| Country: | Wales |
| Static Image Name: | Swffryd - geograph.org.uk - 108420.jpg |
| Static Image Width: | 250px |
| Static Image Caption: | Swffryd |
| Constituency Welsh Assembly: | Blaenau Gwent |
| Official Name: | Swffryd |
| Coordinates: | 51.6825°N -3.1336°W |
| Unitary Wales: | Blaenau Gwent |
| Lieutenancy Wales: | Gwent |
| Constituency Westminster: | Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney |
| Post Town: | CRUMLIN, NEWPORT |
| Postcode District: | NP11 |
| Postcode Area: | NP |
| Dial Code: | 01495 |
| Os Grid Reference: | ST2172298800 |
Swffryd (or Sofrydd) is a Welsh community on the boundary of Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council.[1]
The Ebbw River flows past the west of the village.[2]
It is located 0.4miles north east of Crumlin, 3.3miles south of Abertillery and 8.7miles north west of Newport. The B4471 and A472 runs near to the village. Swffryd is the most Southerly Human settlement in Blaenau Gwent.[3] The population of the community is 5,947 including the whole ward of Crumlin.
Most of the site was built as local authority houses to house the mining population. Lewis Street, Rectory Road and other parts in the west of the village have older houses and buildings.
Remains of the Crumlin Viaduct can still be seen in Swffryd / Sofrydd and can be seen in full view from neighbouring Crumlin just off Lewis Street at the top of the embankment.
The Llanhilleth electoral ward serves the village. The ward is represented by Councillors Norman Lee Parsons (Llanhilleth, Ind), Hedley McCarthy (Llanhilleth, Lab), and Joanne Collins (Llanhilleth, Ind).[4]
The area is represented in the Senedd by Alun Davies (Labour)[5] and the Member of Parliament is Nick Smith (Labour).[6]
See also: Llanhilleth railway station. The village is a 37-minute walk, and 1.7miles from Llanhilleth railway station.[2] It is also a 48-minute 2.2miles walk to Newbridge railway station. Both stations provide hourly trains from Ebbw Vale to Cardiff Central, and in 2021, to Newport.[7]
The town is served by the bus stops on the B4471 at Sofrydd Schools and Walters Avenue stops, with connections to Stagecoach South Wales services: