Pontwilliam Pontwilym, Powys
1 address across 1 postcode (LD3), about 30 m long. USRN 85319027.
- Sales: 1 recorded sales since 1995; in 2000 the median was £80,000 across 1 sale.
- Flood: No postcode centre on the street is in flood zone 2 or 3.
- Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band D; Band D in Powys costs £2,352 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Llangammarch, about 20.7 km (13 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden, Beacons Park, is about 140 m away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 2.6 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 4.6 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: It is about 184 m above sea level.
- Noise: None of its addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Ty Henry Vaughan, about 1.2 km (0.7 miles) away.
- People: About 220 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 80% of households owned their home and 39% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 9 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often anti-social behaviour.
Sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1 | £80,000 | £80,000 | £80,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 Nov 2000 | 92 LD3 9BS | Terraced | £80,000 |
Energy performance certificates
No certificates found for addresses on this street.
Council tax
What each band costs in Powys in 2026-27: Band D £2,352 a year on average, including the police and community council charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,568 | £1,829 | £2,090 | £2,352 | £2,874 | £3,397 | £3,920 | £4,703 | £5,487 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band D (39% of about 890 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: none.
- Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders and green belt: Wales has no national record of these; the council's planning department holds them.
Roadworks
Street works permits come from the Department for Transport's Street Manager, which covers England only.
Flood risk
None of the 61 address points in this street's postcodes is in an area at high, medium or low risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water on Natural Resources Wales's map. Outside those areas the chance is under 0.1% (1 in 1,000) a year.
High: 3.3% (1 in 30) or more chance of flooding a year. Medium: 1% to 3.3%. Low: 0.1% to 1%. The map allows for flood defences. Address points are every property record (UPRN) in the postcode, each counted if it is in an area or within 5 m of one (the maps stop at building walls); a few are not homes, such as garages, business units or caravan pitches. Counts cover whole postcodes, which can include other streets.
Flood zone for planning: no postcode centre is in flood zone 2 or 3. Welsh zones include an allowance for climate change.
Height above sea level
The street's address is about 184 m above sea level.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LD3 9BS | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway station | Llangammarch 2,160 journeys in 2024–25 | 20.7 km (13 miles) |
| Bus stops | 1 stop within 400 m (0.2 miles), 9 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Beacons Park Pendre | 230 m |
| Bus or coach station | Brecon Interchange 1 | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) |
| Car parks | Brecon Leisure Centre Carpark | 900 m (0.6 miles) |
| EV charging points | 1 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest MFG Charging Station | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Cardiff International Airport CWL | 62.5 km (39 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 1 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Ty Henry Vaughan | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 2 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Boots | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
| NHS dentists | 4 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Dental Surgery | 1 km (0.6 miles) |
| Hospital | Breconshire War Memorial Hospital | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
| Police station | Brecon Police Station | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) |
| Cash machines | NatWest | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 3 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Beacons Park 1.5 ha | 140 m |
| Play area | 3 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 500 m² | 120 m |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1.2 ha | 570 m (0.4 miles) |
| Allotments | Unnamed 4,750 m² | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 3 parks and gardens, 3.3 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Priory Mill, a listed building (Grade II*), 460 m (0.3 miles) east. 143 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 4 of them Grade I and 7 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Priory Mill | Listed building, Grade II* | 460 m (0.3 miles) east |
| Priory Walls, including North, West and Postern Gateways | Listed building, Grade II* | 710 m (0.4 miles) south |
| Cathedral Church of St John the Evangelist | Listed building, Grade I | 730 m (0.5 miles) south |
| Tithe Barn, Brecon Cathedral | Listed building, Grade II* | 770 m (0.5 miles) south |
| Brecon Castle | Scheduled monument | 950 m (0.6 miles) south |
| Brecon Bridge | Scheduled monument | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) south |
| Town Wall at Watton Mount | Scheduled monument | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) south |
| Penoyre | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 2.8 km (1.7 miles) west |
| Ffrwdgrech | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 2.9 km (1.8 miles) south-west |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Priory Groves | Wood | 640 m (0.4 miles) north-east |
| The Groves | Wood | 690 m (0.4 miles) south |
| Newton Pool | Lake or reservoir | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) south-west |
| Cwm-sobr | Valley | 1.4 km (0.8 miles) north-east |
| Cwm Anod | Valley | 1.6 km (1 mile) north-east |
| Slwch Tump | Hill | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) south-east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 2.6 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 4.6 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 7.1 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within both the UK limits and the WHO guidelines.
