Mynydd-y-Gaer
Mynydd-y-Gaer is a hill that sits on the boundaries between the South Wales communities of Baglan, Cwmavon and Briton Ferry, all within Neath Port Talbot county borough.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Kevin Trahar, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 1,030 feet
- Description: hill (314m) in Neath Port Talbot County Borough
- Also known as: “Mynydd y Gaer” and “Mynydd Y Gaer”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Baglan railway station and Briton Ferry railway station.
Baglan railway station
Railway station
Photo: Gareth Lovering, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Baglan railway station is a minor station in the village of Baglan in Neath Port Talbot county borough, south Wales. It is 204 miles 53 chains from the zero point at London Paddington, measured via Stroud.
Briton Ferry railway station
Railway station
Photo: John Lord, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Briton Ferry railway station is a minor station in the village of Briton Ferry, south Wales. It is 206 miles 40 chains from the zero point at London Paddington, measured via Stroud.
Aberafan Shopping Centre
Shopping center
The Aberafan Shopping Centre is the only indoor shopping complex in Port Talbot, Wales. It currently has a floorspace of 24,100 m2 and houses over sixty stores on two levels, as well as the central library for Port Talbot.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Baglan and Cwmafan.
Baglan
Village
Photo: Chris Shaw, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Baglan is a village in Wales, adjoining Port Talbot, named after Saint Baglan. It is also a community and ward in the Neath Port Talbot county borough.
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 6,538 in 2011, increasing slightly to 5,615 at the 2011 Census.
Briton Ferry
Town
Photo: Steve Rigg, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Briton Ferry is a town and community in the county borough of Neath Port Talbot, Wales. The Welsh name may indicate that the church, llan, is protected from the wind, awel.
Mynydd-y-Gaer
- Categories: hill and landform
- Location: Briton Ferry, Neath Port Talbot, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.62758° or 51° 37′ 39″ northLongitude
-3.78449° or 3° 47′ 4″ westElevation
1,030 feet (314 metres)Open location code
9C3RJ6H8+26OpenStreetMap ID
node 272803029OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Welsh—“Mynydd-y-Gaer” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Mynydd-y-Gaer”
- Welsh: “Mynydd-y-Gaer”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Blaenbaglan Primary School and Margam Forest.
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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 “Mynydd-y-Gaer”. Photo: Kevin Trahar, CC BY-SA 2.0.