Margam Discovery Centre

Margam Discovery Centre is a building in Margam, Neath Port Talbot, Wales. Margam Discovery Centre is situated nearby to Furzemill Pond, as well as near the historic building Twyn-y-Hydd.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Margam Country Park and Margam Castle.

Margam Country Park

Park

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Margam Country Park is a country park estate in Wales, of around 850 acres. It is situated in Margam, about 2 miles from Port Talbot in south Wales. It was once owned by the Mansel Talbot family and is now owned and administered by the local council, Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council. Margam Country Park is situated 2,100 feet north of Margam Discovery Centre.

Margam Castle

Manor estate

Photo: Robert Davies, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Margam Castle, Margam, Port Talbot, Wales, is a late Georgian country house built for Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot. Designed by Thomas Hopper, the castle was constructed in a Tudor Revival style over a five-year period, from 1830 to 1835. Margam Castle is situated 2,800 feet north of Margam Discovery Centre.

Margan

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Margam Abbey was a Cistercian monastery, located in the village of Margam, a suburb of modern Port Talbot in Wales. The nave of the abbey church is still in use as the church of St Mary in the Church in Wales. Margan is situated 3,300 feet northwest of Margam Discovery Centre.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Pyle and Margam.

Pyle

Town

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Pyle is a village and community in Bridgend county borough, Wales. This large village is served by the A48 road, and lies less than one mile from Junction 37 of the M4 motorway, and is therefore only a half-hour journey from the capital city of Wales, Cardiff. Pyle is situated 2 miles southeast of Margam Discovery Centre.

Margam

Suburb

Photo: Hywel Williams, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Margam is a suburb and community of Port Talbot in the Welsh county borough of Neath Port Talbot, Wales, close to junction 39 of the M4 motorway. The community had a population of 3,017 in 2011; the built up area being larger and extending into Taibach community. Margam is situated 2½ miles northwest of Margam Discovery Centre.

Kenfig Hill

Village

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Kenfig Hill is a village in Bridgend County Borough, South Wales. It is bordered by Pyle to the south-west, Cefn Cribwr to the north-east, North Cornelly to the south and Moel Ton-Mawr mountain to the north. Kenfig Hill is situated 2½ miles southeast of Margam Discovery Centre.

Margam Discovery Centre

Type: Building
Location: Margam, Neath Port Talbot, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.55548° or 51° 33′ 20″ north

Longitude

-3.72085° or 3° 43′ 15″ west

Open location code

9C3RH74H+5M

OpenStreetMap ID

way 298353017

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

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