Pontardawe has 2 public parks among 28 green space sites. Green space covers 0.9% of the area: about 37 m² per resident, or 5.2 football pitches for every 1,000 people. More green space per resident than 60% of areas in England and Wales, where the typical area has 31 m².
Public green space from OS Open Greenspace; golf courses are listed but not counted. Per resident uses Census 2021 population. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. How we calculate this
All house prices in PontardaweParc y Brenin Sior V is the largest public park in Pontardawe, at 1.3 hectares. 1 of the 2 public parks have a name.
| Park | Size |
|---|---|
| Parc y Brenin Sior V (King George V Park) | 1.3 hectares |
Other sports facilities cover the most ground in Pontardawe: 13 hectares. Golf courses are shown but left out of the green space total, because most need a membership.
| Type | Area |
|---|---|
| Other sports facilities | 13 hectares · 5 sites |
| Playing fields | 9.4 hectares · 2 sites |
| Churchyards and religious grounds | 1.4 hectares · 6 sites |
| Public parks and gardens | 1.4 hectares · 2 sites |
| Cemeteries | 9,919 m² · 4 sites |
| Play spaces | 5,822 m² · 5 sites |
| Tennis courts | 2,353 m² · 2 sites |
| Bowling greens | 2,049 m² · 1 site |
| Golf coursesNot counted | 45.8 hectares · 1 site |
A bit more than most areas. Pontardawe has 37 m² of green space per resident, against 31 m² in the typical area of England and Wales and 53 m² across Neath Port Talbot. More green space per resident than 60% of areas in England and Wales.
| Area | Per resident |
|---|---|
| PontardaweThis area | 37 m² per resident |
| Neath Port Talbot | 53 m² per resident |
| Typical area in England and Wales | 31 m² per resident |
A full-size football pitch is about 7,140 m². 37 m² for every resident adds up to 5.2 football pitches of parks, playing fields and other public green space for every 1,000 people.
High means the second-highest fifth of areas in England and Wales. The bands split every area we cover into fifths by green space per resident, from Very Low to Very High.
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Price information is from HM Land Registry, location boundaries are from OpenStreetMap, and households and population are from Nomis Census 2021 postcode estimates (21 March 2021). Parks and green space are from OS Open Greenspace. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.
Last updated 7 October 2026 at 03:27 with the latest Land Registry data (August 2026). The Pontardawe dataset covers 283 postcodes.
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.