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Cenarth

Cenarth is a village in Dyfed, Wales. It has 3 bus stops and one restaurant and café. The nearest railway station is Pontgoch, located 6.4 km away, and there were around 6 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly public order. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Cenarth area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Carmarthenshire area is less deprived than the average in Wales (WIMD 2019). The wider council area has around 187,897 residents at roughly 79 people per km².

Council
Carmarthenshire
County
Dyfed
Constituency
Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
Police force
Dyfed-Powys

Weather

11°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 11° / 9° · 36% rain
  • Tomorrow: 10° / 8° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:18Sunset 16:44

9h 26m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

21US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Narberth, United Kingdom

Crime

No street-level crime recorded here.

Road safety

375 reported road collisions (2025)

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

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

19 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 14 rated 4–5 ★ (12 top)
  • 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Pontgoch (6.8 km)
  • 3 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap

House prices

£195,263 average▲ 2.7% YoY

Across Carmarthenshire · to 2026-08

Detached£278,401
Semi-detached£179,559
Terraced£147,526
Flat£92,297

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£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

Affordability

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

EV charging

2 charging locations within ~8 km

  • Fastest nearby: 7 kW
  • Nearest: Mart Car Park (4.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports pitches1
  • Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

187,897 residents in Carmarthenshire · 79/km²

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Internal migration

  • 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

Deprivation

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

Council tax

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

Your MP

Ben Lake

Plaid Cymru

Ceredigion Preseli

Recent votes:

  • NoSporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 8
  • NoSporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 6
  • AyeSporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: New Clause 1
  • NoBudget Resolution No. 76: Rates of alcohol duty

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Plaid Cymru majority

  • Lab 14
  • Grn 1
  • Ref 1
  • Oth 38

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools1
  • Restaurants & cafés2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

9,315 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Local economy

£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

Energy efficiency

32% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 89,353 certificates

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics

Grid electricity

12% low-carbon electricity

Gas 88% · Wind 12%

346 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for South Wales · National Grid ESO

Wellbeing

  • 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

Health services

1 GP surgery · 2 pharmacies in SA38

  • Meddygfa Emlyn

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Ceredigion Preseli:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Cenarth · 0.2 km

    Cenarth is a village, parish and community in Carmarthenshire, on the border between Ceredigion and Carmarthenshire, and close to the border with Pembrokeshire, Wales. It stands on the banks of the River Teifi, 6 mile…

  • National Coracle Centre · 0.2 km

    The National Coracle Centre is a museum in Cenarth, Carmarthenshire dedicated to coracles. It opened in 1991, and displays coracles from around the world including Tibetan and Iraqi examples as well as those from Brit…

  • Cenarth Falls · 0.4 km

    The Cenarth Falls is a cascade of waterfalls just upstream of the road bridge in the village of Cenarth in Ceredigion, bordering Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire, Wales. It is notable as the first significant barrier…

  • Cenarth Bridge · 0.4 km

    Cenarth Bridge, also spelt Kenarth Bridge, is a three arch bridge which spans the River Teifi at Cenarth, Carmarthenshire in Wales. The bridge was built between 1785 and 1787 and designed by David Edwards, the son of…

  • Capel Tygwydd · 1.9 km

    Capel Tygwydd is a hamlet in the community of Beulah, Ceredigion, Wales, which is 70.3 miles (113.1 km) from Cardiff and 191.7 miles (308.5 km) from London. Capel Tygwydd is represented in the Senedd by Elin Jones and…

  • Rhyd, Ceredigion · 1.9 km

    Rhyd is a hamlet in the community of Beulah, Ceredigion, Wales, which is 71.1 miles (114.4 km) from Cardiff and 192.9 miles (310.4 km) from London. Rhyd is represented in the Senedd by Elin Jones and is part of the Ce…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Cenarth?
Cenarth is a town in Dyfed, Wales, in the Carmarthenshire local authority.
How deprived is Cenarth?
The Carmarthenshire local authority, which includes Cenarth, is less deprived than the average in Wales on the WIMD 2019.