Whitchurch (Pembrokeshire)

11°COvercast

• Today: 11° / 9° · 25% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 9° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:22Sunset 16:46

9h 23m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

21US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Narberth, United Kingdom

250 reported road collisions (2025)

107 killed or seriously injured · 375 casualties · 20.3 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

60 food businesses within 2 miles

• 48 rated 4–5 ★ (38 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• 0 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap

£211,074 average▼ 2.5% YoY

Across Pembrokeshire · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£694 average monthly rent▲ 4.7% YoY

• 1 bed £514
• 2 bed £640
• 3 bed £760

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

6.2× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 6.2 times median annual pay (5.9× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

9 charging locations within ~8 km

• 1 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: Solva Car Park, Solva (2.5 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

123,360 residents in Pembrokeshire · 76/km²

• Under 16: 17%
• 16–64: 57%
• 65+: 26%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK4,257
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK3,284
• Net moves+973

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

Less deprived than the average in Wales

6% 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 C (23% of 63,210)

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27 · £ figures England only

Independent / Labour / Liberal Democrat coalition

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

• Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

6,615 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

3 jobs advertised · £37,499 avg

e.g. Catering Manager, Chef Manager, Salaried General Practitioner - Solva

Source: Adzuna

£736 median full-time weekly pay

3.4% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£21,816 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

35% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 61,125 certificates

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics

• Life satisfaction7.5
• Feeling worthwhile7.7
• Happiness yesterday7.5
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.6

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

3 GP surgeries · 3 pharmacies in SA62

• Brawdy Medical Centre
• Brawdy Medical Facility
• Solva Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Mid and South Pembrokeshire:

• We call for harsher sentencing for causing death by careless driving.2,085 local signatures · 4,685 nationwide
• Review the law on unfit to plead & reform it to protect victims & public safety332 local signatures · 12,590 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases284 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks217 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately169 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide

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

• 
  RAF St Davids · 0.5 km

  Royal Air Force St Davids, or more simply RAF St Davids, is a former Royal Air Force station, near the city of St Davids, Pembrokeshire, Wales, in the community of Solva.

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  The Bug Farm · 1.2 km

  The Bug Farm or Dr Beynon's Bug Farm is a multipurpose farm and research centre near St Davids, in Pembrokeshire, Wales, run by Dr Sarah Beynon, an entomologist and farmer on her former family farm.

• Dwrhyd Pit · 1.2 km

  Dwrhyd Pit is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in Pembrokeshire, South Wales. It has been designated as a Site of Special Scientific Interest since January 1957 in an attempt to protect its fragile geological ele…

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  Whitchurch, Pembrokeshire · 1.5 km

  Whitchurch is a small village and parish in north-western Pembrokeshire, West Wales.

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  Caerfarchell · 1.6 km

  Caerfarchell is a small village in Pembrokeshire, Wales, 3 miles northeast of St Davids, close by the A487 road. It is in the community of St Davids and the Cathedral Close.

• Dowrog Common · 1.8 km

  Dowrog Common is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in Pembrokeshire, South Wales. It has been designated as a Site of Special Scientific Interest since January 1954 in an attempt to protect its fragile biological…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)