Cynonville Pumping Stn Substation

Cynonville Pumping Stn Substation is an electrical substation in Pelenna, Neath Port Talbot, Wales. Cynonville Pumping Stn Substation is situated nearby to Afan Forest Park High Bridge, as well as near the peak Mynydd Pen-rhys.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Mynydd Pen-rhys and South Wales Miners’ Museum.

Mynydd Pen-rhys

Peak

Photo: Mick Lobb, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Mynydd Pen-rhys is a peak.

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 1 mile northeast of Cynonville Pumping Stn Substation.

Moel y Fen

Peak

Photo: Chris Shaw, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Moel y Fen is a peak.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Pontrhydyfen and Afan Forest Park.

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.

Afan Forest Park

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The Afan Forest Park is a 48-square-mile forest park in Wales. It is set in the Afan Valley in Neath Port Talbot. It is well known for its mountain biking and hiking or hillwalking trails. It is situated seven miles from Junction 40 of the M4.