Rachub

8°CPartly Cloudy

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

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:16Sunset 16:43

9h 27m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

41US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Wirral Tranmere, United Kingdom

54 reported · August 2026▲ 54% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences31
• Anti-social behaviour7
• Criminal damage & arson7
• Shoplifting3

2 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Gerlan · 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)

54 food businesses within 2 miles

• 51 rated 4–5 ★ (46 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Bangor (6.0 km)
• 6 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

• Cheapest petrol: 174.7p · Asda (5.9 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 198.7p · Asda (5.9 km)

2 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

10 charging locations within ~8 km

• 4 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: EG Bangor (3.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Sports pitches11
• Playgrounds8

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

Claire Hughes

Labour

Bangor Aberconwy

Source: UK Parliament

Plaid Cymru majority

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

• Schools4
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies1
• Parks & greens2
• Restaurants & cafés10

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

6,715 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£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

54% low-carbon electricity

Gas 44% · Nuclear 26% · Wind 26% · Imports 3%

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

6 GP surgeries · 6 pharmacies in LL57

• North Wales Gp Ooh Service
• Upcc At Ysbyty Gwynedd
• Bodnant Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Bangor Aberconwy:

• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks259 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases191 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills160 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth152 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately137 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide

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

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  Rachub · 0.1 km

  Rachub is a village of about 900 people in Dyffryn Ogwen, Gwynedd, Wales, about three-quarters of a mile (1.2 km) north of the town of Bethesda. It forms part of the Llanllechid community, which had a population of 88…

• Ysgol Dyffryn Ogwen · 0.8 km

  Ysgol Dyffryn Ogwen is a bilingual secondary school for pupils aged 11 to 19 years. It is situated in Bethesda in the Ogwen valley in Gwynedd, Wales. As of 2024, there were 367 pupils on roll at the school. Some of th…

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  Pantdreiniog quarry · 0.9 km

  The Pantdreiniog quarry was a slate quarry within the town of Bethesda in North Wales. It was worked between about 1825 and 1923. It played a significant part in the Penrhyn Great Strike, Britain's longest industrial…

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  Llanllechid · 1.0 km

  Llanllechid is a village and community in Gwynedd, Wales. The village is near Bethesda, and the community had a population of 889 at the 2011 UK census and an area of 46 square kilometres (18 sq mi). The community als…

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  Ogwen (electoral ward) · 1.0 km

  Ogwen is an electoral ward covering part of the village and community of Bethesda in Gwynedd, Wales. It elects councillors to the community council and Gwynedd Council.

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  Bethesda railway station · 1.3 km

  Bethesda railway station was a station in Bethesda, Gwynedd, Wales.

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