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On Ynysydarren Road, in Ystalyfera & Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen
What it's like at SA9 2DY: every home that has sold on Ynysydarren 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 Ynysydarren Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 22 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 2, Ynysydarren RoadSemi-detached | May 2023 | £175,000 | 116 m² | £1,509/m² | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4, Ynysydarren RoadDetached | Apr 2003 | £84,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 5, Ynysydarren RoadDetached | Apr 2015 | £92,000 | 97 m² | £948/m² | 1 |
| 6, Ynysydarren RoadSemi-detached | Aug 2002 | £50,750 | – | – | 1 |
| 9, Ynysydarren RoadSemi-detached | Dec 2013 | £75,000 | 103 m² | £728/m² | 1 |
| 10, Ynysydarren RoadSemi-detached | Sept 2001 | £39,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 13, Ynysydarren RoadSemi-detached | Oct 2006 | £80,000 | 85 m² | £941/m² | 1 |
| 14, Ynysydarren RoadSemi-detached | Feb 2021 | £152,000 | 81 m² | £1,877/m² | 2 |
| 15, Ynysydarren RoadSemi-detached | Jun 2011 | £78,000 | 86 m² | £907/m² | 1 |
| 16, Ynysydarren RoadSemi-detached | Aug 1997 | £8,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 17, Ynysydarren RoadSemi-detached | May 2018 | £55,000 | 116 m² | £474/m² | 1 |
| 18, Ynysydarren RoadSemi-detached | Sept 1998 | £39,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 36, Ynysydarren RoadDetached | May 2023 | £345,000 | 322 m² | £1,071/m² | 3 |
| 37, Ynysydarren RoadSemi-detached | Aug 2019 | £145,000 | 91 m² | £1,593/m² | 2 |
| 40, Ynysydarren RoadSemi-detached | Aug 2001 | £26,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 43, Ynysydarren RoadSemi-detached | Jun 2021 | £85,000 | 46 m² | £1,848/m² | 1 |
| 47, Ynysydarren RoadTerraced | Oct 2015 | £105,000 | 67 m² | £1,567/m² | 1 |
| 56, Ynysydarren RoadSemi-detached | Dec 2001 | £45,000 | 102 m² | £441/m² | 2 |
| 68, Ynysydarren RoadTerraced | Nov 1999 | £29,950 | – | – | 2 |
| Ynysydarren Garage, Ynysydarren RoadOther | Apr 2020 | £1,500 | – | – | 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 (11 km), with 839k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Swansea.
The nearest bus stop is Farteg, 100 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (route T6).
The nearest primary school is Ysgol Gymraeg Ystalyfera Bro Dur, a few minutes' walk (under 50 m).
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Ysgol Gymraeg Ystalyfera Bro Dur, under 50 m away.
The nearest supermarket is Tesco, 1.0 km away, with La Dawn closer still (200 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Pengorof Surgery (2.0 km), with Davies Chemists the closest pharmacy (250 m).
For a haircut, Just Gents is 2.7 km away.
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 11 restaurants and cafés, 12 pubs and bars.
The "Van" is the closest café or restaurant (150 m), and Ystalyfera Rugby Football and Cricket Club the nearest pub (150 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 63 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
It's a mix of homes: 7% flats and 26% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1919-1929.
The nearest park is Parc-y-Darren, 150 m away; for exercise, Cwmtwrch AFC (1.1 km).
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 3.3 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
For holidays, Cardiff is 54 km away, and Bristol, with far more destinations, 88 km.
Most households own their home, 13% rent privately.
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.
18 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 SA9 2DY →
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 22 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
On this street: 0 of 14 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 1 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 1.8% | 1.4% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 1.4% | 0.4% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 69.0% | 93.3% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 22.6% | 3.5% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 3.3% | 1.7% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.1% | 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.
Nearest: Swansea Bay · about 34 min
Nearest: Lc · about 33 min
Nearest: Craig-y-Nos Castle · about 32 min
Nearest: Plantasia · about 33 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.