Tre-Forgan

Tre-Forgan is a hamlet in Crynant, Neath Port Talbot, Wales. Tre-Forgan is situated nearby to the village Crynant, as well as near Ystalyfera.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Cefn Coed Colliery Museum and Ynyscedwyn Ironworks.

Cefn Coed Colliery Museum

Museum

Photo: Cedwyn Davies, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Cefn Coed Colliery Museum is a former coal mine, now operating as a museum. It is located at Crynant near Neath in the South Wales Valleys. Cefn Coed Colliery Museum is situated 2 miles south of Tre-Forgan.

Ynyscedwyn Ironworks

Ynyscedwyn Ironworks is an industrial complex located in Ystradgynlais, near Swansea, Wales. Smelting was first established here in seventeenth century. Ynyscedwyn Ironworks is situated 2 miles north of Tre-Forgan.

Mynydd Marchywel

Peak

Photo: Graham Horn, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Mynydd Marchywel 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 River Tawe, eastward to the River Dulais and southward into the Clydach, the latter two being tributaries of the River Neath. Mynydd Marchywel is situated 2 miles southwest of Tre-Forgan.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Crynant and Ystalyfera.

Crynant

Village

Photo: Cedwyn Davies, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Crynant is a village and community in the Dulais Valley in Wales. It lies 7¾ miles north-east from the town of Neath in Neath Port Talbot, situated between the mountains of Mynydd Marchywel to the west, Hirfynydd to the east and Mynydd y Drum to the north.

Ystalyfera

Village

Photo: Alan Richards, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Ystalyfera is a former industrial village and community in the upper Swansea Valley, on the River Tawe, about 13 miles northeast of Swansea. It is an electoral ward and a community in the unitary authority of Neath Port Talbot, Wales, comprising a resident population of just over 3,000 people, approximately 60% of whom speak Welsh. Ystalyfera is situated 2½ miles northwest of Tre-Forgan.

Seven Sisters

Village

Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Seven Sisters is a village and community in the Dulais Valley, Wales, UK. It lies 10 miles north-east of Neath. Seven Sisters falls within the Seven Sisters ward of Neath Port Talbot county borough. Seven Sisters is situated 2½ miles northeast of Tre-Forgan.

Tre-Forgan

Type: Hamlet
Also known as: “Treforgan”
Category: locality
Location: Crynant, Neath Port Talbot, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.73921° or 51° 44′ 21″ north

Longitude

-3.75389° or 3° 45′ 14″ west

Elevation

354 feet (108 metres)

Open location code

9C3RP6QW+MC

OpenStreetMap ID

node 4973985510

OpenStreetMap feature

place=hamlet

GeoNames ID

12266676

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