Coal Yards

Coal Yards is in Margam Moors, Neath Port Talbot, Wales. Coal Yards is situated nearby to the beach Margam Sands, as well as near Works Reservoir.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Eglwys Nunydd and Margan.

Eglwys Nunydd

Reservoir

The Eglwys Nunydd is a 260-acre supply reservoir in Margam, Wales. It was originally constructed in 1963 to provide cooling water for the cold rolling mills at the nearby Port Talbot steelworks.

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 2 miles northeast of Coal Yards.

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 miles east of Coal Yards.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Margam and Taibach.

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 north of Coal Yards.

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 2 miles north of Coal Yards.

Goytre

Suburb

Photo: Chris Shaw, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Goytre is a village near the town of Port Talbot, Wales. The village lies in the valley of the Nant Ffrwdwyllt, between the communities of Taibach, Cwmafan, Bryn and Margam. Goytre is situated 3 miles north of Coal Yards.

Coal Yards

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

51.55204° or 51° 33′ 7″ north

Longitude

-3.76969° or 3° 46′ 11″ west

Open location code

9C3RH62J+R4

OpenStreetMap ID

way 343921332

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=industrial

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