Alltwen Explained

Country:Wales
Welsh Name:Pen yr Alltwen
Static Image Caption:Clwb Rygbi Alltwen and the Triangle
Constituency Welsh Assembly:Neath
Official Name:Alltwen
Coordinates:51.714°N -3.846°W
Population:2,327
Population Ref:(2011)[1]
Community Wales:Cilybebyll
Unitary Wales:Neath Port Talbot
Lieutenancy Wales:West Glamorgan
Constituency Westminster:Neath
Post Town:NEATH
Postcode District:SA8
Postcode Area:SA
Dial Code:01792
Os Grid Reference:SN726034

Alltwen (or Allt-wen; translates to "white wooded slope") is a village in the Swansea Valley (Welsh: Cwmtawe) 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.

Alltwen is served by Alltwen Primary School and the village has a rugby union club, Alltwen RFC (Welsh: Clwb Rygbi Alltwen).

Government and politics

Allt-wen is an electoral ward of Neath Port Talbot county borough and is a part of the community of Cilybebyll. The ward is bounded by Trebanos and Pontardawe to the northwest; Rhos to the northeast; Bryn-côch North to the southeast; Dyffryn to the south; and Clydach (in Swansea) to the southwest.

Most of Allt-wen consists of farmland and woods. Occupying a strip of land in the northwest of the ward is Alltwen village, which is part of the built-up area surrounding Pontardawe.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ward population 2011 . 11 April 2015.