Abercregan
Abercregan is a village in the community of Cymer and Glyncorrwg, in the Welsh county borough of Neath Port Talbot, Glamorgan. It is situated around 12 kilometres north-east of Port Talbot and just west of Cymmer, and is also close to the River Afan.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Cymer Afan Comprehensive School and South Wales Miners’ Museum.
Cymer Afan Comprehensive School
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Cymer Afan Comprehensive School was a comprehensive school, located in Cymmer, Neath Port Talbot, Wales. It offered mixed-sex education to around 200 pupils aged 11–16.
South Wales Miners’ Museum
Museum
Photo: Jeremy Bolwell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The South Wales Miners' Museum is a museum of the coal mining industry and its workforce in the South Wales Coalfield. It is located at Cynonville within the Afan Forest Park Visitor Centre in the Afan Forest Park, near the small village of Cymmer in Neath Port Talbot. South Wales Miners’ Museum is situated 2 miles southwest of Abercregan.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cymmer and Croeserw.
Cymmer
Village
Cymmer is a small village in the community of Cymer and Glyncorrwg, in Neath Port Talbot in Wales, set on a hillside in the Afan Valley near the confluence of the River Afan and the River Corrwg. In 2001, Cymmer had a population of 2,883.
Croeserw
Village
Photo: John Lord, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Croeserw is a village of approximately 1,380 inhabitants in Gwynfi and Croeserw, Neath Port Talbot county borough, Wales.
Caerau
Village
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Caerau is a former mining village in the community of Maesteg, Bridgend County Borough, Wales, located approximately 2 miles north of the centre of Maesteg town in the Llynfi Valley.
Abercregan
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: village in Neath Port Talbot, Wales, UK
- Categories: village and locality
- Location: Glyncorrwg, Neath Port Talbot, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.65679° or 51° 39′ 24″ northLongitude
-3.66654° or 3° 39′ 60″ westElevation
682 feet (208 metres)Open location code
9C3RM84M+P9OpenStreetMap ID
node 740630930OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Abercregan” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Abercregan”
- Dutch: “Abercregan”
- Irish: “Abercregan”
- Welsh: “Abercregan”
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Highlights include Football Ground and Afan Forest Park.
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