Pwllfawatkin Landfill
Pwllfawatkin Landfill is a landfill in Clydach and Pontardawe, Neath Port Talbot, Wales. Pwllfawatkin Landfill is situated nearby to the quarry Abernant Colliery, as well as near the peak Bryn-mawr.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Abernant Colliery and Penlle’r Castell.
Abernant Colliery
Quarry
Photo: roger geach, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Abernant Colliery was a coal mine in the River Amman valley at Pwllfawatkin, 4 miles north of Pontardawe and 13 miles north of Swansea, West Wales. Abernant Colliery is situated 1,900 feet southeast of Pwllfawatkin Landfill.
Penlle’r Castell
Archaeological site
Photo: Nigel Davies, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Penlle'r Castell is an historic ruin on the summit of Mynydd y Gwair in the far north of the City and County of Swansea. The Penlle'r Castell site was probably a late 13th-century stronghold garrisoned by one of the Marcher Lords. Penlle’r Castell is situated 2 miles west of Pwllfawatkin Landfill.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cwmgors and Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen.
Cwmgors
Village
Photo: Jeremy Bolwell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cwmgors is a village in the county of Glamorgan, and administered as part of the unitary authority borough of Neath Port Talbot, Wales. It is part of the community of Gwaun-cae-Gurwen and lies within the ceremonial county of West Glamorgan.
Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen
Village
Photo: Geraint Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen - The name stems from the Original Gwaun, Cegir and Gwen, as before settlement, the land was rich with white meadow flowers. Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen is a village and community in Neath Port Talbot, South West Wales. Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen is situated 2 miles north of Pwllfawatkin Landfill.
Garnant
Village
Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Garnant is a mining village in the valley of the River Amman in Carmarthenshire, Wales, north of Swansea. Like the neighbouring village of Glanamman it experienced a coal-mining boom in the 19th and early 20th centuries, but the last big colliery closed in 1936 and coal has been extracted fitfully since then. Garnant is situated 2½ miles north of Pwllfawatkin Landfill.
Pwllfawatkin Landfill
- Type: Landfill
- Address: Swansea, SA8 4RX
- Location: Clydach and Pontardawe, Neath Port Talbot, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.76264° or 51° 45′ 46″ northLongitude
-3.88826° or 3° 53′ 18″ westOperator
FCCOpen location code
9C3RQ476+3MOpenStreetMap ID
way 219971637OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=landfill
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