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On Lon Hir, in Pontardawe
What it's like at SA8 3DE: every home that has sold on Lon Hir 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.
2 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Lon Hir; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 44 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 34, Lon HirSemi-detached | Apr 2025 | £297,000 | 129 m² | £2,302/m² | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 36, Lon HirSemi-detached | Apr 2025 | £205,000 | 92 m² | £2,228/m² | 2 |
| 38, Lon HirSemi-detached | May 2025 | £260,000 | 80 m² | £3,250/m² | 1 |
| 39, Lon HirSemi-detached | Sept 1997 | £13,500 | 149 m² | £91/m² | 1 |
| 40, Lon HirSemi-detached | Jun 2020 | £210,000 | 142 m² | £1,479/m² | 3 |
| 42, Lon HirSemi-detached | Sept 2019 | £153,000 | 140 m² | £1,093/m² | 1 |
| 44, Lon HirSemi-detached | Oct 1999 | £32,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 45, Lon HirSemi-detached | Jun 2022 | £220,000 | 105 m² | £2,095/m² | 4 |
| 46, Lon HirSemi-detached | Mar 2001 | £27,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 48, Lon HirSemi-detached | May 2015 | £130,000 | 100 m² | £1,300/m² | 2 |
| 49, Lon HirSemi-detached | Jan 1995 | £37,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 50, Lon HirSemi-detached | Oct 2002 | £74,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 51, Lon HirSemi-detached | Apr 2004 | £128,250 | 91 m² | £1,409/m² | 2 |
| 52, Lon HirSemi-detached | Jan 2003 | £60,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 53, Lon HirSemi-detached | Jul 1999 | £45,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 54, Lon HirTerraced | Feb 2017 | £97,000 | 93 m² | £1,043/m² | 1 |
| 55, Lon HirTerraced | Mar 2006 | £132,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 59, Lon HirSemi-detached | Nov 2019 | £108,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 60, Lon HirSemi-detached | Oct 2003 | £97,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 62, Lon HirSemi-detached | Apr 2025 | £170,000 | 86 m² | £1,977/m² | 1 |
| 63, Lon HirSemi-detached | Apr 1997 | £52,500 | – | – | 2 |
| 64, Lon HirSemi-detached | Jun 1996 | £43,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 66, Lon HirSemi-detached | Aug 2001 | £54,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 68, Lon HirSemi-detached | Apr 2003 | £69,950 | – | – | 1 |
| 69, Lon HirSemi-detached | Aug 2026 | £144,000 | 84 m² | £1,714/m² | 4 |
| 71, Lon HirSemi-detached | Nov 2009 | £95,000 | 78 m² | £1,218/m² | 1 |
| 72, Lon HirSemi-detached | Feb 2021 | £165,000 | 81 m² | £2,037/m² | 2 |
| 74, Lon HirSemi-detached | Jan 2018 | £150,000 | 122 m² | £1,230/m² | 2 |
| 76, Lon HirTerraced | May 2004 | £73,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 77, Lon HirTerraced | Nov 2019 | £98,999 | 100 m² | £990/m² | 1 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Skewen, a drive away (6.7 km), with 44k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Swansea.
The nearest bus stop is Dyffryn Road, 150 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (route 256); 3 departures an hour from the 3 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Alltwen Primary School, about a 10-minute walk (700 m).
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Cwmtawe Community School, 800 m away.
The nearest supermarket is Farmfoods, 800 m away, with Honeybakes Cottage closer still (550 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Pontardawe Primary Care Centre (550 m), with Pontardawe Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (700 m).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 13 restaurants and cafés, 14 pubs and bars.
Davies's Diner is the closest café or restaurant (300 m), and Ivy Bush Hotel the nearest pub (600 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 King George V Park, 800 m away; for exercise, Pontardawe Swimming Pool (800 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.
8 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 3DE →
No crimes recorded "on or near" Lon Hir in the last 12 months.
On this street: 0 of 28 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.
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.