Machynlleth

What is it like to live in Machynlleth?

Homes sold for a typical £200,000 in the 12 months to September 2026. At 63 of the 95 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. It has 1 all-through school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Machynlleth, 550 metres from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line.

We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge.

Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data; Ofcom Connected Nations; Welsh Government school list; NHS GP practices; NaPTAN. Each figure is from a section of this page, which gives its date.

What do homes cost in Machynlleth?

Homes in Machynlleth sold for a typical £200,000 in the 12 months to September 2026, across 14 sales, HM Land Registry's figures show. The 12 months before gave £177,000 from 25 sales. With fewer than 30 sales a year, a change can come from which homes happened to sell, so we do not give one.

• Detached 4 sales, too few to price
• Semi-detached 3 sales, too few to price
• Terraced £150,000 7 sales

Across the whole SY20 district, Machynlleth's main postcode district: a typical £220,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Machynlleth: standard sales of homes at market value. A typical price is the median, the middle sale. Sales take weeks to be registered, so the last month or two are incomplete. Each postcode page gives the figure for its own postcode sector.

Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 October 2026.

Are new homes being built in Machynlleth?

1 of the 98 postcodes now in use in Machynlleth came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to September 2025, 0 of the 25 homes sold in Machynlleth were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the SY20 district, 0%.

The newest postcodes

A new postcode is often a new street or estate, but Royal Mail also makes new postcodes when it reorganises old ones, so not every one means new homes. Only postcodes still in use are counted.

New homes among the homes sold

Standard sales of homes at market value that HM Land Registry marks as newly built. New homes take longer to be registered than other sales, so the latest 12 months count fewer of them than were sold. A share is given from 5 sales or more.

Sources: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 October 2026.

What broadband can you get in Machynlleth?

Ofcom reports on 95 of the 98 postcodes in Machynlleth. At 63 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 1 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s).

Ofcom gives each postcode's share of homes and businesses, not how many there are, so these count postcodes. Each postcode page has its own figures. A provider's checker answers for one address.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026.

Which schools are in Machynlleth?

The open schools at the postcodes in Machynlleth. A school for ages 4 to 18 is listed under both. Distances are straight lines from the middle of its postcodes. Distance is not a catchment: each council sets its own admission rules.

Source: Welsh Government school list, read 27 October 2026. Each school opens its page on My Local School.

How far is the station from Machynlleth?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Machynlleth is Machynlleth Rail Station, 550 m away in a straight line.

• Machynlleth Rail Station Railway station 550 mWalk
• Dovey Junction Rail Station Railway station 5.9 kmDrive
• Penhelig Rail Station Railway station 13.6 kmDrive

Straight-line distances from the centre point, not routes. Walk: under 1.2 km. Cycle: 1.2 to 5 km. Drive: further.

Straight-line distances from the middle of the postcodes, not routes. Each postcode page lists its own nearest stations and bus stops. The Department for Transport's register does not say how often services run.

Source: NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.

Which GP surgeries are in Machynlleth?

The GP practices at the postcodes in Machynlleth. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.

• Glantwymyn Health Centre Phone 01654 702224 200 mWalk

Source: NHS GP practices, read 17 October 2026.

Is Machynlleth safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 168 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Machynlleth over the 12 months from September 2025 to August 2026. August 2026 is the latest month it has published. These are counts, not a rate: we hold no count of the people who live, work or pass through, so we do not say whether a place is safe.

Each month, September 2025 to August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Also: drugs 4, vehicle crime 2, possession of weapons 2.

Police.uk says its locations "always represent the approximate location of a crime". Each crime is moved to the nearest of a fixed list of map points, each over a street centre, a public place or a commercial premises, chosen so that every point covers at least eight addresses or none. A mile is a wide circle: in a town it takes in the centre and its shops, where much crime is recorded.

Source: police.uk, data to August 2026, from its download of 30 September 2026.

Who runs Machynlleth?

Council

Powys

Parliamentary constituency

Montgomeryshire and Glyndwr

Police force area

Dyfed-Powys

Country

Wales

MP

Steve Witherden (Labour)

All 98 postcodes here share these. Wards differ: check a postcode for yours. What council am I in?

Sources: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; UK Parliament, read 14 October 2026.