Machynlleth

9°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 9° / 5° · 38% rain
• Tomorrow: 9° / 5° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:15Sunset 16:42

9h 26m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

34US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Swansea Morriston Roadside, United Kingdom

13 reported · August 2026▼ 48% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences6
• Burglary3
• Public order2
• Criminal damage & arson1

Neighbourhood team: Machynlleth · 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)

53 food businesses within 2 miles

• 46 rated 4–5 ★ (32 top)
• 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Machynlleth (0.6 km)
• 10 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£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

7 charging locations within ~8 km

• 2 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: Bank St Car Park Machynlleth (0.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Sports pitches5
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds1

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

Liberal Democrat / Labour coalition

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

• Schools2
• Pharmacies1
• Supermarkets1
• Parks & greens1
• Restaurants & cafés12

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

9,745 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

11 jobs advertised · £30,052 avg

e.g. Catering Assistant at Cartref Dyfi, Head Chef, Trainee Driving Instructor - Machynlleth, Powys, Wales

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

45% low-carbon electricity

Gas 54% · Nuclear 21% · Wind 15% · Solar 8%

213 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for North Wales & Merseyside · 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

1 GP surgery · 1 pharmacy in SY20

• Glantwymyn Health Centre

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

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  Royal House, Machynlleth · 0.1 km

  The Royal House in Machynlleth is a 16th-century merchant’s house with extensive interior timber framing, clad in stone on the outside, with two massive chimney stacks. The building has been dated by dendrochronology,…

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  Celtica (visitor centre) · 0.1 km

  Celtica was an educational guest centre located in Machynlleth, Wales. Formed in 1995, Celtica provided domestic and foreign tourists with information on Celtic life through detailed dioramas of a round-house village,…

• Ysgol Bro Ddyfi · 0.1 km

  Ysgol Bro Ddyfi was a bilingual school, offering teaching in Welsh and English, and was based in the town of Machynlleth, Powys, Wales. It was a BAND 3 school according to the Welsh school banding table of 2013, previ…

• Ysgol Bro Hyddgen · 0.1 km

  Ysgol Bro Hyddgen is a bilingual, all-age (4-19) school situated in Machynlleth, Powys.

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  Plas Machynlleth · 0.2 km

  Plas Machynlleth, known locally as Y Plas, is a mansion situated in the market town of Machynlleth in Powys, Wales. It is the former Welsh residence of the Marquesses of Londonderry. It was brought into the Londonderr…

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  The Tabernacle, Machynlleth · 0.2 km

  The Tabernacle is a centre for the performing arts in Machynlleth, Powys, Wales. It is located in a former Wesleyan chapel, which was converted in the mid-1980s and opened as a performing arts space in 1986. Since the…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)