Tal-y-waenydd

17°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 17° / 13° · 78% rain
• Tomorrow: 16° / 13° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:44Sunset 19:38

12h 54m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

17US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Wrexham, United Kingdom

7 reported · July 2026▼ 46% YoY

• Shoplifting2
• Violence & sexual offences2
• Anti-social behaviour1
• Burglary1

Neighbourhood team: Bowydd and Rhiw · 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)

43 food businesses within 2 miles

• 37 rated 4–5 ★ (35 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Blaenau Ffestiniog (1.5 km)
• 2 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

6 charging locations within ~8 km

• 1 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: Diffwys CP Blaenau Ffestiniog (1.6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Sports pitches9
• Playgrounds3

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)

• Schools2
• GPs & clinics1
• Parks & greens2
• Restaurants & cafés7

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

6,640 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£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

48% low-carbon electricity

Gas 49% · Nuclear 23% · Solar 22% · Imports 3%

193 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

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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  Llechwedd Slate Caverns · 0.5 km

  Llechwedd is a visitor attraction near Blaenau Ffestiniog, Gwynedd, Wales. It details the history of slate quarrying in the town and specifically the Llechwedd quarry in which it is located. The main aspect of Llechwe…

• Blaenau Ffestiniog (Pantyrafon) railway station · 0.5 km

  Blaenau Ffestiniog (Pantyrafon) was the London and North Western Railway's (LNWR) first passenger station in Blaenau Ffestiniog, then in Merionethshire, now in Gwynedd, Wales. It opened on 22 July 1879 as a temporary…

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  Oakeley quarry · 0.6 km

  Oakeley quarry is a slate quarry in the town of Blaenau Ffestiniog, north Wales. It was the largest underground slate mine in the world, and had 26 floors spanning a vertical height of nearly 1,500 feet (460 m).

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  Llechwedd quarry · 0.9 km

  Llechwedd quarry is a major slate quarry in the town of Blaenau Ffestiniog, north Wales. At its peak in 1884 it produced 23,788 tons of finished slate per year and had 513 employees. It continues to produce slate on a…

• Dinas railway station (Festiniog Railway) · 1.0 km

  Dinas station was built by the Festiniog Railway (FR). It was the first passenger station in Blaenau Ffestiniog, then in Merionethshire, now in Gwynedd, Wales. This station is not to be confused with Dinas some miles…

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  Blaenau Ffestiniog North railway station · 1.4 km

  Blaenau Ffestiniog North was the London and North Western Railway's (LNWR's) second passenger station in Blaenau Ffestiniog, then in Merionethshire, now in Gwynedd, Wales.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)