Visit Glynneath Places

Welcome to Visit Glynneath Places
The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Glynneath

  

Glynneath Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Glynneath

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You can visit Glynneath places with Walkfo Glynneath to hear history at Glynneath’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Glynneath has 19 places to visit in our interactive Glynneath 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 Glynneath, 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 Glynneath places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Glynneath & the surrounding areas.

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Walkfo: Visit Glynneath Places Map
19 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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Walkfo Glynneath tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Glynneath

  

Best Glynneath places to visit

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Glynneath has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Glynneath’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Glynneath’s information audio spots:

St Cadoc’s Church, Glynneath St. Cadoc’s Church is a Church in Wales church in Glynneath, Wales. It is located in the grounds of Aberpergwm House for which it was an estate church.

Aberpergwm House Aberpergwm House is an abandoned and ruinous country house located in Glynneath, Wales. Within the grounds of the house sits the church of St. Cadoc, which is possibly of late medieval origin.

River Mellte River Mellte is formed by the confluence of Afon Llia and the Afon Dringarth. It flows south through the village of Ystradfellte to Pontneddfechan where it joins the River Neath. The river derives its name from ‘mellt’ – the Welsh word for ‘lightning’

Rhigos Rhigos is a small village on the saddle of higher ground between the Vale of Neath and the Cynon Valley. It was part of the old Neath Rural district Council under Glamorgan until 1974. The population of the community in the 2011 census was noted as 894. For postal purposes it comes under the town of Aberdare.

Dinas Rock Dinas Rock (Welsh: Craig y Ddinas, “Fortress Rock”) is a high promontory of Carboniferous Limestone. It rises between Afon Mellte and its left-bank tributary, the Afon Sychryd. It derives its name from the presence of Iron Age earthworks on its summit.

Foel Chwern Foel Chwern is a Bronze Age burial monument dating to the Bronze Age. It is sited on the edge of a steep scarp slope, with a wide field of view to the north. The long distance footpath Coed Morgannwg Way runs close by the cairn.

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