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On Gwyn Street, in Pontardawe
What it's like at SA8 3AN: every home that has sold on Gwyn Street since 1995 and who owns them, what's happening down the road, crime on the street, a day in the life, history on the doorstep and what's changing nearby. Moving, buying, selling, improving or investing? Pick a lens above for what matters to you.
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Compared with all 7,264 neighbourhoods in England and Wales (council well-being: all councils). Open a tab below for the detail.
ORR, DfE, police.uk, OS Terrain 50 and Open Greenspace, Forestry Commission, Defra noise maps (England), Xoserve. Every distance: Moving; radon, ground and flood checks: Buying.
1 home on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Gwyn Street; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 38 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 52, Gwyn StreetDetached | Oct 2009 | £142,000 | 104 m² | £1,365/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 54, Gwyn StreetDetached | Mar 2025 | £194,000 | 123 m² | £1,577/m² | 1 |
| 56, Gwyn StreetSemi-detached | Jul 2002 | £95,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 59, Gwyn StreetSemi-detached | Dec 2021 | £150,000 | 95 m² | £1,579/m² | 2 |
| 61, Gwyn StreetSemi-detached | Jan 2000 | £44,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 63, Gwyn StreetSemi-detached | Aug 2026 | £160,000 | 85 m² | £1,882/m² | 2 |
| 64, Gwyn StreetDetached | Feb 1999 | £48,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 65, Gwyn StreetSemi-detached | May 2014 | £90,000 | 109 m² | £826/m² | 2 |
| 67, Gwyn StreetSemi-detached | Jul 2013 | £105,000 | 108 m² | £972/m² | 2 |
| 68, Gwyn StreetDetached | Jul 2025 | £317,500 | 111 m² | £2,860/m² | 3 |
| 69, Gwyn StreetSemi-detached | Aug 2013 | £80,000 | 95 m² | £842/m² | 1 |
| 71, Gwyn StreetSemi-detached | Aug 2022 | £208,000 | 100 m² | £2,080/m² | 2 |
| 74, Gwyn StreetSemi-detached | May 2021 | £190,000 | 103 m² | £1,845/m² | 3 |
| 76, Gwyn StreetSemi-detached | Oct 2020 | £420,000 | 200 m² | £2,100/m² | 1 |
| 79, Gwyn StreetSemi-detached | Dec 1998 | £36,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 81, Gwyn StreetSemi-detached | Sept 2003 | £15,680 | – | – | 1 |
| 89, Gwyn StreetSemi-detached | Nov 1996 | £19,000 | 75 m² | £253/m² | 1 |
| 91, Gwyn StreetSemi-detached | Jul 1998 | £25,000 | 99 m² | £253/m² | 1 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Neath, a drive away (6.3 km), with 839k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Swansea.
The nearest bus stop is Pontardawe Tesco, 450 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (route BDF1).
The nearest primary school is Alltwen Primary School, about a 5-minute walk (550 m).
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Cwmtawe Community School, 600 m away.
The nearest supermarket is Farmfoods, 650 m away, with Carly's Catering closer still (100 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Pontardawe Primary Care Centre (850 m), with Pontardawe Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (800 m).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 13 restaurants and cafés, 14 pubs and bars.
The Coffee Ground is the closest café or restaurant (800 m), and Gwyn Arms the nearest pub (400 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 61 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
It's a mix of homes: 8% flats and 37% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1945-1954.
The nearest park is Lon Tanyrallt Park, 200 m away; for exercise, Pontardawe Leisure Centre (500 m).
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 4.8 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
For holidays, Cardiff is 50 km away, and Bristol, with far more destinations, 87 km.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 40% of households own their home outright.
Written from the figures on this page: Census 2021, DfT journey times (2019), NaPTAN/ORR, Ofsted, CQC, FSA, police.uk and planning registers. Figures describe the neighbourhood around the street.
15 places on this map are within about a 10-minute walk.
Walking times are estimates from straight-line distance. Food businesses from the FSA food hygiene register; schools from the DfE register; nurseries from Ofsted's childcare register; care homes from the Care Quality Commission; pools, sports halls, tennis and golf from Sport England Active Places (contains data © Sport England); everything else © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Map © OpenFreeMap, OpenMapTiles, OpenStreetMap contributors.
Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe constituency: David Chadwick MP (Liberal Democrat), since July 2024. 2024 general election: LD gain from Con, majority 1,472 (3.2%), turnout 64%. Vote shares: Liberal Democrat 30%, Conservative 26%, Labour 21%, Reform UK 14%.
5 new homes, planning permissions and school changes on record within 2 km, plus energy projects, road works, storm overflows and major infrastructure. Everything changing near SA8 3AN →
On this street: 0 of 26 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 0 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 1.3% | 1.4% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 1.0% | 0.4% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 93.6% | 93.3% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 2.8% | 3.5% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 1.5% | 1.7% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.0% | 0.0% | 2.1% |
From each home's latest energy certificate, so panels or heat pumps fitted since aren't counted and the shares are lower than today's real figures. Compare areas in the data explorer.
Tap a type to see what it covers and how it has changed in Neath Port Talbot since 2011.
police.uk, 2025-09 to 2026-08. Crimes are mapped to the nearest of a set of anonymised points and labelled with that point's street, so busy roads and junctions collect crimes from nearby; the street has about 38 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
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