Ffordd Ffynnon
Suburb · 38 residents
43Fair
Fair · among the lowest-scoring suburbs
Check Local Score out of 100 · 60 is typical for the country
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- Flood risk: 14% of the area is in the highest flood zone, so check the street
- Radon: part of the area is in an affected zone, and a home test is cheap
- Health scores 31, below the typical 60
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Everyday life
The area
Around Ffordd Ffynnon
Map outline: Approximate — no official boundary exists for this neighbourhood
Is Ffordd Ffynnon a good place to live?
Ffordd Ffynnon scores 43/100 overall, which the scorecard rates as fair — 60 is typical for the country.
No topic reaches "very good" (70+); its best is infrastructure (62).
It scores lowest on health (31).
Scores come from official data on safety, schools, transport, prices, health, food & drink and the local environment, for Ffordd Ffynnon in Wales, each measured against the national average.
Summary of Ffordd Ffynnon
Ffordd Ffynnon reads as low-density, house-proud Wales rather than town-centre Wales — detached and semi-detached homes on quiet roads, the sort of place where gardens matter more than pavements. The population sits under a thousand, spread thinly enough that it never feels packed in, and the age profile leans older than the Welsh average, which tells you as much about the pace of the place as any grade could.
Housing here is a story of solid, unshowy ownership: detached houses dominate the sales record, freehold is the overwhelming norm over leasehold, and there's been no new-build activity to speak of — this is an established street, not a developing one. Prices actually sit fractionally below the Denbighshire average, and against the Welsh national median of £208,000 this is a place where your money still buys a proper detached home rather than a compromise. For schooling, the primaries — Ysgol Clawdd Offa, Ysgol Melyd, Ysgol Y Llys — are all Welsh-medium-adjacent community schools typical of the area; Wales doesn't run Ofsted ratings, so judge them on the ground rather than a letter. Commuting isn't the draw; there's no rail presence flagged here, so this reads as a driving suburb rather than a station-town.
The crime figure is the one number that jars against the otherwise steady picture: the rate here runs far above the Denbighshire average, and violence and sexual offences alone account for over four in ten recorded incidents, with anti-social behaviour and shoplifting making up most of the rest. That's a genuinely wide gap against the parent area, and worth sitting with rather than skating past — even a B for safety undersells how far above the county's own average this sits. Connectivity, by contrast, is a quiet strength: full-fibre broadband reaches close to four in five homes, which for a low-density Welsh suburb is a real asset for anyone working from home. Green space and environment both grade comfortably above the Welsh average, and the general shape — decile 6 for deprivation, income decile firmly in the lower half — suggests a place that's comfortable rather than wealthy, ageing rather than transient.