Schools
1 open schools are in scope, including 0 primary and 0 secondary schools. Ysgol Bro Idris is the nearest published school at 368 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
LL40 1DB
Gogledd Dolgellau · Gwynedd · Wales
Updated September 2026
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- Post town
- Dolgellau
- Ward
- Gogledd Dolgellau
- Local authority
- Gwynedd
- Constituency
- Dwyfor Meirionnydd
- Postcode district
- LL40
- Postcode sector
- LL40 1
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- LL40 1DB
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- LL
- Postcode district
- LL40
- Postcode sector
- LL40 1
- Latitude
- 52.743743
- Longitude
- -3.883625
- British National Grid easting
- 272,942
- British National Grid northing
- 317,898
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- Wales · W92000004
- Region
- W99999999
- Local authority district
- Gwynedd · W06000002
- Electoral ward
- Gogledd Dolgellau · W05001537
- Parish or community
- W04000061
- Westminster constituency
- Dwyfor Meirionnydd · W07000096
- Output area
- W00000344
- Lower layer super output area
- Gwynedd 016D · W01000067
- Middle layer super output area
- Gwynedd 016 · W02000025
Postcode source versions
- Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
- Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
- Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence
Explore LL40
Property
3 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 1, Railway Terrace, Dolgellau, LL40 1DB | 29 June 2015 | £73,000 |
| 3, Railway Terrace, Dolgellau, LL40 1DB | 8 October 2010 | £65,000 |
| 1, Railway Terrace, Dolgellau, LL40 1DB | 4 March 2002 | £30,000 |
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 1
- Primary
- 0
- Secondary
- 0
- 368 m
Ysgol Bro Idris
Welsh establishment
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 222
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 80
- Anti social behaviour 37
- Shoplifting 27
- Criminal damage and arson 23
- Other theft 17
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- 3
- Postcode households
- 3
- Residents per household
- 1.0
- LL40 1 residents
- 2,057
3 female, 0 male
Age bands in LL40 1
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 14.2%
- Age 15 to 24
- 10.2%
- Age 25 to 44
- 22.2%
- Age 45 to 64
- 29.4%
- Age 65 and over
- 24%
296 residents
212 residents
461 residents
612 residents
499 residents
This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider LL40 1 sector, not people in this individual postcode.
Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.
Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.
Fixed broadband coverage
Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.
- Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
- 0%
- Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
- 0%
- Gigabit-capable
- 0%
- Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
- 0%
- Next Generation Access
- 100%
- Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
- 0%
Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
GP practices
1
within 5 km
THE SURGERY
SPRINGFIELD STREET, DOLGELLAU, LL40 1LY
ODS code W94036
302 m
Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.
Source acquired on 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Eldon Square 1
BCT · Dolgellau
- 0.1 miles
Eldon Square 2
BCT · Dolgellau
- 0.1 miles
Texaco
BCT · Dolgellau
- 0.1 miles
Ysgol y Gader
BCT · Dolgellau
- 0.2 miles
Bont Fawr
BCT · Dolgellau
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
222 published events cover 12 months, averaging 18.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 80 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.