Cwmllynfell and Ystradowen

8°COvercast

• Today: 9° / 7° · 21% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 4° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:16Sunset 16:40

9h 24m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

34US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Swansea Morriston Roadside, United Kingdom

4 reported · August 2026▼ 20% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences3
• Anti-social behaviour1

Neighbourhood team: Quarter Bach · 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)

19 food businesses within 2 miles

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

Source: Food Standards Agency

• 0 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: 171.9p · Asda (4.9 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 198.9p · Asda (4.9 km)

1 station within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

8 charging locations within ~8 km

• Fastest nearby: 22 kW
• Nearest: Pen-y-craig Road Car Park (0.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches6
• 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)

• 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

Ann Davies

Plaid Cymru

Caerfyrddin

Source: UK Parliament

Plaid Cymru majority

• Lab 14
• Grn 1
• Ref 1
• Oth 38

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

• Schools1
• Parks & greens2

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

15% low-carbon electricity

Gas 85% · Wind 15%

334 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

3 GP surgeries · 5 pharmacies in SA9

• Amman Tawe Partnership
• Pengorof Surgery
• Kaleidoscope The Manse

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Caerfyrddin:

• We call for harsher sentencing for causing death by careless driving.322 local signatures · 4,685 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks297 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately215 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide
• Abolish early release for sex offenders and murderers191 local signatures · 6,273 nationwide
• Provide lifelong vet care and financial support for retired service animals173 local signatures · 55,079 nationwide

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

• 
  Cwmllynfell · 0.3 km

  Cwmllynfell is a village, community and electoral ward in Neath Port Talbot county borough, Wales.

• 
  Cwm Twrch · 0.8 km

  Cwm Twrch is a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) in Carmarthenshire, Wales.

• 
  Cwmllynfell railway station · 1.0 km

  Cwmllynfell railway station served the village of Cwmllynfell, in the historical county of Glamorganshire, Wales, from 1896 to 1964 on the Swansea Vale Railway.

• Gwys railway station · 1.4 km

  Gwys railway station served the village of Upper Cwmtwrch, in the historical county of Brecknockshire, Wales, from 1868 to 1950 on the Swansea Vale Railway.

• Nant Gwys · 1.4 km

  The Nant Gwys is a river flowing off the Black Mountain in Powys, Wales. Its tributaries Gwys Fawr and the Gwys Fach flow south from Banwen Gwyn and Bwlch y Ddeuwynt respectively and join forces to form the Nant Gwys…

• Rhiwfawr · 1.7 km

  Rhiwfawr is a village of just under 100 houses in the Swansea Valley, in Neath Port Talbot county borough, Wales.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)