Bethesda

8°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 11° / 7° · 51% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 7° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:18Sunset 16:41

9h 23m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

25US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Wirral Tranmere, United Kingdom

67 reported · August 2026▲ 26% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences38
• Anti-social behaviour10
• Criminal damage & arson6
• Public order4

3 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Ogwen · North Wales

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

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)

52 food businesses within 2 miles

• 49 rated 4–5 ★ (44 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Bangor (6.9 km)
• 21 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£203,555 average▲ 4.1% YoY

Across Gwynedd · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£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

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

• Cheapest petrol: 174.7p · Asda (6.8 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 198.7p · Asda (6.8 km)

2 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

7 charging locations within ~8 km

• 3 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: EG Bangor (4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Sports pitches12
• Playgrounds9

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

117,393 residents in Gwynedd · 46/km²

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• 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

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

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

Claire Hughes

Labour

Bangor Aberconwy

Source: UK Parliament

Plaid Cymru majority

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

• Schools4
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies1
• Parks & greens3
• Restaurants & cafés13

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

6,715 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

1 jobs advertised · £27,612 avg

e.g. Ranger (Welsh Essential)

Source: Adzuna

£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

26% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 58,824 certificates

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics

71% low-carbon electricity

Wind 46% · Gas 27% · Nuclear 25% · Imports 3%

105 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for North Wales & Merseyside · National Grid ESO

• 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

6 GP surgeries · 6 pharmacies in LL57

• North Wales Gp Ooh Service
• Upcc At Ysbyty Gwynedd
• Bodnant Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Bangor Aberconwy:

• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks259 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases191 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills160 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth152 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately137 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide

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

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  Jerusalem Chapel, Bethesda · 0.2 km

  Jerusalem Chapel, Bethesda, Gwynedd, Wales is a Presbyterian Church of Wales chapel built in 1841–1842 and reconstructed in 1872–1875. Of colossal size, the chapel can accommodate 980 people in its horseshoe amphithea…

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  Pantdreiniog quarry · 0.3 km

  The Pantdreiniog quarry was a slate quarry within the town of Bethesda in North Wales. It was worked between about 1825 and 1923. It played a significant part in the Penrhyn Great Strike, Britain's longest industrial…

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  Bethesda, Gwynedd · 0.3 km

  Bethesda is a town and community in Gwynedd, Wales. It is on the banks of Afon Ogwen and on the edge of Snowdonia. It is about 5 miles (8 km) south-west of Bangor. It is a predominantly Welsh-speaking town.

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  Bethesda Athletic F.C. · 0.5 km

  Bethesda Athletic F.C. is a football club based in the Welsh town of Bethesda, in northwest Wales. They play in the Ardal NW League.

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  Cwm Caseg · 0.5 km

  Cwm Caseg is a broad glacial valley in Snowdonia leading west from the Carneddau towards Bethesda. It is bordered by Carnedd Llewelyn to the southeast, Yr Elen to the west, and Foel Grach to the northeast. It contains…

• Ysgol Dyffryn Ogwen · 0.5 km

  Ysgol Dyffryn Ogwen is a bilingual secondary school for pupils aged 11 to 19 years. It is situated in Bethesda in the Ogwen valley in Gwynedd, Wales. As of 2024, there were 367 pupils on roll at the school. Some of th…

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