Blaenau and Cae'r-bryn

5°CClear

• Today: 11° / 5° · 16% rain
• Tomorrow: 9° / 4° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:15Sunset 16:43

9h 28m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

42US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Swansea Morriston Roadside, United Kingdom

6 reported · August 2026▲ 20% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences5
• Other crime1

Neighbourhood team: Penygroes including Blaenau and Caerbryn · Dyfed Powys

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

375 reported road collisions (2025)

157 killed or seriously injured · 498 casualties · 20 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

129 food businesses within 2 miles

• 108 rated 4–5 ★ (92 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Ammanford (2.3 km)
• 0 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£195,263 average▲ 2.7% YoY

Across Carmarthenshire · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£687 average monthly rent▲ 6.6% YoY

• 1 bed £500
• 2 bed £647
• 3 bed £740

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

5.8× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 5.8 times median annual pay (5.2× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 156.9p · Esso (3.9 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Esso (3.9 km)

2 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

8 charging locations within ~8 km

• 2 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 360 kW
• Nearest: Woodfield Car Park (2.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches5
• Playgrounds4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

187,897 residents in Carmarthenshire · 79/km²

• Under 16: 17%
• 16–64: 59%
• 65+: 24%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK6,217
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK5,316
• Net moves+901

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

Less deprived than the average in Wales

4% 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 B (27% of 90,070)

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27 · £ figures England only

Plaid Cymru majority

• Lab 14
• Grn 1
• Ref 1
• Oth 38

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

• Schools2
• Parks & greens1
• Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

9,315 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£733 median full-time weekly pay

3% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£20,814 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

32% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 89,353 certificates

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics

• Life satisfaction7.5
• Feeling worthwhile7.7
• Happiness yesterday7.4
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.2

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

3 GP surgeries · 9 pharmacies in SA18

• Amman Tawe Partnership
• Brynteg Surgery
• Margaret Street Practice

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Caerfyrddin:

• We call for harsher sentencing for causing death by careless driving.322 local signatures · 4,685 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks297 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately215 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide
• Abolish early release for sex offenders and murderers191 local signatures · 6,273 nationwide
• Provide lifelong vet care and financial support for retired service animals173 local signatures · 55,079 nationwide

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

• Saron, Carmarthenshire · 1.0 km

  Saron is a former mining village near the town of Ammanford in Carmarthenshire, Wales. Saron is in the community of Llandybie.

• Saron Baptist Chapel · 1.1 km

  Saron is a Baptist chapel in the village of Saron in the community of Llandybie, Ammanford, Carmarthenshire. Services at Saron are conducted in the Welsh language.

• Caeau Blaenau-mawr · 1.4 km

  Caeau Blaenau-mawr is a species rich damp grassland that is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in Carmarthen & Dinefwr, Wales.

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  Pen-y-groes, Carmarthenshire · 1.6 km

  Pen-y-groes is a village in Carmarthenshire, South Wales which developed as a settlement as a result of the anthracite coal trade. The main colliery was the Emlyn colliery, which opened in 1893 and closed in 1939.

• Caeau Capel Hendre · 2.0 km

  Caeau Capel Hendre is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in Carmarthen & Dinefwr, Wales.

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  Afon Marlas · 2.1 km

  The Afon Marlas is a right-bank tributary of the River Loughor in eastern Carmarthenshire, West Wales. It rises north of the village of Llandybie and flows southwards through that village and joins the Loughor on the…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)