Rhigos Airport

Rhigos Airport is an airport terminal in Neath Port Talbot, Wales. Rhigos Airport is situated near the aerodrome Rhigos Airfield, as well as near the hamlet Cefn Rhigos.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Tower Colliery and Dinas Rock.

Tower Colliery

Photo: Derek Cummings, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Tower Colliery was the oldest continuously working deep-coal mine in the United Kingdom, and possibly the world, until its closure in 2008. It was the last mine of its kind to remain in the South Wales Valleys. Tower Colliery is situated 1½ miles southeast of Rhigos Airport.

Dinas Rock

Craig y Ddinas is a 152-metre promontory of Carboniferous Limestone which rises between the confluence of the Mellte and Sychryd rivers on the border between Powys and Neath Port Talbot in south Wales. Dinas Rock is situated 1 mile north of Rhigos Airport.

Rhigos Primary School

School

Photo: exrhigosboy, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Rhigos Primary School is situated 1 mile east of Rhigos Airport.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cefn Rhigos and Pontneddfechan.

Cefn Rhigos

Hamlet

Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Cefn Rhigos is a hamlet to the west of the village of Rhigos, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. Despite being 8 miles from the town centre, it is within the Aberdare postal district.

Pontneddfechan

Village

Photo: Chris Shaw, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Pontneddfechan (Welsh for 'bridge over the Little Neath'…

Rhigos

Village

Photo: GaranRT, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Rhigos is a village and community in Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. The village is located on the saddle of higher ground between the Vale of Neath and the Cynon Valley.

Rhigos Airport

Type: Airport terminal
Categories: building and transport
Location: Neath Port Talbot, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.74613° or 51° 44′ 46″ north

Longitude

-3.58189° or 3° 34′ 55″ west

Open location code

9C3RPCW9+F6

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1190043250

OpenStreetMap feature

aeroway=terminal

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Rhigos Airfield and St John’s Church.

Nearby Places

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