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The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Tonmawr

  

Tonmawr Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Tonmawr

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You can visit Tonmawr places with Walkfo Tonmawr to hear history at Tonmawr’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Tonmawr has 11 places to visit in our interactive Tonmawr 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 Tonmawr, 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 Tonmawr places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Tonmawr & the surrounding areas.

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11 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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

  

Best Tonmawr places to visit

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

Pontrhydyfen Pontrhydyfen (or Pont-rhyd-y-fen) is a small village in the Afan Valley, in Neath Port Talbot county borough in Wales. The village sits at the confluence of the River Afan and the smaller Afon Pelenna, 1.8 miles (2.9 km) north of the larger village of Cwmafan. The views from the village are dominated by the hills of Foel Fynyddau and Moel y Fen. The built-up area has a population of around 830.

River Afan River Afan (Welsh: Afon Afan) is a river in Wales whose valley formed the territory of the medieval Lords of Afan. The town of Aberavon grew up on the banks of the river and was later subsumed by Port Talbot.

Cefn Saeson Cefn Saeson is a mixed, English-medium comprehensive school in Neath, South Wales. The school serves 11 to 16-year-olds living in Cimla, Tonna, Tonmawr, Pontrhydyfen and parts of Neath. A new school was built in 2021 on the football field of the existing school.

Gnoll Country Park Gnoll Country Park is an early-18th-century landscaped garden covering over 100 acres (0.40 km) in the Vale of Neath, in Neath Port Talbot county borough in south Wales.

Efail Fach television relay station The Efail Fach television relay station was built in the 1980s as a fill-in relay for UHF analogue colour television. It consists of a 15 m self-supporting lattice mast standing on a hill which is itself about 160 m above sea level. The transmissions are beamed to the east towards the Pelenna valley.

Cilfrew television relay station Cilfrew television relay station is sited on a hill south of the village of Tonna. It was originally built in 1981 as a fill-in relay for UHF analogue colour television. It consists of a 30 m self-supporting lattice mast.

Neath Port Talbot Neath Port Talbot is a principal area with county borough status in the preserved county of West Glamorgan, Wales . The population at the 2011 census was 139,812. The population in the coastal areas is mainly English-speaking .

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