Newtown (Powys)

7°COvercast

• Today: 9° / 2° · 31% rain
• Tomorrow: 8° / 3° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:17Sunset 16:36

9h 20m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

37US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Wrexham, United Kingdom

124 reported · August 2026▼ 7% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences53
• Criminal damage & arson18
• Anti-social behaviour13
• Public order10

Neighbourhood team: Newtown - South · 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)

141 food businesses within 2 miles

• 113 rated 4–5 ★ (82 top)
• 4 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Newtown (1.5 km)
• 6 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

• Cheapest petrol: 155.9p · BP (2.1 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · BP (2.1 km)

1 station within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

5 charging locations within ~8 km

• 2 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: Back Lane Car Park Newtown (1.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Sports pitches15
• Playgrounds11

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)

• Schools6
• Pharmacies1
• Supermarkets2
• Parks & greens13
• Restaurants & cafés22

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

9,745 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

110 jobs advertised · £36,168 avg

e.g. Deputy Manager, Mechanical Design Engineer (Great Training), Bank Cook at Plas Cae Crwn

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

78% low-carbon electricity

Wind 50% · Nuclear 28% · Gas 18% · Imports 3%

72 gCO₂/kWh · low 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

5 GP surgeries · 3 pharmacies in SY16

• Continence Service
• Continence Service
• Continence Service

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

• Newtown Central · 0.3 km

  Newtown Central was the name of a county electoral ward in the town of Newtown, Powys, Wales. It remains as a community ward to Newtown and Llanllwchaiarn Town Council.

• Newtown High School, Powys · 0.8 km

  Newtown High School is a secondary comprehensive school for boys and girls. The school is based on two campuses in the towns of Newtown and Presteigne in Powys. It caters for pupils aged 11 – 18 years.

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  Latham Park · 0.8 km

  Latham Park is a multi-purpose stadium in Newtown, Wales. It is currently used for football matches and is the home ground of Newtown A.F.C. The stadium holds 5,000 people and is named after Wales international footba…

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  Newtown, Powys · 1.4 km

  Newtown is a town in Powys, Wales. It lies on the River Severn in the community of Newtown and Llanllwchaiarn, within the historic boundaries of Montgomeryshire. It was designated a new town in 1967 and saw population…

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  Newtown railway station (Wales) · 1.5 km

  Newtown railway station is a railway station serving Newtown, Powys, Wales. It is on the Cambrian Line, between Shrewsbury and Caersws, 33 miles 70 chains (54.5 km) from Whitchurch. Transport for Wales Rail manage the…

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  Back Lane drill hall, Newtown · 1.5 km

  The Back Lane drill hall is a former military installation in Newtown, Wales.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)