Brecon

7°COvercast

• Today: 9° / 5° · 57% rain
• Tomorrow: 8° / 4° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:13Sunset 16:40

9h 27m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

23US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Rhondda Glyncoch Garth Avenue, United Kingdom

74 reported · August 2026▼ 30% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences34
• Anti-social behaviour13
• Criminal damage & arson7
• Burglary4

Neighbourhood team: St. Mary · Dyfed Powys

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

322 reported road collisions (2025)

153 killed or seriously injured · 440 casualties · 24.2 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

150 food businesses within 2 miles

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

Source: Food Standards Agency

• 14 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap

£237,042 average▲ 1.4% YoY

Across Powys · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£621 average monthly rent▲ 9.1% YoY

• 1 bed £462
• 2 bed £578
• 3 bed £700

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

7.9× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 7.9 times median annual pay (6.7× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

10 charging locations within ~8 km

• 1 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: The Grange Guest House (0.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Gyms1
• Swimming pools2
• Sports pitches39
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds7

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

133,170 residents in Powys · 26/km²

• Under 16: 15%
• 16–64: 57%
• 65+: 28%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK5,733
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK4,878
• Net moves+855

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

Among the least deprived areas in Wales

1% of neighbourhoods are in Wales’s most deprived 10%; 6% in the most deprived 20%

Source: Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2019

Property band mix

Most homes here are Band C (20% of 66,730)

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

David Chadwick

Liberal Democrat

Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat / Labour coalition

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

• Schools8
• Pharmacies2
• Supermarkets4
• Parks & greens13
• Restaurants & cafés26

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

9,745 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

58 jobs advertised · £34,257 avg

e.g. Trainee Driving Instructor - Brecon, Powys, Wales, Supply Teachers – Primary, Secondary & SEN Schools, Powys, Field Service Mechanical Engineer

Source: Adzuna

£705 median full-time weekly pay

2.7% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£23,047 disposable income per head (2024)

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

32% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 64,719 certificates

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics

16% low-carbon electricity

Gas 85% · Wind 16%

333 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for South Wales · National Grid ESO

• Life satisfaction7.4
• Feeling worthwhile7.8
• Happiness yesterday7.5
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.0

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

8 GP surgeries · 3 pharmacies in LD3

• Brecon Medical Centre
• Lhb Headquarters
• Brecon Clinic

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe:

• Review the law on unfit to plead & reform it to protect victims & public safety1,000 local signatures · 12,590 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks442 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Provide lifelong vet care and financial support for retired service animals177 local signatures · 55,079 nationwide
• End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately166 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills140 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide

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

• 
  Y Gaer (cultural hub) · 0.0 km

  Y Gaer is a municipal structure in Glamorgan Street, Brecon, Powys, Wales. The complex, which includes a museum, an art gallery and a library and incorporates a structure which was once the shire hall for Brecknockshi…

• 
  Plough Lane Chapel, Brecon · 0.1 km

  Plough Lane Chapel or Plough United Reformed Church is a historic building in Brecon, Wales. The chapel's foundation dates to the 17th century and the structure was rebuilt in 1841, then again in 1892. Cadw, the histo…

• 
  St Mary's Church, Brecon · 0.2 km

  St Mary's Church is a parish church in Brecon, Powys, Mid Wales. It is a Grade II* listed building in Powys. The structure was originally a chapel of ease for the priory. The 90 feet (27 m) West Tower dates to 1510 an…

• 
  Afon Cynrig · 0.2 km

  The Afon Cynrig is a river in Powys, Wales whose headwaters rise in the central Brecon Beacons and flow northwards to join the River Usk at Abercynrig just east of Brecon.

• Brecknock Rural District · 0.2 km

  Brecknock was a rural district in the administrative county of Breconshire, Wales, from 1894 - 1974. The district surrounded, but did not include, the town of Brecon, which was a separate municipal borough.

• 
  Borough of Brecknock · 0.2 km

  The Borough of Brecknock was one of the three local government districts of the county of Powys, Wales from 1974 until 1996. It covered the majority of the former administrative county of Brecknockshire. The borough w…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)