Schools
5 open schools are in scope, including 0 primary and 0 secondary schools. YGG Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen is the nearest published school at 530 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
SA18 1BR
Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen and Lower Brynamman · Neath Port Talbot · Wales
Updated September 2026
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- Post town
- Ammanford
- Local authority
- Neath Port Talbot
- Constituency
- Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe
- Postcode district
- SA18
- Postcode sector
- SA18 1
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- SA18 1BR
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 July 2022
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- SA
- Postcode district
- SA18
- Postcode sector
- SA18 1
- Latitude
- 51.797064
- Longitude
- -3.885899
- British National Grid easting
- 270,047
- British National Grid northing
- 212,617
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- Wales · W92000004
- Region
- W99999999
- Local authority district
- Neath Port Talbot · W06000012
- Electoral ward
- Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen and Lower Brynamman · W05001700
- Parish or community
- W04000615
- Westminster constituency
- Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe · W07000085
- Output area
- W00004937
- Lower layer super output area
- Neath Port Talbot 020C · W01000928
- Middle layer super output area
- Neath Port Talbot 020 · W02000417
Postcode source versions
- Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
- Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
- Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence
Explore SA18
Property
1 recorded
sale at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 14, Bro Nantfer, Gwaun Cae Gurwen, Ammanford, SA18 1BR | 17 June 2021 | £300,000 |
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 5
- Primary
- 0
- Secondary
- 0
- 530 m
YGG Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen
Welsh establishment
- 1.6 km
Tairgwaith Primary School
Welsh establishment
- 2.6 km
Brynaman C P School
Welsh establishment
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 358
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 202
- Public order 40
- Anti social behaviour 39
- Criminal damage and arson 27
- Other crime 12
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- SA18 1 residents
- 9,107
Age bands in SA18 1
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 16.9%
- Age 15 to 24
- 10.2%
- Age 25 to 44
- 22.5%
- Age 45 to 64
- 27.8%
- Age 65 and over
- 22.7%
1,604 residents
967 residents
2,135 residents
2,639 residents
2,163 residents
Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.
Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.
Fixed broadband coverage
Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.
- Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Gigabit-capable
- 100%
- Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
- 0%
- Next Generation Access
- 100%
- Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
- 0%
Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
GP practices
2
within 5 km
AMMAN TAWE PARTNERSHIP
1 GRAIG ROAD, GWAUN CAE GURWEN, AMMANFORD, SA18 1EG
ODS code W00142
438 m
AMMAN TAWE PARTNERSHIP
4 GWILYM ROAD, CWMLLYNFELL, SWANSEA, SA9 2GH
ODS code W00143
4.6 km
Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.
Source acquired on 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.
Nearby transport
- 0.2 miles
Heol-Y-Neuadd
BCT · Gwaun-Leision
- 0.2 miles
Heol-Y-Neuadd
BCT · Gwaun-Leision
- 0.2 miles
Llys Nant Fer
BCT · Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen
- 0.2 miles
Cwmgors Club
BCT · Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen
- 0.3 miles
Cwmgors Club
BCT · Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
358 published events cover 12 months, averaging 29.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 202 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.