Pencader

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• Today: 9° / 6° · 31% rain
• Tomorrow: 9° / 5° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:17Sunset 16:43

9h 26m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

20US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Narberth, United Kingdom

8 reported · August 2026▼ 20% YoY

• Criminal damage & arson4
• Anti-social behaviour2
• Violence & sexual offences2

Neighbourhood team: Llanfihangel-ar-Arth · 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)

8 food businesses within 2 miles

• 7 rated 4–5 ★ (6 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• 5 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap

£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

1 charging location within ~8 km

• Fastest nearby: 22 kW
• Nearest: Llandysul Car Park (5.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches1
• 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

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

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

17% low-carbon electricity

Gas 83% · Wind 11% · Solar 6%

329 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 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

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  Pencader, Carmarthenshire · 0.1 km

  Pencader is a small village in Carmarthenshire, Wales, in the community of Llanfihangel-ar-Arth. It is located around 3 miles (5 km) south-east of Llandysul and 6.5 miles (10 km) south-west of Llanybydder, in the vall…

• Pencader railway station · 0.2 km

  Pencader railway station served the village of Pencader, Carmarthenshire, Wales, from 1864 to 1965 on the Carmarthen and Cardigan Railway.

• Pencader Junction railway station · 0.9 km

  Pencader Junction railway station served the village of Pencader, Carmarthenshire, Wales, from 1866 to 1880 on the Manchester and Milford Railway.

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  Gwyddgrug · 1.9 km

  Gwyddgrug is a small village in Carmarthenshire, West Wales. It is located on the main A485 road south of New Inn.

• Dolgran · 2.4 km

  Dolgran is a small hamlet located in a narrow, steep-sided valley approximately one and a half miles to the south west of Pencader, Carmarthenshire, Wales, through which flows the Nant Grân. There are 12 dwellings ad…

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  New Inn, Carmarthenshire · 2.7 km

  New Inn is a small village in Carmarthenshire, Wales with a population of around 317 people. It is situated along the A485 A road between Llanllwni and Gwyddgrug, approximately four miles from the village of Pencader.…

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