Tai-Bach

Taibach, also spelled as Tai-bach, is a community and suburban district of Port Talbot, Wales. It is a settlement centered on the main A48 road, sandwiched between the river Ffrwdwyllt and Margam. Parts of Margam are within the community boundaries.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Port Talbot Parkway railway station and Margan.

Port Talbot Parkway railway station

Railway station

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Port Talbot Parkway railway station is a railway station in Port Talbot, Wales. The station is located at street level near Station Road in Port Talbot town centre. It is 202 miles 59 chains from London Paddington.

Margan

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Margam Abbey was a Cistercian monastery, located in the village of Margam, a suburb of modern Port Talbot in Wales. The nave of the abbey church is still in use as the church of St Mary in the Church in Wales.

Margam Castle

Manor estate

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Margam Castle, Margam, Port Talbot, Wales, is a late Georgian country house built for Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot. Designed by Thomas Hopper, the castle was constructed in a Tudor Revival style over a five-year period, from 1830 to 1835.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Port Talbot and Maesteg.

Port Talbot

Photo: Kevin Corcoran, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Port Talbot is an industrial town in South Wales in the county borough of Neath Port Talbot, part of the traditional county of Glamorgan, and has a population of around 32,000.

Maesteg

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Maesteg is a town and community in Bridgend County Borough, Wales. Maesteg lies at the northernmost end of the Llynfi Valley, close to the border with Neath Port Talbot.

Cwmafan

Village

Photo: Cedwyn Davies, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Cwmafan, also known as Cwmavon, is a large village and community in the Afan valley in Wales, lying within Neath Port Talbot County Borough. It had a population of 5,615 at the 2011 Census.

Tai-Bach

Type: Locality
Also known as: “Taibach”
Location: Neath Port Talbot, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.5863° or 51° 35′ 11″ north

Longitude

-3.746° or 3° 44′ 46″ west

Elevation

771 feet (235 metres)

Open location code

9C3RH7P3+GH

GeoNames ID

7291109

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