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Menai Bridge

Menai Bridge is a town in Gwynedd, Wales, with a population of around 3,376. It has around 1 park and green, 15 bus stops, and the nearest railway station is Bangor, 2.4 km away. The average sold house price is around £253,625, and there were around 25 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 Menai Bridge area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Isle of Anglesey area is among the least deprived areas in Wales (WIMD 2019). The wider council area has around 68,878 residents at roughly 97 people per km².

Council
Isle of Anglesey
County
Gwynedd
Constituency
Ynys Môn
Police force
North Wales

Weather

7°CPartly Cloudy

  • Today: 11° / 5° · 16% rain
  • Tomorrow: 11° / 6° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:17Sunset 16:43

9h 26m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

30US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Wirral Tranmere, United Kingdom

Crime

20 reported · August 2026▲ 25% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences10
  • Anti-social behaviour4
  • Other theft2
  • Public order2

2 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Tysilio · North Wales

Local policing priorities

  • Anti-Social Behaviour: Anglesey
  • Enforcement Action – Ketamine

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

Road safety

33 reported road collisions (2025)

17 killed or seriously injured · 41 casualties · 4.8 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

236 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 203 rated 4–5 ★ (192 top)
  • 8 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Bangor (2.4 km)
  • 15 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Bangor (Gwynedd) (2.4 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£236,308 average▼ 0.4% YoY

Across Isle of Anglesey · to 2026-08

Detached£324,232
Semi-detached£208,964
Terraced£165,712
Flat£140,634

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£714 average monthly rent▲ 5.2% YoY

  • 1 bed £550
  • 2 bed £693
  • 3 bed £798

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

Affordability

6.1× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 6.1 times median annual pay (5.8× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 166.7p · Asda (9.8 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 193.7p · Asda (9.8 km)

3 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

20 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 5 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 250 kW
  • Nearest: Wood Street Car Park, Menai Bridge (0.6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres1
  • Gyms2
  • Swimming pools1
  • Sports pitches17
  • Golf courses2
  • Playgrounds2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

68,878 residents in Isle of Anglesey · 97/km²

  • Under 16: 17%
  • 16–64: 57%
  • 65+: 26%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Internal migration

  • Moves in from elsewhere in the UK2,331
  • Moves out to elsewhere in the UK2,079
  • Net moves+252

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

Deprivation

Among the least deprived areas in Wales

2% of neighbourhoods are in Wales’s most deprived 10%; 14% in the most deprived 20%

Source: Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2019

Council tax

Property band mix

Most homes here are Band D (20% of 36,060)

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27 · £ figures England only

Your MP

Llinos Medi

Plaid Cymru

Ynys Môn

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

  • Schools2
  • GPs & clinics2
  • Pharmacies1
  • Supermarkets1
  • Parks & greens20
  • Restaurants & cafés21

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

3,285 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Jobs

10 jobs advertised · £29,911 avg

e.g. Female Home Carer / Personal Assistant, Staff Nurse Nursing Home, Sous Chef

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£693 median full-time weekly pay

3.5% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£21,938 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

Energy efficiency

31% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 41,257 certificates

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics

Grid electricity

56% low-carbon electricity

Gas 41% · Wind 29% · Nuclear 27% · Imports 3%

162 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for North Wales & Merseyside · National Grid ESO

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.5
  • Feeling worthwhile7.9
  • Happiness yesterday7.4
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.5

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

Health services

0 GP surgeries · 1 pharmacy in LL59

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Ynys Môn:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Ysgol David Hughes · 0.4 km

    Ysgol David Hughes is a bilingual secondary school on Anglesey, Wales. The school building was completed and opened in Menai Bridge in 1963 by Anglesey County Council which, ten years earlier, had become the first edu…

  • Hawthorn House, Menai Bridge · 0.7 km

    Hawthorn House is a Grade II listed building located on the main street in the town of Menai Bridge, on the Isle of Anglesey.

  • Church Island (Anglesey) · 0.7 km

    Church Island, also known as Llandysilio Island, is a small island in the Menai Strait on the shores of Anglesey to which it is attached by a short causeway that is reachable only on foot. The dominant feature of the…

  • Menai Bridge · 0.7 km

    Menai Bridge is a town and community on the Isle of Anglesey in north-west Wales. It overlooks the Menai Strait and lies by the Menai Suspension Bridge, built in 1826 by Thomas Telford, just over the water from Bangor…

  • St Mary's Church, Menai Bridge · 0.7 km

    St Mary's Church is a Grade II listed church in Menai Bridge, Anglesey serving the parish of Bro Tysilio, in the Diocese of St Davids of the Church in Wales.

  • St Tysilio's Church, Menai Bridge · 0.7 km

    St Tysilio's Church is a medieval church in the village of Menai Bridge, Anglesey, Wales. The current building dates from the early 15th century and underwent renovations in the 19th century. It was designated as a Gr…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Menai Bridge?
Menai Bridge is a town in Gwynedd, Wales, in the Isle of Anglesey local authority.
What is the population of Menai Bridge?
Menai Bridge has an approximate settlement population of 3,376.
How deprived is Menai Bridge?
The Isle of Anglesey local authority, which includes Menai Bridge, is among the least deprived areas in Wales on the WIMD 2019.