South Wales Miners’ Museum
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Jeremy Bolwell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Museum
- Description: mining museum in Port Talbot, South Wales
- Also known as: “Afan Forest Mining museum”, “Amgueddfa Glowyr De Cymru”, and “South Wales Miners‘ Museum”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Mynydd Pen-rhys and Moel y Fen.
Moel y Fen
Peak
Photo: Chris Shaw, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Moel y Fen is a peak, which is situated 2 miles southwest of South Wales Miners’ Museum.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Afan Forest Park and Tonmawr.
Afan Forest Park
Photo: Rude Health, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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.
Tonmawr
Village
Photo: Cedwyn Davies, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Tonmawr is a village in Neath Port Talbot county borough, south Wales. It is part of the community of Pelenna and is located around four miles east of Neath. The village is home to a rugby union team, a community centre, and the Bryn Bettws Lodge.
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. Pontrhydyfen is situated 1½ miles west of South Wales Miners’ Museum.
South Wales Miners’ Museum
- Categories: mining museum, charitable organization, independent museum, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Glyncorrwg, Neath Port Talbot, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.64173° or 51° 38′ 30″ northLongitude
-3.70551° or 3° 42′ 20″ westOpen location code
9C3RJ7RV+MQOpenStreetMap ID
node 471928131OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumWikidata ID
Q7568778
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“South Wales Miners’ Museum” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Amgueddfa Glowyr De Cymru”
- Basque: “South Wales Miners‘ Museum”
- Catalan: “Amgueddfa Glowyr De Cymru”
- Catalan: “South Wales Miners‘ Museum”
- French: “Amgueddfa Glowyr De Cymru”
- French: “South Wales Miners‘ Museum”
- Irish: “Amgueddfa Glowyr De Cymru”
- Irish: “South Wales Miners‘ Museum”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Amgueddfa Glowyr De Cymru”
- Scottish Gaelic: “South Wales Miners‘ Museum”
- Swedish: “Amgueddfa Glowyr De Cymru”
- Swedish: “South Wales Miners‘ Museum”
- Welsh: “Amgueddfa Glowyr De Cymru”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Cefn Yr Argoed and Afan Forest.
Nearby Places
Explore places such as Afan Forest Visitor Centre and Cedars Tea Shop.
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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 “South Wales Miners’ Museum”. Photo: Jeremy Bolwell, CC BY-SA 2.0.