Fairbourne

17°CLight rain shower

• Today: 17° / 15° · 87% rain
• Tomorrow: 17° / 15° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:45Sunset 19:38

12h 53m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

9US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Swansea Morriston Roadside, United Kingdom

6 reported · July 2026▲ 500% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour2
• Violence & sexual offences2
• Other theft1
• Public order1

1 stop & searches · mostly offensive weapons

Neighbourhood team: Llangelynin · North Wales

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

86 reported road collisions (2024)

44 killed or seriously injured · 142 casualties · 7.3 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

72 food businesses within 2 miles

• 65 rated 4–5 ★ (56 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Beach Halt (0.2 km)
• 1 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£206,665 average▲ 5.7% YoY

Across Gwynedd · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£722 average monthly rent▲ 7.3% YoY

• 1 bed £558
• 2 bed £674
• 3 bed £802

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

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

• Sports pitches2
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds2

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)

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)

• Schools1
• Parks & greens8
• Restaurants & cafés5

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

6,640 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

2 jobs advertised · £36,634 avg

e.g. Support Worker, Sous Chef

Source: Adzuna

£669 median full-time weekly pay

2.8% 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

54% low-carbon electricity

Gas 43% · Wind 31% · Nuclear 23% · Imports 3%

168 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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Dwyfor Meirionnydd:

• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership284 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office279 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership276 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s271 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Expand statutory SEN allowance entitlement to Teaching Assistants in SEN schools188 local signatures · 17,598 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

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  Fairbourne · 0.1 km

  Fairbourne is a seaside village in Gwynedd, Wales. Located on the coast of Barmouth Bay in Arthog community, to the south of the estuary of the River Mawddach, it is surrounded by Snowdonia National Park. It is in an…

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  Fairbourne Railway · 0.3 km

  The Fairbourne Railway is a 12+1⁄4 in gauge miniature railway running for 2 miles (3.2 km) from the village of Fairbourne on the Mid-Wales coast, alongside the beach to the end of a peninsula at Barmouth Ferry railway…

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  Fairbourne railway station · 0.3 km

  Fairbourne railway station serves the village of Fairbourne in Gwynedd, Wales. It is an unstaffed station on the Cambrian Coast Railway with passenger services to Barmouth, Harlech, Porthmadog, Pwllheli, Tywyn, Aberdo…

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  Golf Halt railway station · 0.6 km

  Golf Halt is a small railway halt on the Fairbourne Railway in Gwynedd, North Wales.

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  Friog · 0.8 km

  Friog is a small village in North Wales, near Fairbourne.

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  Fairbourne Spit · 1.5 km

  Fairbourne Spit is a long spit of sand and shingle at the mouth of the River Mawddach where it reaches Cardigan Bay, on the west coast of Wales. The gravel probably originates from Llwyngwril to the south and from sea…

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