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On Derwen Road, in Pontardawe
What it's like at SA8 3AU: every home that has sold on Derwen Road 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.
3 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Derwen Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 36 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 1, Derwen RoadSemi-detached | Mar 2016 | £147,950 | 103 m² | £1,436/m² | 2 |
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| 2, Derwen RoadSemi-detached | Jul 2022 | £205,000 | 100 m² | £2,050/m² | 2 |
| 3, Derwen RoadSemi-detached | Sept 2009 | £85,000 | 124 m² | £685/m² | 1 |
| 5, Derwen RoadDetached | Feb 2015 | £149,000 | 112 m² | £1,330/m² | 1 |
| 7, Derwen RoadTerraced | Feb 1999 | £12,000 | 84 m² | £143/m² | 1 |
| 9, Derwen RoadTerraced | Jun 2021 | £131,000 | 81 m² | £1,617/m² | 2 |
| 10, Derwen RoadSemi-detached | Dec 2015 | £95,000 | 98 m² | £969/m² | 1 |
| 13, Derwen RoadSemi-detached | May 2000 | £51,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 15, Derwen RoadSemi-detached | Jan 2007 | £140,000 | 101 m² | £1,386/m² | 2 |
| 16, Derwen RoadSemi-detached | Nov 1998 | £37,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 17, Derwen RoadDetached | Jun 2006 | £105,000 | 110 m² | £955/m² | 2 |
| 19, Derwen RoadDetached | Nov 2013 | £120,000 | 104 m² | £1,154/m² | 1 |
| 20, Derwen RoadSemi-detached | May 1999 | £42,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 21, Derwen RoadDetached | Dec 2000 | £39,000 | 121 m² | £322/m² | 1 |
| 22, Derwen RoadSemi-detached | Oct 1998 | £27,895 | – | – | 1 |
| 24, Derwen RoadSemi-detached | Jun 2024 | £167,995 | 86 m² | £1,953/m² | 1 |
| 25, Derwen RoadDetached | Dec 2019 | £180,000 | 87 m² | £2,069/m² | 1 |
| 27, Derwen RoadSemi-detached | Dec 2014 | £147,500 | 126 m² | £1,171/m² | 2 |
| 29, Derwen RoadSemi-detached | Dec 2020 | £60,000 | 94 m² | £638/m² | 1 |
| 30, Derwen RoadSemi-detached | Apr 2011 | £85,000 | 76 m² | £1,118/m² | 1 |
| 34, Derwen RoadDetached | Sept 2024 | £335,000 | 106 m² | £3,160/m² | 2 |
| 35, Derwen RoadDetached | Oct 2014 | £249,995 | 128 m² | £1,953/m² | 1 |
| 36, Derwen RoadDetached | Mar 2025 | £362,500 | 144 m² | £2,517/m² | 5 |
| 37, Derwen RoadDetached | Nov 2003 | £325,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 38, Derwen RoadDetached | Nov 2021 | £395,000 | 143 m² | £2,762/m² | 1 |
| 39, Derwen RoadDetached | Aug 1999 | £103,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 40, Derwen RoadDetached | May 1998 | £87,500 | 158 m² | £554/m² | 1 |
| 41, Derwen RoadDetached | Sept 2017 | £365,000 | 155 m² | £2,355/m² | 2 |
| 42, Derwen RoadDetached | Mar 2001 | £117,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 43, Derwen RoadDetached | Nov 1999 | £120,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 44, Derwen RoadDetached | May 2019 | £299,995 | 126 m² | £2,381/m² | 1 |
| 46, Derwen RoadDetached | Dec 2016 | £290,000 | 191 m² | £1,518/m² | 1 |
| 47, Derwen RoadDetached | Nov 2007 | £355,000 | 325 m² | £1,092/m² | 1 |
| 48, Derwen RoadDetached | Nov 2013 | £250,000 | 145 m² | £1,724/m² | 1 |
| 50, Derwen RoadDetached | Jul 2023 | £450,000 | 224 m² | £2,009/m² | 1 |
| Alltwen Isaf Farm, Derwen RoadOther | Nov 2022 | £450,000 | 110 m² | £4,091/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 10-minute walk (650 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 (50 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Pontardawe Primary Care Centre (900 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 (500 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, 100 m away; for exercise, Pontardawe Leisure Centre (400 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.
14 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 3AU →
On this street: 0 of 28 homes with certificates have solar panels, 1 a heat pump, and 2 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.
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.
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 36 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.