'Pontlliw' is a village in the community of Pontlliw and Tircoed, City and County of Swansea in Wales. The community has an elected community council, and has a population of 2,075.[1] The village is located near Pontarddulais and is off Junction 47 on the M4.
The name of the village comes from the Welsh word for bridge (pont) and the river Lliw which runs through the village.
Pontlliw has a primary school, as well as a number of small businesses such as a newsagent, Post Office, a hair salon and two public houses - The Buck[2] and The Castle, colloquially known as 'The Shed'. A former pub and restaurant The Glamorgan Arms closed, and is set to re-open as an Indian Restaurant named Rasoni.
The village also is home to Allt Y Graban Golf Course - a 9 hole golf course which opened in the 1990s.[3]
Passing motorists have to take care through the village though, as there are three sets of speed cameras in the village.[4]
Pontlliw is located between the neighbouring villages Penllergaer and Pontarddulais.
Pontlliw is also the birth place of Gareth Roberts, the former Wales rugby union player. Other notable residents with a rugby connection include Mervyn 'the Swerv' Hughes, who lived in Vernon Close and Paul Thorburn, who lived in Heol Y Waun during the early 1990s.