Pontardawe

Pontardawe
Looking north over Pontardawe
Pontardawe Location within Neath Port Talbot
Population	7,938 (2011 census)
OS grid reference	SN721040
Principal area	Neath Port Talbot
Preserved county	West Glamorgan
Country	Wales
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	SWANSEA
Postcode district	SA8-SA9
Dialling code	01792
Police	South Wales
Fire	Mid and West Wales
Ambulance	Welsh
UK Parliament	Neath
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament	Neath
List of places UK Wales Neath Port Talbot 51°43′19″N 3°51′04″W / 51.722°N 3.851°W / 51.722; -3.851

Pontardawe (Welsh pronunciation: [pɔntarˈdawɛ] ^ⓘ) is a town and a community in the lower Swansea Valley (Welsh: Cwmtawe). it had a population of approximately 7,172 in the 2021 Census for Pontardawe Parish,^[1] and forms part of the county borough of Neath Port Talbot.

On the opposite bank of the River Tawe is the village of Alltwen, part of the community of Cilybebyll, and is administered separately from Pontardawe. The town is at the crossroads of the A474 road and the A4067 road.

Pontardawe came into existence as a small settlement on the north-western bank of the RiverTawe, where the drovers' road from Neath and Llandeilo crossed the river to go up the valley to Brecon. The National Cycle Route 43 from Swansea to Builth Wells passes through the town and the recreation ground.