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The Vale of Neath (or Neath Valley, Welsh: Cwm Nedd), one of the South Wales Valleys, encompasses the upper reaches of the River Neath in southwest Wales. In addition to the River Neath, it is traversed by the Neath Canal and the A465 dual carriageway.
Settlements in the valley include Neath, Cadoxton, Tonna, Aberdulais, Resolven, Blaengwrach, Glynneath and Pontneddfechan.
Coal mining was an industry in the valley with mining operations being located at Aberpergwm and Pentreclwydau near Glynneath.[1]
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-3.651 The ValeofNeath (or Neath Valley, Welsh: Cwm Nedd), one of the South Wales Valleys, encompasses the upper reaches of the River Neath in southwest...
coal mining community as well as owning the ValeofNeath Brewery. Silica was mined in the Craig-y-Dinas area of Pontneddfechan, after Quaker entrepreneur...
The ValeofNeath Railway (VoNR) was a broad gauge railway company, that built a line from Merthyr Tydfil and Aberdare to Neath, in Wales, mostly to transport...
descent of these rivers towards the ValeofNeath, and also of the Afon Pyrddin and Afon Sychryd, tributaries of the Nedd Fechan and Afon Mellte respectively...
Glyn-nedd "valley of the River Neath"), also spelt Glyn-neath and Glyn Neath, is a small town, community and electoral ward lying on the River Neath in the county...
running via Neath. The Swansea Vale and Neath & Brecon Junction Railway was promoted in 1863 to build a line connecting the Swansea Vale Railway at Ynysygeinon...
stretches along much of the coast, broken by river mouths and areas of development. The upland areas are cut by five valleys: ValeofNeath, Dulais Valley,...
Neath Abbey railway station served the town ofNeath, in the historical county of Glamorganshire, Wales, from 1863 to 1936 on the ValeofNeath Railway...
the site of a colliery in the ValeofNeath near Glynneath in south Wales. The site at Aberpergwm had been worked since 1811 as a series of drift mines...
officially as the Neath to Abergavenny Trunk Road, but the section from Abergavenny to the ValeofNeath is more commonly referred to as the Heads of the Valleys...
stand for: ValeofNeath Railway Hungarian People's Republic, Russian transliteration of Vengerskaya Narodnaya Respublika (satellite state of the Soviet...
served the village of Resolven, Neath Port Talbot, Wales, from 1851 to 1964 on the ValeofNeath Railway. Construction of the ValeofNeath line, including...
Glyn Neath railway station served the town of Glynneath, in the historical county of Glamorganshire, Wales, from 1851 to 1964 on the ValeofNeath Railway...
north and the A4059 north of Penderyn, and with Pontneddfechan, which lies in the community, at the head of the ValeofNeath to the south. Ystradfellte...
which ultimately led to Cardiff Docks: Served by the Neath and Tennant Canal, which led to Neath and Port Tennant for the Swansea docks: This canal led...
small village on the saddle of higher ground between the ValeofNeath and the Cynon Valley. It was part of the old Neath Rural district Council under...
1853, Merthyr High Street railway station opened as the terminus of the ValeofNeath Railway on the site. Designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel, the two...
hard Lower Pennant Sandstone just before meeting the River Neath flowing down the ValeofNeath. They are home to Europe's largest electricity-generating...
colliery spur and joined the former Taff Vale Extension and ValeofNeath line into Aberdare. The line from the point of divergence to Aberdare TVR station...
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