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
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  Alltwen Location within Neath Port Talbot | |
| Population | 2,327 (2011)[1] |
| OS grid reference | SN726034 |
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| Principal area | |
| Preserved county | |
| Country | Wales |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | NEATH |
| Postcode district | SA8 |
| Dialling code | 01792 |
| Police | South Wales |
| Fire | Mid and West Wales |
| Ambulance | Welsh |
| UK Parliament | |
| Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament | |
Alltwen is served by Alltwen Primary School and the village has a rugby union club, Alltwen RFC (Welsh: Clwb Rygbi Alltwen).
Government and politics
editAllt-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.
Notable people
edit- Alltwen was the home of Ronnie James, British Lightweight Boxing Champion in the 1940s and World Title challenger in 1946
- Rachel Thomas (actress), born in the village
- Siân Phillips, much of her childhood in the village
- Justin Tipuric, born in the village before moving to Trebanos as a child
- D. Gwenallt Jones, born in Pontardawe, was raised in Alltwen
References
edit- ^ "Ward population 2011". Retrieved 11 April 2015.