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Tonna

Tonna is the name of a village and community in , Wales, located to the north-east of . Immediately between Tonna and the adjoining parish of Llanilltud is a cottage once occupied by the Welsh-born engineer and naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace, who had arrived at his theory of evolution independently of Charles Darwin, with whom he later corresponded.
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  • Type: Village with 2,660 residents
  • Description: village in Wales
  • Also known as: “Tonna, Neath”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Neath Castle and Gnoll Country Park.

Castle
Photo: Darren Wyn Rees, CC BY 3.0.
is a Norman castle located in the town centre of , . Its construction was begun by Robert, Earl of Gloucester, the nominal Lord of Glamorgan, at a date estimated between 1114 and 1130.

Park
The is a park in Wales. It is an early-18th-century landscaped garden covering over 100 acres in the Vale of Neath, in county borough in south .

Railway station
Photo: Alan Roberts, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a main line railway station serving the town of , south Wales. Managed by Transport for Wales, the station is located at street level on Windsor Road, situated back from the street fronting a small car park.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Neath and Afan Forest Park.

Photo: Robert Davies, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a town in in . Although it lacks any specific tourist attractions, its location near the stunning Swansea and Valleys make it a convenient, if not overly inspiring, base for touring these places.

Photo: Rude Health, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The is a 48-square-mile forest park in . It is set in the Afan Valley in . It is well known for its mountain biking and hiking or hillwalking trails. It is situated seven miles from Junction 40 of the M4.

Town
Photo: Steve Rigg, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a town and community in the county borough of , . The Welsh name may indicate that the church, llan, is protected from the wind, awel. is situated 3½ miles southwest of Tonna.

Tonna

Latitude
51.676° or 51° 40′ 34″ north
Longitude
-3.7708° or 3° 46′ 15″ west
Population
2,660
Elevation
712 feet (217 metres)
Open location code
9C3RM6GH+9M
Open­Street­Map ID
node 89047311
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
7299864
Wiki­data ID
Q16248422
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Welsh—“Tonna” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Tonna”
  • Breton: “Tonna”
  • Catalan: “Tonna”
  • Cebuano: “Tonna”
  • Chinese: “Tonna”
  • Czech: “Tonna”
  • Dutch: “Tonna”
  • French: “Tonna”
  • Galician: “Tonna”
  • German: “Tonna”
  • Irish: “Tonna”
  • Japanese: “トナ”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Tonna (Neath)”
  • Polish: “Tonna”
  • Swedish: “Tonna, Wales”
  • Swedish: “Tonna”
  • Welsh: “Tonna, Castell-nedd”
  • Welsh: “Tonna”
  • Welsh: “Tonnau”

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Notable Places Nearby

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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 “Tonna”. Photo: fionamcallisterphotography, CC BY 2.0.