlands Line.

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  Penyffordd railway station · 1.2 km

  Penyffordd railway station serves the village of Penyffordd in Flintshire, Wales. The station is 7¼ miles (12 km) north of Wrexham Central on the Borderlands Line.

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  Penyffordd · 1.2 km

  Penyffordd, or Pen-y-ffordd, is a village, community and electoral ward in Flintshire, Wales, situated to the south east of Buckley and to the west of Chester. The name is derived from the Welsh Pen Y Ffordd – roughly…

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  Penymynydd · 1.4 km

  Penymynydd is a small village in Flintshire, Wales, merging with the larger neighbouring village of Penyffordd. The name Penymynydd is Welsh, meaning "top" or "end of the mountain".

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)