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• Today: 17° / 13° · 86% rain
• Tomorrow: 19° / 15° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:45Sunset 19:40

12h 55m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

46US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Swansea Morriston Roadside, United Kingdom

2 reported · July 2026▼ 60% YoY

• Vehicle crime1
• Violence & sexual offences1

Neighbourhood team: Pen-clawdd · South Wales

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

138 reported road collisions (2024)

19 killed or seriously injured · 172 casualties · 5.8 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

34 food businesses within 2 miles

• 28 rated 4–5 ★ (24 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Bynea (4.6 km)
• 9 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£206,059 average▲ 0.2% YoY

Across Swansea · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£848 average monthly rent▲ 6% YoY

• 1 bed £684
• 2 bed £793
• 3 bed £893

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

5.4× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 5.4 times median annual pay (5.2× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 154.9p · Esso (9.7 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 184.7p · Asda (7.5 km)

10 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

20 charging locations within ~8 km

• 5 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 60 kW
• Nearest: Lidl-Machynys Link Road (3.9 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches9
• Playgrounds3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

238,489 residents in Swansea · 632/km²

• Under 16: 17%
• 16–64: 62%
• 65+: 20%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Around the average in Wales

11% of neighbourhoods are in Wales’s most deprived 10%; 23% in the most deprived 20%

Source: Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2019

Property band mix

Most homes here are Band B (25% of 115,650)

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

Tonia Antoniazzi

Labour

Gower

Source: UK Parliament

Labour majority

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

• Schools1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

8,405 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£719 median full-time weekly pay

3.4% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£20,255 disposable income per head (2024)

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

40% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 111,325 certificates

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics

9% low-carbon electricity

Gas 92% · Wind 8% · Nuclear 1%

361 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for South Wales · National Grid ESO

• Life satisfaction7.5
• Feeling worthwhile7.6
• Happiness yesterday7.3
• 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 Gower:

• Do not ban social media for under 16s383 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership380 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office346 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases261 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test238 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

• Llanmorlais railway station · 0.8 km

  Llanmorlais railway station served the village of Llanmorlais, in the historical county of West Glamorgan, Wales, from 1884 to 1957 on the Llanmorlais Branch.

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  Pen-clawdd (electoral ward) · 1.2 km

  Pen-clawdd is an electoral ward in the City and County of Swansea, Wales, UK. It is named after the village of Penclawdd, which falls within the ward.

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  Llanrhidian Higher · 1.4 km

  Llanrhidian Higher is a community in Swansea, Wales. The community has its own elected community council.

• Wernffrwd · 1.6 km

  Wernffrwd (Gwernffrwd) is a village in the south of Wales. It is located approximately 8.5 miles (13.7 km) from Swansea, and is within the Community of Llanrhidian Higher.

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  Lordship of Gower · 1.8 km

  Gower was an ancient marcher lordship of Deheubarth in South Wales.

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  Gower (UK Parliament constituency) · 1.8 km

  Gower is a constituency created in 1885 and represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament by one Member of Parliament (MP). Tonia Antoniazzi of the Labour Party became its MP after winning it from Conservat…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)