Llandudno
Town · 14,221 residents
62Good
Good · better than 4 in 10 towns
Check Local Score out of 100 · 60 is typical for the country
Each arc is a topic, coloured by its score
What’s good
- 107 places to eat and drink
- Environment scores 81, well above the typical 60
- Schools scores 76, well above the typical 60
Check before you view
- Flood risk: 48% 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
- Safety scores 32, below the typical 60
The essentials
Everyday life
The area
Around Llandudno
Map outline: Official built-up area
Is Llandudno a good place to live?
Llandudno scores 62/100 overall, which the scorecard rates as good — 60 is typical for the country.
It stands out for food & drink (87) and environment (81).
It scores lowest on safety (32).
Scores come from official data on safety, schools, transport, prices, health, food & drink and the local environment, for Llandudno in Wales, each measured against the national average.
Summary of Llandudno
Promenade hotels with wrought-iron balconies give way, a street or two back, to terraces of flats and guesthouses converted into permanent homes, and the mix tells you this is a seaside town that people retire to as much as visit. The median age here sits close to fifty, well above the Welsh average, and you feel it in the pace: mobility scooters and dog walkers outnumber prams, and the shopfronts cater to residents who've settled rather than passers-through chasing nightlife.
The practical picture is a town that works well if you don't need to commute far. Llandudno Rail Station sits in the town itself, useful for occasional trips along the coast rather than a daily grind into a city, and with a median age this high that tends to suit retirees and remote workers more than office commuters. Schooling runs through a cluster of community primaries — Ysgol Tudno, Ysgol Craig y Don, Ysgol Ffordd Dyffryn among them — feeding into the single secondary, Ysgol John Bright, which at over a thousand pupils is clearly the hub for the wider area; Wales doesn't use Ofsted grades, so you're judging these on local reputation rather than a headline rating. Housing is where the numbers genuinely surprise: a median price of £170,000 sits well under both the Welsh average and the price in Conwy county as a whole, some 13% cheaper than the wider council area, and flats dominate the market on freehold terms more often than not — a For Sale board here is as likely to be a converted Victorian apartment as a house, and first-time buyers or downsizers get more for their money than the regional norm would suggest.