Shotton

14°CSunny

• Today: 14° / 10° · 65% rain
• Tomorrow: 18° / 10° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:34Sunset 19:44

13h 11m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

22US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Wrexham, United Kingdom

164 reported · July 2026▲ 12% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences59
• Anti-social behaviour43
• Public order17
• Shoplifting13

14 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Shotton Higher · 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)

165 food businesses within 2 miles

• 140 rated 4–5 ★ (123 top)
• 3 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Shotton (1.1 km)
• 31 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 (7.7 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 143.8p · AppleGreen (7.7 km)

15 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

16 charging locations within ~8 km

• 6 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 250 kW
• Nearest: Pierce Street (1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres3
• Gyms4
• Sports pitches32
• Playgrounds17

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

Sir Mark Tami

Labour

Alyn and Deeside

Source: UK Parliament

Labour (minority)

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

• Schools9
• GPs & clinics5
• Pharmacies5
• Supermarkets6
• Parks & greens12
• Restaurants & cafés46

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

6,135 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

32 jobs advertised · £34,363 avg

e.g. Coordinator, Care Assistant - Mornings - Driving License Required, Process Safety Engineer

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

91% low-carbon electricity

Wind 53% · Nuclear 28% · Solar 8% · Imports 5%

19 gCO₂/kWh · very low intensity

Latest estimate for North Wales & Merseyside · National Grid ESO

• 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

• 
  Deeside Community Hospital · 0.3 km

  Deeside Community Hospital is a community hospital in Aston Park, Flintshire, Wales. It is managed by the Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board.

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  Deeside · 0.6 km

  Deeside is the name given to a predominantly industrial conurbation of towns and villages in Flintshire and Cheshire on the Wales–England border lying near the canalised stretch of the River Dee that flows from neighb…

• John Summers High School · 0.6 km

  John Summers High School was an 11–18 mixed, English-medium, secondary school and sixth form in Queensferry, Flintshire, Wales. It closed on 20 July 2017.

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  Shotton, Flintshire · 0.6 km

  Shotton is a town and community in Flintshire, Wales, within the Deeside conurbation along the River Dee, joined with Connah's Quay, near the border with England. It is located 5 miles (8 km) west of Chester and can b…

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  St Ethelwold's Church, Shotton · 0.7 km

  St Ethelwold's Church, Shotton, is in the town of Shotton, Flintshire, Wales. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Hawarden, the archdeaconry of Wrexham, and the diocese of St Asaph It is designate…

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  Aston, Flintshire · 0.7 km

  Aston, also known as Aston Park, is a village in the community of Hawarden, in the principal area of Flintshire, north Wales. It is near to Hawarden and Shotton, in a relatively urban area, though there remains signif…

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