Onllwyn

Onllwyn is a small village and community in Neath Port Talbot, Wales, near Seven Sisters. The community area also covers the small settlements of Dyffryn Cellwen and Banwen.

Photo: roger geach, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Henrhyd Falls and Wales Ape and Monkey Sanctuary.

Henrhyd Falls

Waterfall

Photo: Daimack, Public domain.

Henrhyd Falls in the Brecon Beacons National Park, Wales, is the tallest waterfall in southern Wales, with a drop of 90 feet. Famous for its appearance as the entrance to the Batcave in The Dark Knight trilogy directed by Christopher Nolan.

Wales Ape and Monkey Sanctuary

Zoo

Photo: Nigel Davies, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Wales Ape and Monkey Sanctuary is an animal sanctuary between Caehopkin and Abercraf in Powys, Wales. It became the Wales Ape & Monkey Sanctuary in December 2008, being previously known as Cefn-yr-Erw Primate Sanctuary.

Hirfynydd

Peak

Hirfynydd is a 481-metre-high hill in Neath Port Talbot county borough in South Wales. A Roman road, Sarn Helen, runs along its entire northeast–southwest ridge-line, a route followed by a modern-day byway. Hirfynydd is situated 1½ miles south of Onllwyn.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Banwen and Coelbren.

Banwen

Village

Banwen is a small village in Neath Port Talbot county borough in Wales. Banwen is part of the community of Onllwyn along with the village of Onllwyn itself and the adjacent parish of Dyffryn Cellwen.

Coelbren

Village

Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Coelbren is a small rural village within the community of Tawe Uchaf in southernmost Powys, Wales. It lies on the very northern edge of the South Wales Coalfield some six miles north-east of Ystradgynlais and just outside the southern boundary of the Brecon Beacons National Park.

Seven Sisters

Village

Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Seven Sisters is a village and community in the Dulais Valley, Wales, UK. It lies 10 miles north-east of Neath. Seven Sisters falls within the Seven Sisters ward of Neath Port Talbot county borough. Seven Sisters is situated 1½ miles southwest of Onllwyn.

Onllwyn

Type: Village with 1,170 residents
Description: village and community in Neath Port Talbot, Wales
Categories: community and locality
Location: Onllwyn, Neath Port Talbot, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.77971° or 51° 46′ 47″ north

Longitude

-3.68073° or 3° 40′ 51″ west

Population

1,170

Elevation

810 feet (247 metres)

Open location code

9C3RQ8H9+VP

OpenStreetMap ID

node 5098184581

OpenStreetMap feature

place=village

GeoNames ID

2640959

Wikidata ID

Q7094142

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Basque to Welsh—“Onllwyn” goes by many names.

Basque: “Onllwyn”
Catalan: “Onllwyn”
Cebuano: “Onllwyn”
Chinese: “Onllwyn”
Cornish: “Onllwyn”
Dutch: “Onllwyn”
Egyptian Arabic: “اونلوين”
French: “Onllwyn”
Irish: “Onllwyn”
Italian: “Onllwyn”
Japanese: “オンルウィン”
Min Nan Chinese: “Onllwyn”
Persian: “اونلوین”
Scottish Gaelic: “Onllwyn”
Swedish: “Onllwyn”
Welsh: “Onllwyn”

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Notable Places Nearby

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