This pub is currently closed long term. It has been renamed to the Ynys Arms and converted to a guesthouse for large groups to hire. Although all the external pub signage has been removed, the pub bar is still present for use by the guests. The car park has now been fenced off.

The following planning application was made to Neath Port Talbot Council on Fri 18 Nov 2022, which was approved on Fri 02 Jun 2023:

P2022/0981 | Retention of change of use from public house (A3 use) to guesthouse (C1 use), including public bar/restaurant and 8 no. guest rooms to allow for premises to be used for private hire/functions together with repositioned boundary fence | Ynysmeudwy Arms 168 Ynysmeudwy Road Ynysmeudwy Pontardawe SA8 4QJ