Pentre Maelor

15°CMist

• Today: 22° / 15° · 54% rain
• Tomorrow: 22° / 14° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:40Sunset 19:34

12h 54m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

16US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Wrexham, United Kingdom

28 reported · July 2026▲ 27% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences19
• Other crime3
• Anti-social behaviour2
• Criminal damage & arson1

Neighbourhood team: Holt · North Wales

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

96 reported road collisions (2024)

32 killed or seriously injured · 126 casualties · 7.1 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

67 food businesses within 2 miles

• 62 rated 4–5 ★ (61 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Wrexham Central (4.5 km)
• 0 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£212,502 average▲ 3.4% YoY

Across Wrexham · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£766 average monthly rent▲ 3.1% YoY

• 1 bed £594
• 2 bed £707
• 3 bed £836

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

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: 159.9p · BP (7.6 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 185.7p · Asda (3.8 km)

8 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

20 charging locations within ~8 km

• 4 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 75 kW
• Nearest: Tesco Extra-Wrexham (3.8 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Gyms1
• Sports pitches3
• Playgrounds1

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)

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

Andrew Ranger

Labour

Wrexham

Source: UK Parliament

Independent / Conservative coalition

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

• Parks & greens1
• Restaurants & cafés2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

4,995 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

21 jobs advertised · £36,883 avg

e.g. MIG Welder, Telesales Executive, Food Production Operative - Wrexham

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

84% low-carbon electricity

Nuclear 56% · Wind 25% · Imports 10% · Gas 6%

27 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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Wrexham:

• Do not ban social media for under 16s374 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office314 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership280 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth232 local signatures · 112,809 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test213 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

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

• 
  Pentre Maelor · 0.0 km

  Pentre Maelor is a housing estate near Wrexham Industrial Estate in Wrexham County Borough, Wales. In the 2011 census, its built-up area had a population of 305.

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  Abenbury · 0.1 km

  Abenbury is a community in Wrexham County Borough, Wales. It is situated south-east of Wrexham city and includes the village of Pentre Maelor and part of the Wrexham Industrial Estate.

• HM Prison Berwyn · 0.6 km

  HM Prison Berwyn is a £250 million Category C adult male prison in Wrexham County Borough, Wales. It is the largest prison in the UK, opened in 2017, and is operated by His Majesty's Prison Service.

• Marchwiel power station · 0.8 km

  Marchwiel power station was an electricity generating plant providing a central source of electric current for the Marchwiel Trading Estate near Wrexham. It was under state ownership and operation from 1950 to 1960.

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  Sesswick · 1.7 km

  Sesswick is a community in Wrexham County Borough, Wales. It lies south-east of Wrexham near Marchwiel. The population of the community at the 2011 Census was 609.

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  Marchwiel railway station · 1.7 km

  Marchwiel railway station was a station in Marchwiel, Wrexham, Wales. The station was opened on 2 November 1895 and closed on 10 September 1962.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)