Harlech

8°CPartly Cloudy

• Today: 9° / 8° · 18% rain
• Tomorrow: 9° / 6° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:21Sunset 16:38

9h 17m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

37US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Wrexham, United Kingdom

10 reported · August 2026▲ 11% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour5
• Violence & sexual offences4
• Public order1

Neighbourhood team: Harlech · 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)

29 food businesses within 2 miles

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

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Harlech (0.3 km)
• 7 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

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)

• 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)

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

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

6,715 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

3 jobs advertised · £23,789 avg

e.g. Support Worker, AVON Representatives wanted in Harlech, Gwynedd, Wales – start today, Trainee Driving Instructor - Harlech, Gwynedd, Wales

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

79% low-carbon electricity

Wind 54% · Nuclear 25% · Gas 18% · Imports 3%

72 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

0 GP surgeries · 1 pharmacy in LL46

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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  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, Mid Wales, later a part of Adult Learning Wales - Addysg Oedolion Cymru.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)