Alltwen

16°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 17° / 10° · 84% rain
• Tomorrow: 20° / 14° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:43Sunset 19:39

12h 56m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

17US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Swansea Morriston Roadside, United Kingdom

53 reported · July 2026▲ 26% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences16
• Anti-social behaviour13
• Public order11
• Criminal damage & arson4

Neighbourhood team: Allt-wen · South Wales

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

77 reported road collisions (2024)

16 killed or seriously injured · 95 casualties · 5.4 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

101 food businesses within 2 miles

• 84 rated 4–5 ★ (64 top)
• 3 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Skewen (6.0 km)
• 1 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£162,967 average▲ 1.3% YoY

Across Neath Port Talbot · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£689 average monthly rent▲ 6.9% YoY

• 1 bed £498
• 2 bed £633
• 3 bed £725

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

4.4× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 4.4 times median annual pay (4.2× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 136.8p · AppleGreen (7.8 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 185.9p · Morrisons (6.2 km)

11 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

10 charging locations within ~8 km

• 1 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: Tesco Superstore-Swansea Pontardawe (0.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches13
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds6

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

142,286 residents in Neath Port Talbot · 322/km²

• Under 16: 18%
• 16–64: 61%
• 65+: 21%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

More deprived than the average in Wales

15% of neighbourhoods are in Wales’s most deprived 10%; 33% in the most deprived 20%

Source: Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2019

Property band mix

Most homes here are Band B (41% of 67,170)

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27 · £ figures England only

David Chadwick

Liberal Democrat

Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe

Source: UK Parliament

Independent / Plaid Cymru coalition

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

• Schools7
• GPs & clinics1
• Supermarkets2
• Parks & greens5

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

3,870 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

4 jobs advertised · £24,710 avg

e.g. Amazon Flex Delivery Driver - Earn £14 - £18 per hour*, Tesco Colleague - Swansea Pontardawe Superstore, Retail Assistant - Part Time

Source: Adzuna

£693 median full-time weekly pay

3.1% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£19,910 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

39% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 74,620 certificates

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics

73% low-carbon electricity

Wind 59% · Gas 26% · Solar 7% · Nuclear 6%

105 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for South Wales · National Grid ESO

• Life satisfaction7.3
• Feeling worthwhile7.7
• Happiness yesterday7.3
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.6

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

1 GP surgery · 2 pharmacies in SA8

• Pontardawe Primary Care Centre

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe:

• Review the law on unfit to plead & reform it to protect victims & public safety756 local signatures · 9,865 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership352 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership335 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office302 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s288 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

• Alltwen · 0.2 km

  Alltwen is a village in the Swansea Valley in Wales. Alltwen forms part of the community of Cilybebyll and is administered separately from adjoining Pontardawe on the opposite bank of the River Tawe.

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  Pontardawe railway station · 0.2 km

  Pontardawe railway station was a railway station on the Swansea Vale Railway that served the town of Pontardawe in West Glamorgan, Wales. British Railways closed the station to passengers in 1950. The line continued c…

• Cwmtawe Community School · 0.6 km

  Cwmtawe Community School Formerly known as Pontardawe Technical School and Cwmtawe Comprehensive School, is a modern English-medium education comprehensive school in Pontardawe, South Wales.

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  Pontardawe Arts Centre · 0.6 km

  Pontardawe Arts Centre is a multi-purpose cultural venue in Pontardawe, Neath Port Talbot, Wales. The building is owned by Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council and is located in Herbert Street.

• Pontardawe Tinplate Works · 0.7 km

  Pontardawe Tinplate Works was a tinplate works in Pontardawe, Wales. The factory was founded in 1843 by William Parsons, as the Primrose Forge and Tinplate Works. In 1861, it was leased from him by William Gilbertson,…

• Pontardawe television relay station · 0.7 km

  The Pontardawe television relay station was originally built in 1974/1975 as a relay for UHF analogue television. It consists of a 45 m self-supporting lattice mast standing on a hillside which is itself about 160 m a…

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