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Pwllheli

Pwllheli is a town in Gwynedd, Wales, with a population of around 4,076. It has around 2 GP surgeries, 1 pharmacy, and around 17 restaurants and cafés, along with 15 bus stops and the nearest railway station at Pwllheli, 0.6 km away. The average sold house price is around £293,893, and there were around 37 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 Pwllheli area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Gwynedd area is less deprived than the average in Wales (WIMD 2019). The wider council area has around 117,393 residents at roughly 46 people per km².

Council
Gwynedd
County
Gwynedd
Constituency
Dwyfor Meirionnydd
Police force
North Wales

Weather

12°CCloudy

  • Today: 12° / 10° · 18% rain
  • Tomorrow: 12° / 9° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:15Sunset 16:47

9h 32m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

53US AQI · Moderate

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Narberth, United Kingdom

Crime

39 reported · August 2026▼ 9% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences27
  • Other theft5
  • Anti-social behaviour2
  • Shoplifting2

1 stop & searches · mostly evidence of offences under the act

Neighbourhood team: Pwllheli North · North Wales

Local policing priorities

  • Anti-social Behaviour

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

Road safety

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)

Food hygiene

69 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 60 rated 4–5 ★ (58 top)
  • 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Pwllheli (0.2 km)
  • 17 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Pwllheli (0.3 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£203,555 average▲ 4.1% YoY

Across Gwynedd · to 2026-08

Detached£314,179
Semi-detached£209,372
Terraced£161,097
Flat£114,576

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£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

Affordability

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

EV charging

6 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 1 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 150 kW
  • Nearest: Ffordd Caerdydd (0.6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres2
  • Sports pitches12
  • Golf courses1
  • Playgrounds3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

117,393 residents in Gwynedd · 46/km²

  • Under 16: 17%
  • 16–64: 60%
  • 65+: 23%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Internal migration

  • 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

Deprivation

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

Council tax

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

Your MP

Liz Saville Roberts

Plaid Cymru

Dwyfor Meirionnydd

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
  • Pharmacies2
  • Supermarkets4
  • Restaurants & cafés25

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

6,715 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Jobs

16 jobs advertised · £25,697 avg

e.g. Siting Team Member, Production Operative, SIA Security

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£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

Energy efficiency

26% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 58,824 certificates

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics

Grid electricity

66% low-carbon electricity

Wind 37% · Gas 31% · Nuclear 27% · Imports 3%

121 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for North Wales & Merseyside · National Grid ESO

Wellbeing

  • 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

Health services

4 GP surgeries · 5 pharmacies in LL53

  • The Pharmacy
  • Treflan
  • Meddygfa Rhydbach

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Dwyfor Meirionnydd:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Old Town Hall, Pwllheli · 0.2 km

    The Old Town Hall is a municipal building located on Penlan Street in Pwllheli in Gwynedd in Wales. The structure, which accommodates offices and meeting place of Pwllheli Town Council, is a Grade II listed building.

  • Neuadd Dwyfor · 0.2 km

    Pwllheli Town Hall is a municipal building in Penlan Street, Pwllheli, Gwynedd, Wales. The structure, which now operates as an arts centre, is a Grade II listed building.

  • Capel Salem, Pwllheli · 0.2 km

    Capel Salem is a Grade II listed former chapel in Pwllheli, Gwynedd, Wales. It was originally built in 1862 for the Presbyterian Church of Wales, to the designs of the architect Thomas Thomas of Landore. In 1893 it wa…

  • Pwllheli railway station · 0.3 km

    Pwllheli railway station serves the small coastal town of Pwllheli, on the Llŷn Peninsula in Gwynedd, Wales. It is the northern terminus of the Cambrian Coast Railway.

  • Pwllheli · 0.4 km

    Pwllheli is a market town and community on the Llŷn Peninsula, in Gwynedd, north-west Wales. It had a population of 4,076 in 2011, which declined slightly to 3,947 in 2021; a large proportion (81%) were Welsh speaking…

  • Afon Erch · 0.5 km

    The Afon Erch is a short river on the Llŷn peninsula, Gwynedd, Wales. It arises near the village of Llanaelhaearn, flowing south and southwest towards the hamlet of Llwyndyrys where it turns abruptly eastwards and cur…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Pwllheli?
Pwllheli is a town in Gwynedd, Wales, in the Gwynedd local authority.
What is the population of Pwllheli?
Pwllheli has an approximate settlement population of 4,076.
How deprived is Pwllheli?
The Gwynedd local authority, which includes Pwllheli, is less deprived than the average in Wales on the WIMD 2019.