Pontyberem

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• Today: 10° / 7° · 19% rain
• Tomorrow: 10° / 6° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

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

375 reported road collisions (2025)

157 killed or seriously injured · 498 casualties · 20 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

27 food businesses within 2 miles

• 21 rated 4–5 ★ (16 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• 7 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: 156.9p · Esso (6.4 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Esso (6.4 km)

5 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

5 charging locations within ~8 km

• 1 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: Memorial Hall Car Park (0.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches9
• 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

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)

• Schools1
• GPs & clinics1
• Parks & greens1
• Restaurants & cafés1

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

8% low-carbon electricity

Gas 92% · Wind 8%

361 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

7 GP surgeries · 12 pharmacies in SA15

• Ash Grove Medical Centre
• Carmarthenshire Ics
• Meddygfa'R Sarn

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Llanelli:

• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth198 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK163 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide
• End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately163 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide
• We call for harsher sentencing for causing death by careless driving.150 local signatures · 4,685 nationwide
• Provide lifelong vet care and financial support for retired service animals132 local signatures · 55,079 nationwide

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

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  Pontyberem · 0.2 km

  Pontyberem is a village and community situated in the Gwendraeth Valley halfway between Carmarthen and Llanelli in Carmarthenshire, Wales. As of the 2001 Census, the population was recorded as 2,829, reducing to 2,768…

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  Pontyberem railway station · 0.7 km

  Pontyberem railway station was opened in 1909 to timetabled passenger services however services for miners began in 1898. It continued to serve the inhabitants of the Pontyberem area and hinterland between 1909 and 19…

• Pentremawr Colliery · 1.0 km

  Pentremawr Colliery was a coal mine, located in the Gwendraeth valley in Carmarthenshire, South Wales.

• Waunfawr, Carmarthenshire · 2.4 km

  Waunfawr is an enclosed pasture that is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in Carmarthen & Dinefwr, Wales.

• Mynyddcerrig · 2.7 km

  Mynyddcerrig is a village in Carmarthenshire, Wales. Mynyddcerrig once had a primary school, Ysgol Mynyddcerrig, which closed in 2007. However, it still has a working men's club and a public park.

• Mynydd Llangyndeyrn · 2.8 km

  Mynydd Llangyndeyrn is a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) in Carmarthen & Dinefwr, Wales, and a hill reaching 263 metres, which is a Marilyn.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)