Aberavon Beach
Aberavon Beach, also known as Aberavon Sands, is a three-mile stretch of sandy beach on the north-eastern edge of Swansea Bay in Port Talbot, Wales. With its high breaker waves, it is popular with surfers.Photo: Darren Wyn Rees, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Beach
- Description: beach in Port Talbot, Wales
- Also known as: “Aberavon Sands” and “Traeth Aberafan”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Port Talbot Lifeboat Station and Victoria Road.
Port Talbot Lifeboat Station
Building
Photo: Eirian Evans, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Port Talbot Lifeboat Station is located at Princess Margaret Way in Aberavon, a district of Port Talbot, on the South Wales coast, in the county borough of Neath Port Talbot, Wales. Port Talbot Lifeboat Station is situated 840 feet east of Aberavon Beach.
Victoria Road
Stadium
Photo: David Luther Thomas, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Victoria Road is a field sports stadium located on Victoria Road in Port Talbot, Wales. Victoria Road is situated 1 mile east of Aberavon Beach.
Neath Port Talbot Hospital
Hospital
Photo: Alan Hughes, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Neath Port Talbot Hospital is a general hospital located in Port Talbot, Wales. It is managed by Swansea Bay University Health Board. Neath Port Talbot Hospital is situated 1 mile east of Aberavon Beach.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Aberavon and Port Talbot.
Aberavon
Suburb
Photo: Alan Richards, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Aberavon is a town and community in Neath Port Talbot county borough, Wales. The town derived its name from being near the mouth of the river Afan, which also gave its name to a medieval lordship.
Port Talbot
Photo: Kevin Corcoran, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Port Talbot is an industrial town in South Wales in the county borough of Neath Port Talbot, part of the traditional county of Glamorgan, and has a population of around 32,000.
Baglan
Village
Photo: Chris Shaw, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Baglan is a village in Wales, adjoining Port Talbot, named after Saint Baglan. It is also a community and ward in the Neath Port Talbot county borough. Baglan is situated 2 miles north of Aberavon Beach.
Aberavon Beach
- Category: landform
- Location: Sandfields East, Neath Port Talbot, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.59429° or 51° 35′ 39″ northLongitude
-3.82034° or 3° 49′ 13″ westOpen location code
9C3RH5VH+PVOpenStreetMap ID
way 803862963OpenStreetMap feature
natural=beachWikidata ID
Q4666774
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
“Aberavon Beach” goes by many names.
- Welsh: “Traeth Aberafan”
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Notable Places Nearby
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