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Aberdovey

Aberdovey is a town or village in Gwynedd, Wales. It has 1 pharmacy, around 8 restaurants and cafés, 2 bus stops, and the nearest railway station is Penhelyg, 0.6 km away, with an average sold house price of around £375,395. There were around 10 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly violence & sexual offences. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Aberdovey area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Gwynedd area is less deprived than the average in Wales (WIMD 2019). The wider council area has around 117,393 residents at roughly 46 people per km².

Council
Gwynedd
County
Gwynedd
Constituency
Dwyfor Meirionnydd
Police force
North Wales

Weather

9°CCloudy

  • Today: 11° / 7° · 25% rain
  • Tomorrow: 10° / 5° · Partly Cloudy

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:18Sunset 16:41

9h 23m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

42US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Swansea Morriston Roadside, United Kingdom

Crime

10 reported · August 2026▲ 25% YoY

  • Anti-social behaviour6
  • Violence & sexual offences3
  • Criminal damage & arson1

Neighbourhood team: Aberdovey · North Wales

Local policing priorities

  • Anti-social Behaviour

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

Road safety

105 reported road collisions (2025)

59 killed or seriously injured · 166 casualties · 8.9 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

27 food businesses within 2 miles

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

Source: Food Standards Agency

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Penhelyg (0.6 km)
  • 2 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Penhelig (0.6 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£203,555 average▲ 4.1% YoY

Across Gwynedd · to 2026-08

Detached£314,179
Semi-detached£209,372
Terraced£161,097
Flat£114,576

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£724 average monthly rent▲ 6.9% YoY

  • 1 bed £559
  • 2 bed £676
  • 3 bed £804

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

Affordability

5.9× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 5.9 times median annual pay (5.6× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

EV charging

8 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 1 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 50 kW
  • Nearest: Aberdyfi Main Carpark (0.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Swimming pools1
  • Sports pitches6
  • Golf courses1
  • Playgrounds2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

117,393 residents in Gwynedd · 46/km²

  • Under 16: 17%
  • 16–64: 60%
  • 65+: 23%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Internal migration

  • Moves in from elsewhere in the UK6,067
  • Moves out to elsewhere in the UK6,098
  • Net moves−31

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

Deprivation

Less deprived than the average in Wales

3% of neighbourhoods are in Wales’s most deprived 10%; 5% in the most deprived 20%

Source: Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2019

Council tax

Property band mix

Most homes here are Band B (25% of 62,370)

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

Your MP

Liz Saville Roberts

Plaid Cymru

Dwyfor Meirionnydd

Recent votes:

  • AyeWithdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
  • AyeDraft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process
  • AyeDraft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
  • NoOpposition Day motion: MoD Bicester and illegal migrants

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Plaid Cymru majority

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

Amenities nearby

  • Pharmacies1
  • Parks & greens2
  • Restaurants & cafés8

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

6,715 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Local economy

£669 median full-time weekly pay

2.9% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£20,785 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

26% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 58,824 certificates

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics

Grid electricity

73% low-carbon electricity

Wind 43% · Nuclear 30% · Gas 24% · Imports 3%

95 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for North Wales & Merseyside · National Grid ESO

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.6
  • Feeling worthwhile7.8
  • Happiness yesterday7.5
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.5

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

Health services

0 GP surgeries · 1 pharmacy in LL35

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Dwyfor Meirionnydd:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Aberdyfi · 0.2 km

    Aberdyfi, also known as Aberdovey, is a village and community in Gwynedd, Wales, located on the northern side of the estuary of the River Dyfi.

  • Aberdovey Lifeboat Station · 0.3 km

    Aberdovey Lifeboat Station is located in the coastal village of Aberdovey, on the north bank of the River Dyfi estuary, on Cardigan Bay, in the county of Gwynedd, West Wales.

  • Penhelig railway station · 0.6 km

    Penhelig railway station serves the eastern outskirts of the seaside resort of Aberdyfi in Gwynedd, Wales. Its situation is unusual, being located on a short length of sharply curved single track between two tunnels.…

  • Aberdovey railway station · 0.8 km

    Aberdovey railway station serves the seaside resort of Aberdyfi in Gwynedd, Wales. The station is on the Cambrian Coast Railway with passenger services every two hours calling at all stations between Machynlleth and P…

  • Dyfi National Nature Reserve · 2.2 km

    The Dyfi National Nature Reserve, managed by Natural Resources Wales, the successor body to the Countryside Council for Wales, is located 7 miles (11 km) north of Aberystwyth in the county of Ceredigion, Wales on the…

  • Ynyslas Sand Dunes · 2.5 km

    Ynyslas Sand Dunes are sand dunes located in Ceredigion, Wales. They border Cardigan Bay and the Dyfi Estuary between Ynyslas, Ceredigion and Aberdyfi, Gwynedd. The sand dunes are part of the Dyfi National Nature Rese…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Aberdovey?
Aberdovey is a town in Gwynedd, Wales, in the Gwynedd local authority.
How deprived is Aberdovey?
The Gwynedd local authority, which includes Aberdovey, is less deprived than the average in Wales on the WIMD 2019.