Llansanffraid Glan Conwy
Village · 1,238 residents
67Good
Good · better than 8 in 10 villages
Check Local Score out of 100 · 60 is typical for the country
Each arc is a topic, coloured by its score
What’s good
- Environment scores 81, well above the typical 60
- Affordability scores 72, well above the typical 60
- Less recorded crime than is typical: 32 per 1,000 people a year against 99
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- Radon: part of the area is in an affected zone, and a home test is cheap
- Health scores 38, below the typical 60
The essentials
Everyday life
The area
Around Llansanffraid Glan Conwy
Map outline: Official built-up area
Is Llansanffraid Glan Conwy a good place to live?
Llansanffraid Glan Conwy scores 67/100 overall, which the scorecard rates as good — 60 is typical for the country.
It stands out for environment (81) and affordability (72).
It scores lowest on health (38).
Scores come from official data on safety, schools, transport, prices, health, food & drink and the local environment, for Llansanffraid Glan Conwy in Wales, each measured against the national average.
Summary of Llansanffraid Glan Conwy
Detached stone and render houses line the roads here, gardens deep enough to hide a trampoline, cars on the drive rather than the street — this is a village that reads as settled rather than transitional, the kind of place people move to rather than through.
The numbers back up that impression. A median age over fifty, against a Welsh average nearer forty-three, tells you this is not a place full of young families chasing their first mortgage. Ysgol Glan Conwy, the village's own community primary, serves just over a hundred pupils, and Glan Conwy Rail Station gives you a line out without needing the car for every journey — useful if you're commuting along the coast or into Llandudno or Conwy for work. Housing here is overwhelmingly detached and freehold — of the recent sales sampled, the majority were detached houses bought outright, not leasehold flats or new-builds, which is exactly what you'd expect from the streetscape. A median sale price around £271,000 sits comfortably above the Welsh average, and roughly 31% above the wider Conwy county figure, which puts this village among the pricier corners of the county even if it's mid-table by UK-wide standards.
Green space is modest but present — seven pockets scattered through and around the village rather than one big park, enough for a dog walk or a spot to let children run before Sunday lunch. Full-fibre broadband reaching over 85% of properties means working from the spare room is a realistic option rather than an aspiration, which matters given how many residents here look to be past the commuter-treadmill stage of life. Healthcare and general liveability grade well against the Welsh average, and this being a village of under a hundred people, day-to-day life leans on Conwy and Llandudno for shopping, eating out, and anything beyond the essentials rather than a high street of its own.