Margam Country Park
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Park
- Description: country park estate in Wales
- Address: Margam Castle Way, Port Talbot, SA13 2TJ
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Margan and Margam Castle.
Margan
Photo: Archangel12, CC BY 2.0.
Margam Abbey was a Cistercian monastery, located in the village of Margam, a suburb of modern Port Talbot in Wales. Margan is situated 2,400 feet west of Margam Country Park.
Margam Castle
Building
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 1,300 feet northwest of Margam Country Park.
Cryke Chapel (Ruin)
Ruins
Photo: Hywel Williams, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cryke Chapel (Ruin) is a ruins, which is situated 2,800 feet northwest of Margam Country Park.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Margam and Pyle.
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 2 miles northwest of Margam Country Park.
Pyle
Town
Photo: John Lord, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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 2½ miles southeast of Margam Country Park.
Taibach
Suburb
Taibach, also spelled as Tai-bach, is a community and suburban district of Port Talbot, Wales. It is a settlement centered on the main A48 road, sandwiched between the river Ffrwdwyllt and Margam. Parts of Margam are within the community boundaries. Taibach is situated 2½ miles northwest of Margam Country Park.
Margam Country Park
- Categories: country park and recreation area
- Location: Margam, Neath Port Talbot, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.5611° or 51° 33′ 40″ northLongitude
-3.71986° or 3° 43′ 12″ westOpen location code
9C3RH76J+C3OpenStreetMap ID
way 335609524OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=parkWikidata ID
Q6759081
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Welsh—“Margam Country Park” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “馬格姆國家公園”
- Chinese: “馬錦郊野公園”
- Japanese: “マーガム・カントリー・パーク”
- Japanese: “マーガン・カントリー・パーク”
- Japanese: “マルガム・カントリー・パーク”
- Slovenian: “Margamski podeželski park”
- Welsh: “Parc Gwledig Margam”
- Welsh: “Parc Margam”
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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 “Margam Country Park”. Photo: FruitMonkey, CC BY-SA 3.0.