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Pendine

Pendine is a village in Dyfed, Wales, with a population of around 346. There is one bus stop and around 6 restaurants and cafés, and there were around 1 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly Violence & sexual offences. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Pendine 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 West and South Pembrokeshire
Police force
Dyfed-Powys

Weather

10°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 11° / 6° · 39% rain
  • Tomorrow: 11° / 7° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:17Sunset 16:45

9h 28m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

19US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Narberth, United Kingdom

Crime

2 reported · August 2026▼ 78% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences2

Neighbourhood team: Laugharne · Dyfed Powys

Local policing priorities

  • High visibility patrols of the town centre to prevent ASB issues within the town centre, especially Guildhall Square, Notts Square, Red S…
  • High visibility patrols of the town park to prevent ASB issues.

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

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

25 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 24 rated 4–5 ★ (19 top)
  • 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Buses & trains

  • 1 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Whitland (9.1 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

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

3 charging locations within ~8 km

  • Fastest nearby: 22 kW
  • Nearest: Marsh Road Car Park (0.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Playgrounds4

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

Council control

Plaid Cymru majority

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

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools1
  • Parks & greens2
  • Restaurants & cafés10

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

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 · 3 pharmacies in SA33

  • Coach & Horses Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Caerfyrddin:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Pendine Museum of Speed · 0.2 km

    The Pendine Museum of Speed is a museum detailing the history of Pendine Sands and its use for land speed record attempts. It was opened in 1996 in the village of Pendine, on the south coast of Wales, and is owned and…

  • Pendine · 0.5 km

    Pendine is a village and community in Carmarthenshire, Wales. Situated on the northern shore of Carmarthen Bay and bordered by the communities of Eglwyscummin and Llanddowror, the population at the 2011 census was 346.

  • Llanmiloe · 2.1 km

    Llanmiloe is a village in the south-west of Carmarthenshire, Wales, on the A4066 road, between the villages of Laugharne to the north-east and Pendine to the south-west. Llanmiloe House dates from the 1720s and is a G…

  • Church of St Margaret Marloes, Eglwyscummin · 2.5 km

    The Church of St Margaret Marloes is the Church in Wales parish church of the parish of Eglwyscummin, in south-western Carmarthenshire, Wales. The present building dates from the 14th and 15th centuries, with restorat…

  • Eglwyscummin · 2.5 km

    Eglwyscummin is a community situated on the south-western boundary of Carmarthenshire in south-west Wales. It is made up of the three ward parishes of Ciffig, Eglwyscummin, and Marros, all surrounding the village of R…

  • Parc Cynog · 2.7 km

    Parc Cynog is a wind farm operated by Nuon Renewables in Wales.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Pendine?
Pendine is a town in Dyfed, Wales, in the Carmarthenshire local authority.
What is the population of Pendine?
Pendine has an approximate settlement population of 346.
How deprived is Pendine?
The Carmarthenshire local authority, which includes Pendine, is less deprived than the average in Wales on the WIMD 2019.