Finding postcode…
These only choose where you start. Every page and every lens is still one tap away.
Sign in to keep them on every device →Finding postcode…
On Bethel Road, in Ystradgynlais & Tawe Uchaf
What it's like at SA9 2PT: every home that has sold on Bethel 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.
Street View and the aerial view come from Google, which receives your IP address and may set cookies once you choose them. We'll remember your choice on this device.
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 Bethel Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 27 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 44, Bethel RoadDetached | Jun 2010 | £122,000 | 113 m² | £1,080/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 45, Bethel RoadDetached | Sept 2011 | £180,000 | 198 m² | £909/m² | 1 |
| 47, Bethel RoadDetached | Aug 2026 | £380,000 | 136 m² | £2,794/m² | 4 |
| 50, Bethel RoadDetached | Sept 2022 | £179,995 | 140 m² | £1,286/m² | 2 |
| 52, Bethel RoadDetached | Dec 2021 | £275,000 | 137 m² | £2,007/m² | 3 |
| 54, Bethel RoadDetached | Jul 2016 | £90,000 | 97 m² | £928/m² | 1 |
| 62, Bethel RoadDetached | Sept 2007 | £100,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 63, Bethel RoadTerraced | Nov 1997 | £30,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 69, Bethel RoadSemi-detached | Aug 2017 | £95,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 71, Bethel RoadDetached | Aug 2024 | £145,000 | 97 m² | £1,495/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 (13 km), with 839k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Swansea.
The nearest bus stop is Palleg Road, 200 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (routes 64, 62); 6 departures an hour from the 9 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Ysgol Gymraeg Dyffryn Y Glowyr, 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 Maesydderwen, 1.1 km away.
The nearest supermarket is Tesco, 1.0 km away, with Boscos Holistic Pet Pantry closer still (300 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Pengorof Surgery (1.1 km), with Davies Chemists the closest pharmacy (800 m).
For a haircut, Just Gents is 1.9 km away.
Evenings out are on the doorstep: 31 restaurants and cafés and 20 pubs and bars in the neighbourhood.
Cwm Wanderers AFC is the closest café or restaurant (250 m), and Tafarn Twrch the nearest pub (500 m).
Crime is around the national middle: about 95 per 1,000 residents a year.
It's a mix of homes: 5% flats and 30% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1930s.
It's growing: about 118 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Alltygrug park, 750 m away; for exercise, Cwmtwrch AFC (250 m).
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 3.1 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
For holidays, Cardiff is 51 km away, and Bristol, with far more destinations, 83 km.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 45% of households own their home outright.
It's an older community: 27% are 65 or over.
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%.
7 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 2PT →
Nearest: Aberafan · about 39 min
Nearest: Lc · about 42 min
Nearest: Briton Ferry floating dock · about 33 min
Nearest: Plantasia · about 42 min
Nearest: The Gnoll · about 31 min
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: 1 of 20 homes with certificates have solar panels, 3 a heat pump, and 19 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 3.0% | 2.6% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 3.3% | 4.1% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 54.0% | 45.3% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 32.1% | 37.9% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 5.2% | 9.3% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.0% | 0.1% | 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 Powys 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 27 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.