Wales
Neath Port Talbot
Crynant

Crynant

Crynant is a village and community in the Dulais Valley in . It lies 7¾ miles north-east from the town of in , situated between the mountains of to the west, to the east and to the north.
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  • Type: Village with 1,600 residents
  • Description: village and community in Neath Port Talbot, Wales
  • Also known as: “Y Creunant”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Cefn Coed Colliery Museum and Mynydd Marchywel.

Museum
Photo: Cedwyn Davies, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a former coal mine, now operating as a . It is located at Crynant near in the South Wales Valleys.

Peak
Photo: Graham Horn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a 418-metre high hill in the Neath Port Talbot area in South Wales. Its summit is marked both by a cairn and a trig point. The larger part of the hill is cloaked in modern forestry through which numerous streams fall away westward to the , eastward to the River Dulais and southward into the Clydach, the latter two being tributaries of the . is situated 2 miles southwest of Crynant.

Hospital
is a health facility in Glanrhyd Road, , , . It is managed by the Powys Teaching Health Board. is situated 2½ miles north of Crynant.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Abergarwed and Melin-cwrt.

Village
is a village in the county borough of , south . It is located in the Vale of Neath, in the electoral ward of , near the town of . is situated 2½ miles southeast of Crynant.

Village
Photo: Dysdera, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village, which is situated 2½ miles southeast of Crynant.

Village
Photo: Alan Richards, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a former industrial village and community in the upper Swansea Valley, on the , about 13 miles northeast of . It is an electoral ward and a community in the unitary authority of , Wales, comprising a resident population of just over 3,000 people, approximately 60% of whom speak Welsh. is situated 3 miles northwest of Crynant.

Crynant

Latitude
51.73313° or 51° 43′ 59″ north
Longitude
-3.7507° or 3° 45′ 3″ west
Population
1,600
Elevation
367 feet (112 metres)
Open location code
9C3RP6MX+7P
Open­Street­Map ID
node 272333469
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2651795
Wiki­data ID
Q5190499
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Welsh—“Crynant” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Crynant”
  • Breton: “Y Creunant”
  • Catalan: “Y Creunant”
  • Cebuano: “Crynant”
  • Chinese: “Crynant”
  • Chinese: “克赖嫩特”
  • Cornish: “Y Creunant”
  • Dutch: “Crynant”
  • French: “Crynant”
  • Irish: “Y Creunant”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Crynant”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Y Creunant”
  • Spanish: “Crynant”
  • Swedish: “Crynant”
  • Welsh: “Crynant”
  • Welsh: “Y Creunant”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Creunant Primary School and Crynant Basketball Court.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Crynant”. Photo: Cedwyn Davies, CC BY-SA 2.0.