25-579: Jersey Marine is a village in Neath Port Talbot county borough , Wales, UK located about 3 miles (4.8 km) east of Swansea . It falls within the Coedffranc West ward. Jersey Marine is centered on a main road formed by Ashleigh Terrace, coming from a junction with the A483 road (Fabian Way), which curves to the east along New Road leading to Llandarcy . The A483, Fabian Way ,
50-863: A campus located at Baglan Energy Park in Port Talbot. The Baglan campus houses a Renewable Hydrogen Research and Development Centre. A separate daily edition of the South Wales Evening Post is published for the Neath Port Talbot area. The paper's publisher, Reach plc , also produces a free weekly paper, the Neath Port Talbot Courier , which is inserted in Thursday's edition of the South Wales Evening Post. The local council publishes
75-542: A circular boardwalk which connects with the tow path of the Tennant Canal . A new 800,000 sq ft (74,000 m) distribution centre for Amazon.co.uk is sited south of the village on the site of a former cable manufacturing plant. It opened on 16 April 2008. [1] Jersey Marine is most famous to locals for its tower. This is a four-storey octagonal tower that was built in the Victorian era . The tower
100-830: A quarterly, Community Spirit , produced and funded in conjunction with seven other public sector partners. Community radio station is XS broadcasts to both Neath (97.4) and Port Talbot (107.9). Nation Radio Wales briefly broadcast to the wider South Wales region from studios in Neath, but is now based in Cardiff. The county borough is within the local commercial radio licence areas of Hits Radio South Wales , its sister station Greatest Hits Radio South Wales , Swansea Bay Radio and Heart South Wales . Neath Port Talbot used to be twinned with: In 2015, Neath Port Talbot terminated all its twin city relationships for financial reasons. The following people and military units have received
125-401: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Neath Port Talbot Neath Port Talbot ( Welsh : Castell-nedd Port Talbot ) is a county borough in the south-west of Wales . Its principal towns are Neath , Port Talbot , Briton Ferry and Pontardawe . The county borough borders Bridgend County Borough and Rhondda Cynon Taf to the east, Powys and Carmarthenshire to
150-427: Is also the site for Neath Port Talbot Hospital which is situated on Baglan Way, Port Talbot. The local Neath Port Talbot Council is the education authority in the area which operates primary schools and secondary schools within the county. The local education authority operates 6 infant schools, 6 junior schools, 56 primary schools, 11 secondary schools and 3 special schools. Further Education in Neath Port Talbot
175-407: Is governed by Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council . Neath Port Talbot is a staunch Labour stronghold, who have been in power since the authority's formation in 1996; although after the 2022 local elections, Labour failed to retain control over the council after losing several council seats. The unitary authority contains two whole constituencies which are: In 1991 Neath & Port Talbot
200-516: Is normally considered the gateway into Swansea City Centre , therefore it is mistakenly thought that the area is part of the city of Swansea despite the village being part of Neath Port Talbot. The local primary school in the village is Crymlyn Primary School . Secondary school age children attend school in Neath , not Swansea . The village includes the Pant y Sais Nature Reserve, a fen area featuring
225-582: Is provided by a range of institutions. St. Joseph's Catholic School & Sixth Form Centre in Port Talbot and Ysgol Gyfun Ystalyfera have traditional sixth form settings. NPTC Group operates from several sites within the county borough. The largest sites are located in Neath, Port Talbot and Pontardawe. The first dedicated higher education site in Neath Port Talbot opened in 2015 when Swansea University opened its science and innovation campus in Crymlyn Burrows . The University of South Wales has
250-573: The Freedom of the Borough of Neath Port Talbot. Glynneath Glynneath ( Welsh : Glyn-nedd "valley of the River Neath " ), also spelt Glyn-neath and Glyn Neath , is a town, community and electoral ward lying on the River Neath in the county borough of Neath Port Talbot , Wales. It was formerly in the historic county of Glamorgan . Glynneath ward covers only part of
275-665: The British round. Glynneath also has an association with downhill mountain biking with the Welsh National Championships being held at Rheola. Glynneath is home to Glynneath RFC , a rugby union club founded in 1889. Glynneath also boasts an active group of football clubs and a well attended tennis club. Until recently, Glynneath Bowls Club, in particular the Ladies' Bowls Club was an active group. Glynneath Leisure Centre, maintained through Celtic Leisure
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#1732794011356300-644: The coast to the border of the Brecon Beacons National Park . The majority of the land is upland or semi-upland and 43% is covered by forestry with major conifer plantations in upland areas. Most of the lower-lying flat land is near the coast around Port Talbot. An extensive dune system stretches along much of the coast, broken by river mouths and areas of development. The upland areas are cut by five valleys: Vale of Neath , Dulais Valley , Afan Valley , Swansea Valley (or Tawe Valley), Upper Amman Valley . Modern settlement patterns reflect