Road and rail noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| Under 55 | 1 | 1 |
None of the street's 1 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic or railways.
Climate, daylight and earthquakes
Monthly temperatures and rainfall, sunrise and sunset through the year, and earthquakes recorded nearby since 1970 are much the same across the area, so they are worked out once for Powys: see them on the Powys page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Priory Church in Wales School English medium | Primary | 3–11 | 620 m (0.4 miles) | Estyn reports · My Local School |
| Ysgol Y Bannau Welsh medium | Primary | 3–11 | 890 m (0.6 miles) | Estyn reports · My Local School |
| Brecon High School English medium | Secondary | 11–19 | 890 m (0.6 miles) | Estyn reports · My Local School |
| Ysgol Golwg Pen Y Fan English medium | Primary | 4–11 | 1 km (0.6 miles) | Estyn reports · My Local School |
| Llanfaes C.p. School English medium | Primary | 3–11 | 1.6 km (1 mile) | Estyn reports · My Local School |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caroles Cakes LD3 9BR | Other catering premises | 240 m | 5 Very good | 16 Oct 2025 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Anti-social behaviour | 4 |
| Violence and sexual offences | 3 |
| Burglary | 1 |
| Other crime | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Pont Willim Village (9).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | Wales | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 65 | 43 |
| Children under 15 | 9% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 50% | 21% |
Homes
| Around this street | Wales | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 80% | 66% |
| Owned outright | 64% | 38% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | under 1% |
| Social rented | 6% | 17% |
| Private rented | 14% | 17% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | Wales | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 43% | 54% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 0% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 51% | 25% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 2% | 6% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 23% | 26% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 58% | 61% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | under 1% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 0% | 3% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 17% | 8% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 64% | 60% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 17% | 10% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | Wales | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 39% | 32% |
| No qualifications | 20% | 20% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 5% | 6% |
| Main language English or Welsh (aged 3 and over) | 98% | 97% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 1% | under 1% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 9 of 10 on the Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025, where 1 is the most deprived tenth of Wales's 1,917 neighbourhoods and 10 the least.
What has changed
Nothing new since the change feed started on 30 October 2026. New sales and energy certificates, and hygiene ratings, school inspections and flood figures nearby, will be listed here as the sources update.
Postcodes on this street
- LD3 9BS: 1 address of 61 in the postcode
Nearby streets
Pontwilym · Pont Willim Village · Pontwilym · B4520 · Beacons Park · Beech Grove · Maes-y-Ffynnon · Parc Pendre
What this page cannot tell you
- Whether a particular house is at risk of flooding, subsiding or anything else: the flood map is a model of areas and there is no property-level data here.
- What a home is worth now: sales are historic prices for the homes that happened to sell.
- How safe the street is: crime points are moved to anonymised locations and many crimes are never reported.
- Whether you would get a place at a school: distances are straight lines, not catchments.
- Who lives on the street now: census figures describe the small areas around it in March 2021, during a lockdown.
- How long a journey takes or how often anything runs: transport distances are straight lines to the nearest stops.
- Whether a GP practice is taking new patients, or a dentist new NHS patients.
- How loud a home is inside, or noise from industry, neighbours or smaller airfields: noise figures are models of road, rail and air traffic outside.
How each figure on this page is matched to the street and worked out: methodology.