The St Paul's Centre

Gerald Street, Port Talbot, SA12 6DQ  
​01639 883123

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Our purpose built, fully licensed community facility, in the heart of Aberavon is just off the M4.
​Free high speed internet access is available to all users.
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​Open Monday to Saturday. We don't usually open on a Sunday, but we can do if requested.
The admin team work Monday to Friday 8.30am to 3.30pm. Room hire can begin from 7.30am.

A community space

Built with funds from the Big Lottery and the Wales Government, this excellent modern facility has everything the community could hope for to meet a wide variety of needs.

A meeting place

An established meeting place for socialising with friends and work colleagues, the café area in St Paul's Centre, operated by TwoCann, provides a warm, friendly and relaxed atmosphere for intimate gatherings.

A training space

Regularly used by clients for training staff or offering courses to the wider public, we have everything you need: free super-fast WiFi broadband; smart Tvs; flipcharts; photocopying facility; laptops; tablets; catering.

Rooms are available for hire for community groups and conferences.
All conferences, business meetings etc. can be fully catered by our in house catering team TwoCann.
Wide screen TVs can be available in any room, and our superfast fibre optic Wi-Fi enhances both business visits or a meal in the café.
Clients include Google, DWP Job Centre Plus, Coastal Housing Group,
​Flying Start NPTCBC, Tai Tarian, ABMU Health Board, NPTCBC & Welsh Government.
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​The build was funded by Big Lottery and the Welsh Government.

The St Paul Hall

The St Paul Hall is a very flexible space, with four TV screens for maximum viewing of presentations, a good quality sound system with microphone. A lap top and dvd player are available for use.
The seating capacity of St Paul Hall is  : 
Theatre style 120  :  Buffet style 90  : Boardroom style 45  :  Conference style 120

The Dyfrig Room

The Dyfrig Room is a smaller, more intimate space, yet is as flexible as the St Paul Hall in its ability to be transformed into any arrangement you require. In Boardroom style it can easily accommodate 24 persons, and caters regularly for afternoon tea parties of twenty to thirty people. As a training room it has proved to be extremely popular in its horse-shoe setting of sixteen plus group leaders. ​

The room can be set up for weddings, Christening parties and wakes, or in any functional style that would cater for your needs.

Our in house caterers are happy to discuss your needs, and can cater for vegetarian, vegan and halal requirements.

The Timothy Room

This room is suitable for small meetings and training sessions.
It can accommodate up to ten people, and seating is flexible.　
　
The Timothy Room is often booked for job interviews and contact sessions and some one-to-one work,

The Pendarvis Room

This room is suitable for small meetings and training sessions. It can accommodate up to fifteen people, and seating is flexible.

This room is home to our weekly Job Club, and our Welsh
and Italian classes often meet here.

The room takes its name from the benefactors who gave the land and paid for the building of the former St Paul's Church, also commemorated in the name of the adjacent street, Pendarvis Terrace. Sir Arthur Pendarvis Vivian, K.C.B.,  and his wife, Lady Jane Vivian were generous to many local causes.

Our room names

The Centre is named after the former Church of St Paul, standing adjacent to the land on which we stand.
The St Paul Hall is a testimony to the community that gathered for worship and socialising on this site for over 100 years.

The Dyfrig Room is named after another former church in the parish, and the Timothy and Titus rooms are named after the Biblical companions of St Paul.

Travel directions from the M4 East
Exit the M4 at Junction 40 and take the first exit down Abbey Road. At the traffic lights turn right and drive to the major roundabout after the railway station. Take the second exit and drive down Water Street. Take the second right into Ysguthan Road (ignore the sign Afan Way) and follow the road until you see a right hand turn into Pendarvis Terrace at Bethlehem Evangelical Church. Park here and walk to the St Pauls Centre, or take the next left into Lady Jane Street then left again into Gerald Street. There is parking at the Centre, and in the adjoining streets.

Travel directions from the M4 West
Exit the M4 at Junction 41 and take the third exit over the flyover with St Mary's Church on your left. . At the roundabout take the fourth exit and drive down Water Street. Take the second right into Ysguthan Road and follow the road until you see a right hand turn into Pendarvis Terrace at Bethlehem Evangelical Church. Park here and walk to the St Pauls Centre, or take the next left into Lady Jane Street then left again into Gerald Street. There is parking at the Centre, and in the adjoining streets.