325-526: The community, with some 840 electors included in the neighbouring ward of Blaengwrach . Industrialisation reached Glynneath when coal mining started in 1793, and rapidly expanded when the Neath Canal came to the town in 1775. Many features of the old canal still survive to the present time. There are waterfalls to the north east at Pontneddfechan near the Brecon Beacons and large parts of
350-653: The county borough compared to under than 14% in Wales as a whole; just under 70% of local jobs are in services compared to a Welsh average of nearly 80%. The Port Talbot Steelworks , operated by Tata , is the largest employer with approximately 3,000 staff (although in 1979 its predecessor employed 12,600); other large employers include General Electric , Hi-Lex Cable Systems Ltd (closing in 2021 ), TRW Steering Systems recently closed, Envases (UK) Ltd, Crown Food UK & Ireland, Toyoda Koki, Sofidel , Cornelius Electronics, Excel Electronics Assemblies, and Tedeco. Port Talbot
375-551: The eminent architect John Nash , is also Grade II* listed. Glynneath Town Hall is a regularly used civic building situated at Heathfield Avenue. It is owned and managed by Glynneath Town Council. The Grade II* listed Bethania Community Centre on the High Street is an example of an early Calvinistic Methodist chapel with well detailed external frontage in contrasting stone and iron work railings. The interior has good examples of very finely detailed woodwork. A bronze statue of
400-442: The following day. At the time of the reorganisation, many local people expected that Neath and Port Talbot districts would become separate unitary authorities, and there were protests when the new authority was announced. The whole of the Neath Port Talbot area was once part of the county of West Glamorgan , which in turn is part of the historic county of Glamorgan . Since local government re-organisation in 1996, Neath Port Talbot
425-463: The industrial history of the area, with urban development along the flatter areas of the valleys and some parts of the coast. Neath with a population of 47,020 is the largest town, followed by Port Talbot (35,633), Briton Ferry (7,186), Pontardawe (5,035), and Glynneath (4,368). The majority of the population live in the coastal plain around Port Talbot and the land around the River Neath in
450-463: The north; and Swansea to the west. Neath Port Talbot is the eighth-most populous local authority area in Wales and the third most populous county borough. The population at the October 2024 about 141,900. The population in the coastal areas is mainly English-speaking, whereas in the valleys in the north of the borough there are many who are Welsh-speaking. The local authority area stretches from
475-413: The notable exception of Bryncoch South and Margam where the population grew by 47.29% and 41.36% respectively. Local council estimates show the population to have grown during the 2000s. On 1 April 1996, Neath Port Talbot was created from the former districts of Neath , Port Talbot and part of Lliw Valley . Originally known as "Neath and Port Talbot" in the legislation, the name change happened on
500-570: The rural area are heavily forested. Glynneath is home to the ruins of Aberpergwm House . Once owned by Rhys ap Siancyn, Aberpergwm House became the home of the Williams family, Welsh gentry with a strong tradition of using the Welsh language over English. Their descendants include the last of the Welsh household bards Dafydd Nicolas and folksong collector Maria Jane Williams . The Williams' family motto y ddioddefws y orfu (He who suffers, triumphs)
525-602: The singer Max Boyce , who was born in the town, was erected in the High Street, in September 2023, in recognition of Boyce's 80th birthday. Glynneath used to host one of motor sport's most important challenges, the British round of the World Rally Championship (formerly known as the Lombard RAC rally or Rally GB ). Some of the biggest names in motor sport have taken part and have failed to complete
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#1732794011356550-504: The vicinity of Neath. Many of the larger towns in the borough lie within the Swansea Urban Area . The population in the region reached its peak in the 1930s. Census figures show a population of 151,563 in 1931. The population has shown a steady decline throughout the rest of the 20th century. The population stood at 134,471 in 2001. In the 1990s, most areas within the region showed a fall or little change in population with
575-458: Was a distinct travel to work area (albeit with different boundaries to the current county borough), but the 2001-based revision has merged the locality into a wider Swansea Bay travel to work area. In June 2008, the economic activity and employment rates in Neath Port Talbot were below the Welsh average. However, earnings for full-time workers were higher than either the Welsh or British average. Manufacturing accounts for over 22% of jobs in
600-492: Was adopted by Glamorgan County Council . The mansion itself was remodelled in 1876 but is now derelict and little of note remains of the building. St. Cadoc's Church , in the grounds of Aberpergwm House, was built as a chapel in the 17th century, rebuilt in 1808-1809 for the Aberpergwm Williams family and extended in 1836–41. It is a Grade II* listed building. Rheola House , a Regency house designed c.1812 by
625-417: Was designed to provide a panoramic view of the surrounding area through its camera obscura . It was built as part of the development of Jersey Marine as a holiday resort. Having fallen into disrepair, there were proposals to restore the camera obscura but it was eventually fully restored in 2006 as part of The Towers Hotel and is now used as a bridal suite. This Neath Port Talbot location article
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