Penybanc

17°CLight drizzle

• Today: 21° / 16° · 89% rain
• Tomorrow: 21° / 16° · Fog

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:44Sunset 19:40

12h 56m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

9US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Swansea Morriston Roadside, United Kingdom

81 reported · July 2026▼ 18% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences26
• Anti-social behaviour16
• Criminal damage & arson9
• Public order8

Neighbourhood team: Saron · 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)

122 food businesses within 2 miles

• 107 rated 4–5 ★ (94 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Ammanford (0.9 km)
• 4 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 (5.5 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Valero (5.2 km)

3 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

9 charging locations within ~8 km

• 2 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 360 kW
• Nearest: Carregamman Car Park (1.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres4
• Sports pitches25
• Playgrounds12

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

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)

• Schools6
• GPs & clinics2
• Pharmacies2
• Supermarkets5
• Parks & greens6
• Restaurants & cafés10

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

71% low-carbon electricity

Wind 69% · Gas 29% · Nuclear 1% · Biomass 1%

115 gCO₂/kWh · moderate 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:

• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office352 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership324 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• We call for harsher sentencing for causing death by careless driving.321 local signatures · 4,361 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership295 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s287 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide

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

• Pantyffynnon · 0.4 km

  Pantyffynnon is a small village in Carmarthenshire, Wales, half a mile south-west of Ammanford, and a mile east of Tycroes. It lies between the rivers Loughor and Amman at the foot of Mynydd y Betws.

• Parcyrhun Halt railway station · 0.6 km

  Parcyrhun Halt railway station served the town of Ammanford, Carmarthenshire, Wales from 1936 to 1955 on the Llanelly Railway.

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  Ammanford A.F.C. · 0.6 km

  Ammanford Association Football Club is a football club from Ammanford, Carmarthenshire in Wales. They play in the Cymru Premier. They are now based at the Recreation Ground in Ammanford. The club is affiliated to the…

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  Ammanford railway station · 0.9 km

  Ammanford railway station in Ammanford, Carmarthenshire, Wales, is 12 miles (19 km) north of Swansea on the Heart of Wales Line. The station opened in 1841 as a temporary terminus of the Llanelly Railway's line to Lla…

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  Bethany Chapel, Ammanford · 1.0 km

  Bethany was a Calvinistic Methodist/ Presbyterian Church of Wales chapel in Ammanford, Carmarthenshire, Wales, from 1881 to 2023.

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  Ammanford Town Hall · 1.1 km

  Ammanford Town Hall is a municipal building located on Iscennen Street in Ammanford in Carmarthenshire in Wales. The structure is currently used as the offices and meeting place of Ammanford Town Council.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)