Harlech

16°CMist

• Today: 18° / 14° · 82% rain
• Tomorrow: 17° / 14° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:45Sunset 19:39

12h 54m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

19US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Wrexham, United Kingdom

13 reported · July 2026▼ 32% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour6
• Violence & sexual offences5
• Other theft2

Neighbourhood team: Harlech · 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)

29 food businesses within 2 miles

• 23 rated 4–5 ★ (22 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Harlech (0.3 km)
• 7 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

• Cheapest petrol: 169.9p · Shell (7.4 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 193.9p · Shell (7.4 km)

1 station within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

7 charging locations within ~8 km

• Fastest nearby: 7 kW
• Nearest: Portmeirion (6.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools3
• Sports pitches5
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds4

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)

• Schools2
• Pharmacies1
• Parks & greens77
• Restaurants & cafés11

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

6,640 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

19 jobs advertised · £29,700 avg

e.g. Delivery Opportunities Near Me? - Deliver with Uber Eats, MRO Crew Chief (Llanbedr Airfield), Trainee Driving Instructor - Harlech, Gwynedd, Wales

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

51% low-carbon electricity

Gas 43% · Nuclear 32% · Solar 14% · Imports 6%

172 gCO₂/kWh · high 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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  Harlech Castle · 0.1 km

  Harlech Castle in Harlech, Gwynedd, Wales, is a Grade I listed medieval fortification built onto a rocky knoll close to the Irish Sea. It was built by Edward I during his invasion of Wales between 1282 and 1289 at the…

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  Harlech railway station · 0.3 km

  Harlech railway station is located at a level crossing on the A496 in the centre of the town of Harlech in Gwynedd, North Wales. The waiting shelters were installed to cater for the high numbers of schoolchildren comm…

• Ysgol Ardudwy · 0.3 km

  Ysgol Ardudwy is a bilingual secondary school for 11–16 year olds at Harlech, Gwynedd, Wales. It serves the seaside communities of Penrhyndeudraeth, Harlech, Abermaw (Barmouth) and nearby villages. It had 323 pupils o…

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  Harlech · 0.4 km

  Harlech is a seaside resort and community in Gwynedd, North Wales, and formerly in the historic county of Merionethshire. It lies on Tremadog Bay in the Snowdonia National Park. Before 1966, it belonged to the Meirion…

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  Harlech Tramway · 0.4 km

  The Harlech Tramway was a horse drawn railway that ran from near the Cambrian Railways' Harlech station 600 yards (550 m) west to the beach from approx 1878 to 1886.

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  Coleg Harlech · 0.4 km

  Coleg Harlech was a residential adult education college for mature students in Harlech, Gwynedd, later on part of Adult Learning Wales - Addysg Oedolion Cymru.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)