Whitland

17°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 17° / 13° · 60% rain
• Tomorrow: 19° / 17° · Mist

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:46Sunset 19:42

12h 56m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

12US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Narberth, United Kingdom

14 reported · July 2026▲ 27% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences9
• Criminal damage & arson4
• Public order1

Neighbourhood team: Whitland · 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)

31 food businesses within 2 miles

• 28 rated 4–5 ★ (23 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Whitland (0.1 km)
• 2 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: 169.9p · Esso (7.7 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 191.9p · Esso (7.7 km)

1 station within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

4 charging locations within ~8 km

• 1 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 75 kW
• Nearest: Kind Edward Street Car Park (0.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Sports pitches7
• Playgrounds2

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)

• Schools1
• Parks & greens2
• Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

9,190 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

35 jobs advertised · £30,429 avg

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Source: Adzuna

£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

39% low-carbon electricity

Gas 61% · Wind 38% · Nuclear 1%

241 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

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

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  Whitland Town Hall · 0.0 km

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

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  Landsker Borderlands Trail · 0.1 km

  The Landsker Borderlands Trail is a waymarked circular long distance footpath running through Pembrokeshire and Carmarthenshire in West Wales

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  Whitland railway station · 0.1 km

  Whitland railway station serves the town of Whitland in Carmarthenshire, Wales. It is located on the West Wales Line from Swansea. To the west of the station, a branch line diverges towards Pembroke; the main line con…

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  Whitland · 0.3 km

  Whitland is a town and community in Carmarthenshire, Wales.

• Ysgol Dyffryn Taf School · 0.4 km

  Dyffryn Taf is a Comprehensive School with both English and Welsh classes in Whitland, Carmarthenshire, Wales, United Kingdom.

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  Whitland Abbey · 1.9 km

  Whitland Abbey was a country house and Cistercian abbey in the parish of Llangan, in what was the hundred of Narberth, Pembrokeshire, Wales. The town which grew up nearby is now named Whitland after it. It was widely…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)