Bow Street

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• Today: 11° / 7° · 31% rain
• Tomorrow: 10° / 6° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:17Sunset 16:41

9h 24m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

46US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Swansea Morriston Roadside, United Kingdom

2 reported · August 2026▼ 82% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences2

Neighbourhood team: Tirymynach inc Bow St · Dyfed Powys

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

142 reported road collisions (2025)

53 killed or seriously injured · 205 casualties · 19.9 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

25 food businesses within 2 miles

• 23 rated 4–5 ★ (16 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Bow Street (0.3 km)
• 10 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£234,314 average▼ 1.7% YoY

Across Ceredigion · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£723 average monthly rent▲ 4.4% YoY

• 1 bed £562
• 2 bed £663
• 3 bed £768

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

6.9× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 6.9 times median annual pay (6.5× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

19 charging locations within ~8 km

• 6 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 250 kW
• Nearest: Aberystwyth University (3.7 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches3
• Playgrounds2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

71,474 residents in Ceredigion · 40/km²

• Under 16: 14%
• 16–64: 60%
• 65+: 26%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK5,387
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK4,991
• Net moves+396

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

Among the least deprived areas in Wales

2% of neighbourhoods are in Wales’s most deprived 10%; 4% in the most deprived 20%

Source: Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2019

Property band mix

Most homes here are Band E (25% of 36,070)

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

Ben Lake

Plaid Cymru

Ceredigion Preseli

Source: UK Parliament

Plaid Cymru majority

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

• Schools1
• Parks & greens1
• Restaurants & cafés4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

4,630 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£682 median full-time weekly pay

2.6% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£21,186 disposable income per head (2024)

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

27% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 38,993 certificates

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics

77% low-carbon electricity

Wind 52% · Nuclear 25% · Gas 20% · Imports 3%

81 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for North Wales & Merseyside · National Grid ESO

• Life satisfaction7.3
• Feeling worthwhile7.6
• Happiness yesterday7.3
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.3

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

2 GP surgeries · 2 pharmacies in SY24

• Dermatology Clinic
• Borth Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Ceredigion Preseli:

• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks462 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Review the law on unfit to plead & reform it to protect victims & public safety249 local signatures · 12,590 nationwide
• Review discharge of mental health patients224 local signatures · 14,649 nationwide
• End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately209 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills164 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide

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

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  Bow Street, Ceredigion · 0.1 km

  Bow Street is a large village in the Tirymynach district of Ceredigion, Wales, approximately 3.5 miles (5.6 km) north-east of Aberystwyth. As well as Bow Street itself, it is now often considered to include the neighb…

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  Bow Street railway station · 0.3 km

  Bow Street is a railway station on the Cambrian Line, which runs between Shrewsbury and Aberystwyth or Pwllheli. The station, situated 4 miles 30 chains (7 km) north-east of Aberystwyth, serves the villages of Bow Str…

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  Tirymynach · 0.7 km

  Tirymynach is a community in Ceredigion, Wales, also an electoral ward, which lies immediately to the north of Aberystwyth.

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  Pen-y-garn, Ceredigion · 0.9 km

  Pen-y-garn is a small village in the Tirymynach district of Ceredigion, Wales, approximately 4 miles (6 km) north-east of Aberystwyth. Along with the hamlet of Rhydypennau, Pen-y-garn is now often considered to be par…

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  Hen Gaer · 1.0 km

  Hen Gaer is an Iron Age hillfort, on a hill adjacent to and east of Bow Street, Ceredigion, Wales.

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  Bow Street F.C. · 1.2 km

  Bow Street F.C. are a football club from Bow Street in Ceredigion, Wales, about 4+1⁄2 miles (7.2 km) north-east of Aberystwyth. The first team currently plays in the Ardal NE League. The team are nicknamed the Magpies…

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