Local servicesHospitalSpire Yale Hospital1.9 miGP surgeryPen Y Maes Health Centre5 surgeries within 2 milesunder a milePharmacyRowlands Pharmacy6 pharmacies within 2 milesunder a mileDentistSignature Smiles Dental Practiceunder a mileSource: NHS Organisation Data Service
SchoolsWithin 2 mi17 schools16 primary, 1 secondaryPrimaryYsgol Bro Alun280 pupilsunder a mileSecondaryYsgol Bryn Alyn701 pupilsunder a milePrimaryYsgol Heulfan331 pupilsunder a mileUniversityUniversity of Chester9.9 miSource: Welsh Government, address list of schools
Getting aroundAirportLiverpool John Lennon Airport LPL19 miRailway stationGwersylltunder a mileBus stationWrexham Bus Station 82.2 miFerryWoodside Birkenhead Ferry Terminal22 miBus stops110 within a mileSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the LL11 postcode district.
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Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the LL11 postcode district.
Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 16 h 57 min4:45 am – 9:42 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 33 min8:23 am – 3:56 pm
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People5,957 residentsin the Gwersyllt West & Summerhill census areaMedian age 41.12,401 households64% of homes owner-occupied30% owned outright24% social rented, 11% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting4.8% unemployment rate59% of adults are economically active, 2,621 in work, 22% retiredMain industries: health and social work 19%, manufacturing 15%, retail and wholesale 15%Getting to work: 17% work from home, 74% go by car, 3% take public transport, 5% walk or cycle72% of those who travel work within 10 km of homeSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Education and languages26% of adults hold a degree or higher23% have no qualifications, 6% an apprenticeshipMain language: English or Welsh 97%Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 20°C, lows 11°CColdest month January: highs 7°C, lows 1°C848 mm of rain a year, 20 days with 10 mm or morewettest month December41 days of air frost, 8 summer days above 25°C in a typical yearSource: Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991-2020 averages, 2 km grid (highs and lows from the 12 km grid)
Nearby landmarksHope Mountainmountain · 2.4 miBrymbo Poollake · 1.8 miGwersyllt Hillhill · under a mileMoss Valleyvalley · under a mileWindy Hillhill · under a milePlas-gwyn Mountainmountain · 3.6 miSource: Ordnance Survey Open Names
Parks and green spacesParc Gwledig Dyfroedd Alunpark · under a mile · 154 haMoss Valleypark · under a mile · 56 haMoss Valley Golf Coursegolf course · under a mile · 19 haActon Parkpark · 1.9 mi · 20 haGwyn Evans Sports Centresports ground · under a mileBroughton War Memorial Parkplaying field · under a mile · 2 haSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes165 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 197017 of magnitude 3+, 2 of magnitude 4+, 2 induced by mining or drillingLargest: magnitude 5.0 on 2 Apr 199044 mi away, Bishop'S Castle, ShropsMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 2 Jul 202549 mi away, Knucklas, PowysSource: British Geological Survey earthquake database
Air qualityNO2 5.9 · PM2.5 5.6 · PM10 8.6 µg/m³annual mean concentrations, 2024Within UK limits, above the WHO guideline for PM2.5Source: DEFRA modelled background pollution maps 2024, 1 km grid
Broadband76% of premises can get gigabit-capable broadband99% can get superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)Every premises can get at least 10 Mbit/s (the universal service obligation)2,528 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation100 m328 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 50 to 181 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
