Tycroes

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• Today: 10° / 4° · 26% rain
• Tomorrow: 10° / 8° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:15Sunset 16:43

9h 28m 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

15 reported · August 2026▲ 67% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour5
• Violence & sexual offences5
• Drugs2
• Other theft1

Neighbourhood team: Tycroes · 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)

113 food businesses within 2 miles

• 96 rated 4–5 ★ (85 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Pantyffynnon (1.5 km)
• 5 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: 154.9p · Esso (12 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 186.9p · Esso (12 km)

4 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 (2.6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches7
• 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

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)

• Schools2
• Supermarkets1
• Parks & greens3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

9,315 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

1 jobs advertised

e.g. Care Navigator/Prescription Clerk/Admin

Source: Adzuna

£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 17%

326 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 · 9 pharmacies in SA18

• Amman Tawe Partnership
• Brynteg Surgery
• Margaret Street Practice

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

• Tycroes · 0.4 km

  Tycroes is a village in Carmarthenshire, Wales. As measured in the 2011 Census, the population of Tycroes electoral ward was 2,438 persons.

• Amman Valley Railway · 1.6 km

  The Amman Valley Railway Society is situated near the former Gwaun Cae Gurwen branch line, that runs alongside the River Amman, some 10 miles (16 km) north of Swansea in west Wales. Its primary focus is to construct…

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  Pantyffynnon railway station · 1.6 km

  Pantyffynnon railway station is a railway station serving the village of Pantyffynnon, in Carmarthenshire, Wales. It is situated on the Heart of Wales Line at its junction with the branch lines to Brynamman and Abernant.

• Pantyffynnon · 1.7 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.

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  River Amman · 1.8 km

  The River Amman is a river of south Wales, which joins the River Loughor at Pantyffynnon. The source of the Amman is on the Black Mountain.

• Saron Baptist Chapel · 1.8 km

  Saron is a Baptist chapel in the village of Saron in the community of Llandybie, Ammanford, Carmarthenshire. Services at Saron are conducted in the Welsh language.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)