SA2 8AL lies on Rhyd Y Defaid Drive in Sketty, Swansea. SA2 8AL is located in the Sketty electoral ward, within the unitary authority of Swansea and the Welsh Parliamentary constituency of Swansea West. The Local Health Board is Swansea Bay University and the police force is South Wales. This postcode has been in use since January 1980.
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Source: OS OpenMap – Local (Ordnance Survey)
Source: OS VectorMap District (Ordnance Survey)
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| Easting | 261558 |
| Northing | 192313 |
| Latitude | 51.612575 |
| Longitude | -4.000835 |
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Source: Open Postcode Geo
Licence: Open Government Licence
| Street | Rhyd Y Defaid Drive |
| Locality | Sketty |
| Town/City | Swansea |
| Country | Wales |
| Postcode District | SA2 |
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Source: Land Registry Price Paid Data
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Elevation or altitude of SA2 8AL as distance above sea level:
| Metres | Feet | |
|---|---|---|
| Elevation | 60m | 197ft |
Elevation is measured from the approximate centre of the postcode, to the nearest point on an OS contour line from OS Terrain 50, which has contour spacing of ten vertical metres.
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Source: Open Postcode Elevation
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| Ward | Sketty |
| Constituency | Swansea West |
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Source: ONS Postcode Database
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47, RHYD Y DEFAID DRIVE, SKETTY, SWANSEA, SA2 8AL 2022 15 AUG £565,000 |
45, RHYD Y DEFAID DRIVE, SKETTY, SWANSEA, SA2 8AL 2021 25 NOV £515,000 |
55, RHYD Y DEFAID DRIVE, SKETTY, SWANSEA, SA2 8AL 2019 18 DEC £570,000 |
60, RHYD Y DEFAID DRIVE, SKETTY, SWANSEA, SA2 8AL 2010 17 DEC £285,000 |
62, RHYD Y DEFAID DRIVE, SKETTY, SWANSEA, SA2 8AL 2007 28 SEP £304,500 |
57, RHYD Y DEFAID DRIVE, SKETTY, SWANSEA, SA2 8AL 2003 28 JUL £287,500 |
48, RHYD Y DEFAID DRIVE, SKETTY, SWANSEA, SA2 8AL 2002 7 JUN £240,000 |
60, RHYD Y DEFAID DRIVE, SKETTY, SWANSEA, SA2 8AL 1999 8 JUL £145,000 |
51, RHYD Y DEFAID DRIVE, SKETTY, SWANSEA, SA2 8AL 1998 23 APR £175,000 |
62, RHYD Y DEFAID DRIVE, SKETTY, SWANSEA, SA2 8AL 1996 30 AUG £107,500 |
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Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data
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| Channel View | Sketty | 169m |
| Channel View | Sketty | 179m |
| Saunders Way Upper (Saunders Way) | Derwen Fawr | 201m |
| Channel View (Rhyd-y-defaid Drive) | Derwen Fawr | 211m |
| Saunders Way Upper (Saunders Way) | Sketty | 213m |
| Swansea Station | 4.3km |
| Gowerton Station | 4.7km |
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Source: NaPTAN
Licence: Open Government Licence
| Percentage of properties with Next Generation Access | 100.0% |
| Percentage of properties with Superfast Broadband | 100.0% |
| Percentage of properties with Ultrafast Broadband | 100.0% |
| Percentage of properties with Full Fibre Broadband | 0.0% |
Superfast Broadband is between 30Mbps and 300Mbps
Ultrafast Broadband is > 300Mbps
| Median download speed | 60.3Mbps |
| Average download speed | 83.1Mbps |
| Maximum download speed | 200.00Mbps |
| Median upload speed | 7.8Mbps |
| Average upload speed | 8.3Mbps |
| Maximum upload speed | 18.33Mbps |
| Percentage of properties unable to receive 2Mbps | 0.0% |
| Percentage of properties unable to receive 5Mbps | 0.0% |
| Percentage of properties unable to receive 10Mbps | 0.0% |
| Percentage of properties unable to receive 30Mbps | 0.0% |
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Source: Ofcom
Licence: Ofcom Terms of Use (requires attribution)
Estimated total energy consumption in SA2 8AL by fuel type, 2015.
| Consumption (kWh) | 430,954 |
|---|---|
| Meter count | 20 |
| Mean (kWh/meter) | 21,548 |
| Median (kWh/meter) | 18,980 |
| Consumption (kWh) | 71,832 |
|---|---|
| Meter count | 19 |
| Mean (kWh/meter) | 3,781 |
| Median (kWh/meter) | 3,159 |
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Source: Postcode level gas estimates: 2015 (experimental)
Source: Postcode level electricity estimates: 2015 (experimental)
Licence: Open Government Licence
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Source: ONS Postcode Database
Licence: Open Government Licence
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Source: Food Standards Agency
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| Last Collection | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Location | Mon-Fri | Sat | Distance |
| Rhyd Y Defaid Drive | 18:15 | 11:15 | 197m |
| Cherry Grove | 17:30 | 11:30 | 366m |
| Caebryn Avenue | 18:00 | 11:45 | 381m |
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Source: Dracos
Licence: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike
The below table lists the International Territorial Level (ITL) codes (formerly Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS) codes) and Local Administrative Units (LAU) codes for SA2 8AL:
| ITL 1 Code | Name |
|---|---|
| TLL | Wales |
| ITL 2 Code | Name |
| TLL1 | West Wales and The Valleys |
| ITL 3 Code | Name |
| TLL18 | Swansea |
| LAU 1 Code | Name |
| W06000011 | Swansea |
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Source: ONS Postcode Directory
Licence: Open Government Licence
The below table lists the Census Output Area (OA), Lower Layer Super Output Area (LSOA), and Middle Layer Super Output Area (MSOA) for SA2 8AL:
| Code | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| OA | W00004580 | |
| LSOA | W01000859 | Swansea 027B |
| MSOA | W02000194 | Swansea 027 |
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Source: ONS Postcode Directory
Licence: Open Government Licence
| SA2 8NB | Cedric Close | 92m |
| SA2 8BL | Dulais Grove | 112m |
| SA2 8NA | Gabalfa Road | 114m |
| SA2 8BE | Bishops Grove | 133m |
| SA2 8LY | Channel View | 159m |
| SA2 8BG | Valley View | 175m |
| SA2 8BH | Saunders Way | 193m |
| SA2 8AJ | Rhyd Y Defaid Drive | 196m |
| SA2 8AN | Rhyd Y Defaid Drive | 203m |
| SA2 8ND | Gabalfa Road | 203m |
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Source: Open Postcode Geo; Land Registry Price Paid Data
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