Welshpool

14°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 16° / 7° · 40% rain
• Tomorrow: 18° / 8° · Mist

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:36Sunset 19:42

13h 5m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

22US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Wrexham, United Kingdom

64 reported · July 2026▼ 26% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences27
• Public order8
• Criminal damage & arson7
• Shoplifting7

Neighbourhood team: Welshpool - Gungrog · Dyfed Powys

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

329 reported road collisions (2024)

133 killed or seriously injured · 458 casualties · 24.7 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

106 food businesses within 2 miles

• 87 rated 4–5 ★ (66 top)
• 4 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Welshpool (0.5 km)
• 17 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£231,004 average▲ 2.9% YoY

Across Powys · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£622 average monthly rent▲ 9.7% YoY

• 1 bed £462
• 2 bed £579
• 3 bed £701

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

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: 157.9p · Shell (1.9 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 145.8p · AppleGreen (0.6 km)

2 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

6 charging locations within ~8 km

• 2 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 75 kW
• Nearest: Church Street CP Welshpool (0.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres4
• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches19
• Playgrounds8

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)

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)

• Schools5
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies3
• Supermarkets3
• Parks & greens13
• Restaurants & cafés24

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

9,730 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

139 jobs advertised · £34,548 avg

e.g. Delivery Opportunities Near Me? - Deliver with Uber Eats, Market Research Field Interviewer Paid per Shift Car Required, Customer Service Advisor

Source: Adzuna

£705 median full-time weekly pay

2.6% 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

94% low-carbon electricity

Wind 81% · Nuclear 10% · Gas 5% · Solar 2%

19 gCO₂/kWh · very 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

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  Welshpool · 0.0 km

  Welshpool is a market town and community in Powys, Wales, historically in the county of Montgomeryshire. The town is four miles from the Wales–England border and low-lying on the River Severn. The community, which als…

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  Welshpool Town Hall · 0.1 km

  Welshpool Town Hall is a municipal building in Broad Street, Welshpool, Powys, Wales. The structure, which is the meeting place of Welshpool Town Council, is a Grade II listed building.

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  St Mary's Church, Welshpool · 0.2 km

  St Mary's Church, Welshpool, in the Diocese of St Asaph, is the Anglican parish church of Welshpool, Powys, Wales. The church is a Grade I listed building.

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  Neuadd Maldwyn · 0.4 km

  Neaudd Maldwyn, formerly the Montgomeryshire County Offices, is a former municipal building in Severn Street, Welshpool, Powys, Wales. The structure, which was the headquarters of Montgomeryshire County Council, is a…

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  Victoria Memorial Hospital · 0.4 km

  The Victoria Memorial Hospital is a health facility in Salop Road, Welshpool, Powys, Wales. It is managed by the Powys Teaching Health Board.

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  Christ Church, Welshpool · 0.4 km

  Christ Church, Welshpool was commissioned by the Earl of Powis to commemorate his son, Edward James, the Viscount Clive, having come of age. It was designed by Thomas Penson and completed 1839–44. The church is charac…

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