Amenities
The Gurnos estate includes a main small shopping centre at Chestnut Way, known locally as The Gurnos Shops, a social club; The Gurnos Club and a community centre, all located within a few yards of each other. Other shops were also part of the estate's design at Pen-Gurnos and Lavender Road. There have also been two pubs, the Gurnos Tavern and later The Matchstick Man, named after late boxer Johnny Owen, however both have since closed.
In 1999 the 3Gs Development Trust was established to work with the communities of the Gurnos and Galon Uchaf, offering support, information and developmental activities. The trust's offices are based at The Gurnos Shops, together with other centres including a youth centre at Forsythia Close. The name 3Gs illustrates the local perception that there are two estates, separated by Prince Charles Hospital; the Old Gurnos and the New Estate; being two of the Gs, together with Galon Uchaf being the third. Penydarren was later added to the 3Gs remit.
The only secondary school in the area is Pen-Y-Dre High School, there are also two primary schools; Goetre Primary School and St Aloysius Roman Catholic Primary School.
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