Alltwen Welsh: Pen yr Alltwen
Alltwen Location within Neath Port Talbot
Population	2,327 (2011)[1]
OS grid reference	SN726034
Community	Cilybebyll
Principal area	Neath Port Talbot
Preserved county	West Glamorgan
Country	Wales
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	SWANSEA
Postcode district	SA8
Dialling code	01792
Police	South Wales
Fire	Mid and West Wales
Ambulance	Welsh
UK Parliament	Neath
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament	Neath
List of places UK Wales Neath Port Talbot 51°42′50″N 3°50′46″W / 51.714°N 3.846°W / 51.714; -3.846

Alltwen (or Allt-wen; translates to "white wooded slope") is a village in the Swansea Valley (Welsh: Cwmtawe) in Wales. Alltwen forms part of the community of Cilybebyll and is administered separately from adjoining Pontardawe on the opposite bank of the River Tawe.

Alltwen is served by Alltwen Primary School and the village has a rugby union club, Alltwen RFC (Welsh: Clwb Rygbi Alltwen).

Allt-wen is an electoral ward of Neath Port Talbot county borough and is a part of the community of Cilybebyll. The ward is bounded by Trebanos and Pontardawe to the northwest; Rhos to the northeast; Bryn-côch North to the southeast; Dyffryn to the south; and Clydach (in Swansea) to the southwest.

Most of Allt-wen consists of farmland and woods. Occupying a strip of land in the northwest of the ward is Alltwen village, which is part of the built-up area surrounding Pontardawe.

• Alltwen was the home of Ronnie James, British Lightweight Boxing Champion in the 1940s and World Title challenger in 1946
• Rachel Thomas (actress), born in the village
• Siân Phillips, much of her childhood in the village
• Justin Tipuric, born in the village before moving to Trebanos as a child
• D. Gwenallt Jones, born in Pontardawe, was raised in Alltwen

• The History of Pontardawe by John E Morgan [Hirfryn] 1911
• Alltwen Primary School^{[permanent dead link‍]}
• South Wales Travel Guide - Welsh Holiday Cottages
• www.geograph.co.uk : photos of Alltwen and surrounding area