Rhigos

Places of Interest

Tower Colliery

Photo: Derek Cummings, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Tower Colliery was the oldest continuously working deep-coal mine in the United Kingdom, and possibly the world, until its closure in 2008. It was the last mine of its kind to remain in the South Wales Valleys. Tower Colliery is situated 2 miles southeast of Rhigos.

Craig y Llyn

Peak

Photo: Craigthomas1, CC BY 4.0.

Craig y Llyn is a mountain situated to the south of the village of Rhigos in the Cynon Valley on the south side of the upper Vale of Neath and north of the Rhondda Valleys in South Wales; it is the highest point in the ancient kingdom and, later, county of Glamorgan, and the southern Welsh coalfield plateau. Craig y Llyn is situated 2 miles south of Rhigos.

Glynneath Library

Library

Photo: Jaggery, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places in the Area

Pontneddfechan

Village

Photo: Chris Shaw, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Pontneddfechan (Welsh for 'bridge over the Little Neath'…

Cefn Rhigos

Hamlet

Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Cefn Rhigos is a hamlet to the west of the village of Rhigos, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. Despite being 8 miles from the town centre, it is within the Aberdare postal district.

Glynneath

Town

Photo: Darren Wyn Rees, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Glynneath is a town, community and electoral ward lying on the River Neath in the county borough of Neath Port Talbot, Wales. It was formerly in the historic county of Glamorgan.

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