Morfa Bychan

15°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 16° / 10° · 86% rain
• Tomorrow: 14° / 10° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:40Sunset 19:46

13h 6m 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

7 reported · July 2026▼ 36% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour5
• Criminal damage & arson1
• Public order1

Neighbourhood team: Porthmadog West · 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)

108 food businesses within 2 miles

• 90 rated 4–5 ★ (80 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Porthmadog Harbour (2.6 km)
• 0 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 (2.6 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Shell (2.6 km)

1 station within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

9 charging locations within ~8 km

• 1 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: Tudor Lodge (2.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches1
• 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 & greens3
• Restaurants & cafés2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

6,640 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

13 jobs advertised · £26,436 avg

e.g. NPLQ Lifeguard, Online Accounting Tutor - Part Time, Online Personal trainers Tutoring Job in Morfa Bychan – Flexible Schedule

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

93% low-carbon electricity

Wind 80% · Nuclear 11% · Gas 5% · Imports 3%

19 gCO₂/kWh · very 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

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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  Morfa Bychan · 0.1 km

  Morfa Bychan is a village located in Gwynedd, North Wales, with a population of over 500, with an almost equal number of people born in England or Wales.

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  Moel y Gest · 1.5 km

  Moel y Gest is a 263 m (863 ft) hill to the west of Porthmadog in North Wales. It is a very rocky hill with high topographic prominence because of the lower land that surrounds it on all sides, and qualifies as a Mari…

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  Porthmadog · 2.5 km

  Porthmadog, originally Portmadoc until 1972 and known locally as Port, is a coastal town and community in the Eifionydd area of Gwynedd, Wales, and the historic county Caernarfonshire. It lies 5 miles (8 km) east of C…

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  St Cynhaearn's Church, Ynyscynhaearn · 2.5 km

  St Cynhaearn's Church is a redundant church standing in an isolated position on Ynyscynhaearn, a former island in Llyn (Lake) Ystumllyn, 900 metres (980 yd) south of the village of Pentrefelin, near Criccieth in Gwyne…

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  Porthmadog Harbour railway station · 2.6 km

  Porthmadog Harbour railway station in Porthmadog, Gwynedd, North Wales, is the passenger terminus of two narrow gauge railways: the Ffestiniog Railway, which was opened in 1836 to carry dressed slate from the Quarries…

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  Ffestiniog Railway · 2.6 km

  The Ffestiniog Railway is a heritage railway based on 1 ft 11+1⁄2 in narrow-gauge, in Gwynedd, Wales. It is a major tourist attraction located mainly within the Snowdonia National Park.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)