Capel Hendre

17°CLight rain

• Today: 21° / 16° · 89% rain
• Tomorrow: 21° / 16° · Fog

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:46Sunset 19:37

12h 52m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

9US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Swansea Morriston Roadside, United Kingdom

26 reported · July 2026▲ 18% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences11
• Anti-social behaviour5
• Criminal damage & arson3
• Burglary2

Neighbourhood team: Saron · Dyfed Powys

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

317 reported road collisions (2024)

138 killed or seriously injured · 473 casualties · 16.9 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

56 food businesses within 2 miles

• 52 rated 4–5 ★ (43 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Pantyffynnon (3.1 km)
• 3 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£197,547 average▲ 6.1% YoY

Across Carmarthenshire · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£685 average monthly rent▲ 7% YoY

• 1 bed £499
• 2 bed £645
• 3 bed £738

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

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 (3.3 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Valero (3.3 km)

3 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: J & J Motors Nissan (2.7 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches3
• Playgrounds5

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)

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
• Supermarkets1
• Parks & greens1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

9,190 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

4 jobs advertised · £29,484 avg

e.g. Care Assistant, Senior Care Assistant

Source: Adzuna

£733 median full-time weekly pay

2.9% 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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Caerfyrddin:

• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office352 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership324 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• We call for harsher sentencing for causing death by careless driving.321 local signatures · 4,361 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership295 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s287 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide

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

• Caeau Capel Hendre · 0.5 km

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

• Caeau Blaenau-mawr · 1.0 km

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

• Cae Gwynfryn · 1.2 km

  Cae Gwynfryn is an unimproved grassland that is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in Carmarthen & Dinefwr, Wales.

• Tycroes · 1.3 km

  Tycroes is a village in Carmarthenshire, Wales. As measured in the 2011 Census, the population of Tycroes electoral ward was 2,438 persons.

• Saron Baptist Chapel · 1.4 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.

• Broad Oak and Thornhill Meadows · 1.5 km

  Broad Oak and Thornhill Meadows is a Site of Special Scientific Interest near the village of Cross Hands in Carmarthenshire, Wales.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)