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On Smithfield Road, in Pontardawe
What it's like at SA8 4LA: every home that has sold on Smithfield 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.
1 home on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Smithfield Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 21 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 1, Smithfield RoadDetached | Mar 2000 | £69,950 | – | – | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2, Smithfield RoadDetached | Mar 2016 | £260,000 | 125 m² | £2,080/m² | 1 |
| 3, Smithfield RoadSemi-detached | Aug 1996 | £46,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 4, Smithfield RoadDetached | Apr 2004 | £136,000 | 148 m² | £919/m² | 1 |
| 4a, Smithfield RoadDetached | Feb 2015 | £197,000 | 126 m² | £1,563/m² | 2 |
| 5, Smithfield RoadSemi-detached | Jan 2015 | £130,500 | 130 m² | £1,004/m² | 3 |
| 6, Smithfield RoadSemi-detached | Apr 2021 | £160,000 | 83 m² | £1,928/m² | 5 |
| 7, Smithfield RoadDetached | Aug 2000 | £54,500 | 153 m² | £356/m² | 1 |
| 8, Smithfield RoadSemi-detached | Aug 2021 | £127,500 | 88 m² | £1,449/m² | 1 |
| 9, Smithfield RoadDetached | Jan 2014 | £244,000 | 158 m² | £1,544/m² | 1 |
| 10, Smithfield RoadSemi-detached | Feb 2013 | £70,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 11, Smithfield RoadSemi-detached | Jul 2015 | £164,000 | 97 m² | £1,691/m² | 3 |
| 13, Smithfield RoadSemi-detached | Sept 1998 | £36,000 | 96 m² | £375/m² | 1 |
| 14, Smithfield RoadSemi-detached | May 2002 | £50,350 | – | – | 1 |
| 16, Smithfield RoadSemi-detached | Jun 2004 | £83,500 | – | – | 2 |
| 17, Smithfield RoadSemi-detached | Jul 1995 | £32,000 | 110 m² | £291/m² | 1 |
| 19, Smithfield RoadSemi-detached | Apr 2015 | £95,000 | 90 m² | £1,056/m² | 1 |
| 21, Smithfield RoadSemi-detached | Jul 2022 | £155,000 | 85 m² | £1,824/m² | 1 |
| 25, Smithfield RoadDetached | Dec 2022 | £190,000 | 143 m² | £1,329/m² | 2 |
| 27, Smithfield RoadDetached | Jul 2002 | £79,500 | – | – | 2 |
| 33, Smithfield RoadDetached | Feb 2018 | £280,000 | 192 m² | £1,458/m² | 2 |
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 (7.0 km), with 44k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Swansea.
The nearest bus stop is Ffordd Silkin, 100 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (route 905); 1 departures an hour from the 7 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is YGG Pontardawe, a few minutes' walk (250 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 Lidl Supermarkets, 800 m away, with Ada's Cakery closer still (150 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Pontardawe Primary Care Centre (600 m), with Pontardawe Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (600 m).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 13 restaurants and cafés, 14 pubs and bars.
Meze and Grill Turkish Restaurant is the closest café or restaurant (500 m), and Ivy Bush Hotel the nearest pub (200 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, 250 m away; for exercise, Pontardawe Swimming Pool (300 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.
24 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%.
4 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 4LA →
No crimes recorded "on or near" Smithfield Road in the last 12 months.
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.
On this street: 0 of 15 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.