Pwllfa Gwatkin Substation
Pwllfa Gwatkin Substation is an electrical substation in Clydach and Pontardawe, Neath Port Talbot, Wales. Pwllfa Gwatkin Substation 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 980 feet southeast of Pwllfa Gwatkin Substation.
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 Pwllfa Gwatkin Substation.
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 Pwllfa Gwatkin Substation.
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 3 miles north of Pwllfa Gwatkin Substation.
Pwllfa Gwatkin Substation
- Type: Electrical substation
- Categories: building and industry
- Location: Clydach and Pontardawe, Neath Port Talbot, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.76064° or 51° 45′ 38″ northLongitude
-3.88543° or 3° 53′ 8″ westOpen location code
9C3RQ467+7ROpenStreetMap ID
way 981861767OpenStreetMap feature
building=yes
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Bryn-mawr and Mynydd Y Garth.
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