Moel y Fen
Moel y Fen is a peak in Cwmavon, Neath Port Talbot, Wales and has an elevation of 876 feet. Moel y Fen is situated nearby to the hamlet Rock, as well as near the village Pontrhydyfen.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Chris Shaw, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 876 feet
- Description: hill (267m) in Neath Port Talbot County Borough
- Also known as: “Moel Y Fen”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mynydd Pen-rhys and South Wales Miners’ Museum.
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.
Mynydd-y-Gaer
Peak
Photo: Kevin Trahar, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pontrhydyfen and Bryn.
Pontrhydyfen
Village
Photo: Nigel Davies, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Pontrhydyfen is a small village in the Afan Valley, in Neath Port Talbot county borough in Wales. The village sits at the confluence of the River Afan and the smaller Afon Pelenna, 1.8 miles north of the larger village of Cwmafan and not far from the towns of Port Talbot and Neath.
Bryn
Village
Photo: Chris Shaw, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bryn is a village and community in Neath Port Talbot County Borough in Wales. It has a population of 913. The village is located in the hills between Cwmafan, in the Afan Valley, and Maesteg in the Llynfi Valley, approximately 6 miles from Port Talbot and 2 miles from Maesteg.
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.
Moel y Fen
- Categories: hill and landform
- Location: Cwmavon, Neath Port Talbot, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.62308° or 51° 37′ 23″ northLongitude
-3.73413° or 3° 44′ 3″ westElevation
876 feet (267 metres)Open location code
9C3RJ7F8+68OpenStreetMap ID
node 3598788425OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
“Moel y Fen” goes by many names.
- Welsh: “Moel y Fen”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Rock and Efail-fach.
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Highlights include Pen-hydd Fawr and Mynydd Bychan.
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