Although the West Wales Line runs through the village, there is no actual railway station: the nearest is Gowerton.

Alcoa announced in November 2006 that it would close the plant by the end of March 2007, with the loss of 298 jobs.

[2] TIMET, the world's largest supplier of titanium metals, is now the major employer in the village, with the mill one of four European locations.

The other, Ysgol Gynradd Gymraeg Y Login Fach, is a Welsh language school located on Roseland Road.

Bethany (English Baptist, built in 1875 to seat 250[3]) on Bryn Road was closed and the land has been sold.