Welcome to Visit Crynant Places
The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Crynant
Visit Crynant places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best Crynant places to visit. A unique way to experience Crynant’s places, Walkfo allows you to explore Crynant as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides.
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Crynant (or Welsh: Y Creunant) is a village and community in the Dulais Valley in Wales. It lies 7¾ miles north-east from the town of Neath in Neath Port Talbot, lying between the mountains of Mynydd Marchywel to the west, Hirfynydd to the east and Mynyd y Drum to the north. When you visit Crynant, Walkfo brings Crynant places to life as you travel by foot, bike, bus or car with a mobile phone & headphones.
Crynant Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Crynant
Visit Crynant – Walkfo’s stats for the places to visit
With 5 audio plaques & Crynant places for you to explore in the Crynant area, Walkfo is the world’s largest heritage & history digital plaque provider. The AI continually learns & refines facts about the best Crynant places to visit from travel & tourism authorities (like Wikipedia), converting history into an interactive audio experience.
Crynant history
Crynant first appeared on maps as Capel Creunant (Creunant Chapel) which may have referred to the monastic outpost. The first colliery was Maes Mawr Colliery opened in 1874 and can still be seen at the site of the old Blaenant Colliery. None of the former collieries are operational today, and all but one have largely been reclaimed by nature.
Crynant etymology
The name Y Creunant has its etymology, like many Welsh place names, in description. ‘Creu’ (or nghreu) means the creation, or beginning, and ‘nant’ meaning stream or brook. Creu also means a pound, as in an animal pound by the stream.
Why visit Crynant with Walkfo Travel Guide App?
You can visit Crynant places with Walkfo Crynant to hear history at Crynant’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Crynant has 5 places to visit in our interactive Crynant map, with amazing history, culture & travel facts you can explore the same way you would at a museum or art gallery with information audio headset. With Walkfo, you can travel by foot, bike or bus throughout Crynant, being in the moment, without digital distraction or limits to a specific walking route. Our historic audio walks, National Trust interactive audio experiences, digital tour guides for English Heritage locations are available at Crynant places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Crynant & the surrounding areas.
“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 5 audio facts unique to Crynant places in an interactive Crynant map you can explore.”
Walkfo: Visit Crynant Places Map
5 tourist, history, culture & geography spots
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Best Crynant places to visit
Crynant has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Crynant’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Crynant’s information audio spots:
Ystalyfera transmitting station
The Ystalyfera television relay station was built in the 1980s as a fill-in relay for UHF analogue television. It consists of a 55 m self-supporting lattice steel mast standing on a hillside which is itself about 350 m above sea level.
Visit Crynant plaques
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here Crynant has 0 physical plaques in tourist plaque schemes for you to explore via Walkfo Crynant plaques audio map when visiting. Plaques like National Heritage’s “Blue Plaques” provide visual geo-markers to highlight points-of-interest at the places where they happened – and Walkfo’s AI has researched additional, deeper content when you visit Crynant using the app. Experience the history of a location when Walkfo local tourist guide app triggers audio close to each Crynant plaque. Currently No Physical Plaques.
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