Cross Hands and Pen-y-groes

16°CLight rain shower

• Today: 21° / 16° · 90% rain
• Tomorrow: 20° / 17° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:46Sunset 19:38

12h 52m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

18US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Port Talbot Little Warren, United Kingdom

23 reported · July 2026▼ 18% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences9
• Public order4
• Shoplifting4
• Anti-social behaviour3

Neighbourhood team: Cross Hands · 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)

99 food businesses within 2 miles

• 85 rated 4–5 ★ (74 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Ammanford (5.5 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 (0.7 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 187.9p · Valero (11.9 km)

5 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 (0.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches12
• 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)

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)

• Schools3
• Supermarkets3
• Parks & greens1
• Restaurants & cafés8

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

9,190 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£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

12% low-carbon electricity

Gas 88% · Wind 10% · Nuclear 2%

348 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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Llanelli:

• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office401 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership359 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s355 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test212 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth197 local signatures · 112,809 nationwide

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

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  Cross Hands · 0.7 km

  Cross Hands is a village in Carmarthenshire, Wales, approximately 12 miles from Carmarthen.

• Caeau Ffos Fach · 0.7 km

  Caeau Ffos Fach is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in Carmarthen & Dinefwr, Wales. Part of this SSSI is a nature reserve owned by the charity Butterfly Conservation primarily because of the population of the rar…

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  Gorslas · 1.0 km

  Gorslas is a village and community in Carmarthenshire, Wales, located on the A476 road northwest of Cross Hands. The village population at the 2011 census was 4,066. Neighbouring villages are Cefneithin and Penygroes.…

• Broad Oak and Thornhill Meadows · 1.2 km

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

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  Ysgol Maes Y Gwendraeth · 1.5 km

  Ysgol Maes Y Gwendraeth is a bilingual secondary school for pupils aged between 11 and 18 years, situated in Cefneithin, Carmarthenshire, Wales. The school was opened following the amalgamation of Ysgol Maes yr Yrfa a…

• Gweunydd Glan-y-glasnant · 1.7 km

  Gweunydd Glan-y-glasnant is a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) in Carmarthenshire, Wales, designated in 1993 for its botanical features.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)