Carway

7°CClear

• Today: 11° / 7° · 14% rain
• Tomorrow: 10° / 5° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:16Sunset 16:44

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

3 reported · August 2026▼ 62% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour1
• Burglary1
• Violence & sexual offences1

Neighbourhood team: Llangyndeyrn · 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)

36 food businesses within 2 miles

• 25 rated 4–5 ★ (20 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Pembrey and Burry Port (6.0 km)
• 2 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 (11.8 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Esso (11.8 km)

4 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

10 charging locations within ~8 km

• Fastest nearby: 22 kW
• Nearest: Pontyates Car Park (1.9 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches5
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds1

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

Dame Nia Griffith

Labour

Llanelli

Source: UK Parliament

Plaid Cymru majority

• Lab 14
• Grn 1
• Ref 1
• Oth 38

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

• Schools1
• 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

12% low-carbon electricity

Gas 89% · Wind 12%

349 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for South Wales · National Grid ESO

• 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

2 GP surgeries · 2 pharmacies in SA17

• Meddygfa Minafon
• Dr B Williams' Practice

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Llanelli:

• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth198 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK163 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide
• End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately163 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide
• We call for harsher sentencing for causing death by careless driving.150 local signatures · 4,685 nationwide
• Provide lifelong vet care and financial support for retired service animals132 local signatures · 55,079 nationwide

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

• Carway · 0.1 km

  Carway is a village situated to the north-west of the town of Llanelli in the county of Carmarthenshire, Wales, in the Gwendraeth Valley. It is part of the community of Llangyndeyrn, and had a population of 1,403 in 2…

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  Ffos Las · 1.1 km

  Ffos Las is a rural area between the villages of Carway and Trimsaran, north of the town of Llanelli in the Gwendraeth Valley in Carmarthenshire, Wales.

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  Ffos Las Racecourse · 1.1 km

  The Ffos Las Racecourse & Conference Centre is a Welsh horse racing, equestrian sports and conferencing venue situated in Ffos Las, Wales. The Ffos Las racecourse was built at the site of an open cast coal mine after…

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  Llanelli (UK Parliament constituency) · 1.7 km

  Llanelli is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. From 1918 to 1970 the official spelling of the constituency name was Llanelly. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the…

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  Llanelli (Senedd constituency) · 1.7 km

  Llanelli was a constituency of the Senedd. It elected one Member of the Senedd by the first past the post method of election. Also, however, it was one of eight constituencies in the Mid and West Wales electoral regio…

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  Pontyates railway station · 1.8 km

  Pontyates railway station was opened in 1909 It continued to serve the inhabitants of the Pontyates / Pont-iets area and hinterland between 1909 and 1953; it was one of several stations opened on the Burry Port and Gw…

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