Blaenau Ffestiniog

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• Today: 8° / 5° · 30% rain
• Tomorrow: 8° / 6° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:21Sunset 16:37

9h 17m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

32US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Wrexham, United Kingdom

60 reported · August 2026▲ 362% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences29
• Anti-social behaviour9
• Other theft7
• Shoplifting7

Neighbourhood team: Diffwys and Maenofferen · 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)

43 food businesses within 2 miles

• 39 rated 4–5 ★ (37 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Blaenau Ffestiniog (0.1 km)
• 17 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

6 charging locations within ~8 km

• 1 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: Diffwys CP Blaenau Ffestiniog (0.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Gyms1
• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches13
• Playgrounds8

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

Liz Saville Roberts

Plaid Cymru

Dwyfor Meirionnydd

Source: UK Parliament

Plaid Cymru majority

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

• Schools5
• GPs & clinics2
• Pharmacies2
• Supermarkets2
• Parks & greens10
• Restaurants & cafés13

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

6,715 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

13 jobs advertised · £73,817 avg

e.g. Site Manager, Asbestos Surveyor / Analyst, Warehouse Operative

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

78% low-carbon electricity

Wind 51% · Nuclear 27% · Gas 20% · Imports 3%

77 gCO₂/kWh · low 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

1 GP surgery · 4 pharmacies in LL41

• Health Services Centre

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Dwyfor Meirionnydd:

• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks283 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Introduce legislation to make it possible to renumerate emergency volunteers175 local signatures · 13,821 nationwide
• End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately148 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills130 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• Ban on sale of disposable BBQs128 local signatures · 22,327 nationwide

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

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  Blaenau Ffestiniog · 0.1 km

  Blaenau Ffestiniog is a town in Gwynedd, Wales. Once a slate mining centre in historic Merionethshire, it now relies heavily on tourism, drawn to the Ffestiniog Railway and Llechwedd Slate Caverns. Its population reac…

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  Blaenau Ffestiniog railway station · 0.1 km

  Blaenau Ffestiniog railway station serves the slate mining town of Blaenau Ffestiniog, Wales, and is the southern terminus of the Conwy Valley Line. Transport for Wales Rail operates services to Llandudno Junction and…

• Diphwys railway station · 0.1 km

  Diphwys railway station was on the same site as the later Great Western Railway station in the heart of Blaenau Ffestiniog in what was then Merionethshire, now Gwynedd, Wales.

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  Blaenau Ffestiniog passenger stations · 0.1 km

  North west Wales experienced a slate boom in the first half of the nineteenth century. Three sites stood out as experiencing the most explosive growth: Dinorwic near Llanberis, Penrhyn near Bethesda and Blaenau Ffesti…

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  Blaenau Ffestiniog Central railway station · 0.1 km

  On 10 September 1883, the Bala and Festiniog Railway (B&FR) and the Festiniog Railway (FR) opened what would be known as an interchange station in Blaenau Ffestiniog, Merionethshire, Wales. Merionethshire is now part…

• Ysgol y Moelwyn · 0.2 km

  Ysgol y Moelwyn is a Welsh-medium secondary school in Blaenau Ffestiniog, Gwynedd, Wales.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)