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Bryncrug

Bryncrug is a town or village in Gwynedd, Wales, with one bus stop and the nearest railway station being Tynllwyn Hen, 0.9 km away. There were around 3 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 Bryncrug 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

8°CClear

  • Today: 11° / 3° · 12% rain
  • Tomorrow: 11° / 6° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:14Sunset 16:44

9h 30m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

34US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Swansea Morriston Roadside, United Kingdom

Crime

No street-level crime recorded here.

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

10 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 9 rated 4–5 ★ (9 top)
  • 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Tynllwyn Hen (1.3 km)
  • 1 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Tywyn (3.7 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

5 charging locations within ~8 km

  • Fastest nearby: 22 kW
  • Nearest: Cynfal Farm Cottages (1.5 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports pitches1
  • Playgrounds3

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

  • Parks & greens1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

6,715 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Jobs

2 jobs advertised · £27,352 avg

e.g. Clerical officer, Clinical Nurse Manager

Source: Adzuna

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

48% low-carbon electricity

Gas 49% · Nuclear 24% · Wind 24% · Imports 2%

195 gCO₂/kWh · high 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

1 GP surgery · 1 pharmacy in LL36

  • Tywyn Health

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

  • Bryncrug · 0.2 km

    Bryncrug, sometimes spelt Bryn-crug, is a village and community in Gwynedd, Wales. Afon Fathew flows through the village and into the River Dysynni. The village is situated to the north east of the town of Tywyn, at t…

  • Afon Fathew · 1.1 km

    The Afon Fathew is a river in Gwynedd, north-west Wales. The river is downstream from the Dolgoch Falls which is a popular nature site, and is followed for much of its course by the Talyllyn Railway.

  • Rhydyronen railway station · 1.3 km

    Rhydyronen railway station is a request stop on the Talyllyn Railway, near Tywyn, Gwynedd in mid-Wales. It was built in 1867 to serve local farms, and the village of Bryn-crug.

  • Ynysymaengwyn · 1.4 km

    Ynysymaengwyn was a gentry house in the parish of Tywyn, Gwynedd, situated near the left bank of the River Dysynni. The name means 'the white stone island'.

  • Brynglas railway station · 2.0 km

    Brynglas railway station is a request stop on the Talyllyn Railway, serving the hamlet of Pandy near Bryn-crug, in Gwynedd, Mid-Wales. It is 3.17 miles (5.10 km) from Tywyn Wharf. A station building and platform are p…

  • Llanegryn · 2.2 km

    Llanegryn is a village and a community in Gwynedd, North West Wales. It was formerly part of the historic county of Merionethshire. It is located within Snowdonia national park, south of the mountain range of the same…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

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