Glynneath
Sign in to saveGlynneath ( ; also spelt Glyn-neath and Glyn Neath) is a town, community and electoral ward lying on the River Neath in the county borough of Neath Port Talbot, Wales. It was formerly in the historic county of Glamorgan. Glynneath ward covers only part of the community, with some 840 electors included in the neighbouring ward of Blaengwrach.
Key facts
- UK place.static_image_name
- GlynneathTownHall.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Glynneath Town Hall
- UK place.country
- Wales
- UK place.welsh_name
- Glyn-nedd
- UK place.constituency_welsh_assembly
- Neath
- UK place.official_name
- Glynneath
- UK place.population
- 4,278
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011)
- UK place.community_wales
- Glynneath
- UK place.unitary_wales
- Neath Port Talbot
- UK place.lieutenancy_wales
- West Glamorgan
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Neath and Swansea East
- UK place.post_town
- NEATH
- UK place.postcode_district
- SA11
- UK place.postcode_area
- SA
- UK place.dial_code
- 01639
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SN885067
- UK place.module
- 240pxMap of the community
via Wikipedia infobox
Article
6 sectionsContents
- Notable buildings and structures
- Sports and leisure
- Notable residents
- Twin Town
- External links
- References
Glynneath ( ; also spelt Glyn-neath and Glyn Neath) is a town, community and electoral ward lying on the River Neath in the county borough of Neath Port Talbot, Wales. It was formerly in the historic county of Glamorgan. Glynneath ward covers only part of the community, with some 840 electors included in the neighbouring ward of Blaengwrach.
Industrialisation reached Glynneath when coal mining started in 1793, and rapidly expanded when the Neath Canal came to the town in 1775. Many features of the old canal still survive to the present time.