Pontardawe in Wales
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Cwmtawe Community School

Cwmtawe Community School is a modern, English-medium education comprehensive school situated in Pontardawe, South Wales. The school moved to newly built premises in 1996, its old building now being used by the local Welsh-language primary school, Ysgol Gynradd Gymraeg Pontardawe. Cwmtawe recently won an eco-schools award for environmentally friendly schools, which is based on school improvements, community and curriculum links as well as saving money and raising awareness.

Located at 51.7158, -3.85361 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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Secondary schools in Neath Port Talbot, Educational institutions established in 1969, 1969 establishments in Wales

Alltwen Primary School

Alltwen Primary School is an English-speaking Junior School in Alltwen. Established in 1904, it caters for children aged 3-11. It is a feeder school for Cwmtawe Comprehensive School. The school is situated at the top of the fly over from lower down Pontardawe. The school has three yards, a garden and a rugby pitch.

Located at 51.7164, -3.84556 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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Primary schools in Neath Port Talbot, Educational institutions established in 1904, 1904 establishments in Wales

Pontardawe Arts Centre

Pontardawe Arts Centre is a multi-purpose cultural venue in Pontardawe, Neath Port Talbot, Wales. The building is owned by Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council.

Located at 51.7199, -3.85017 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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Buildings and structures in Neath Port Talbot, Media and culture in Neath Port Talbot, Arts centres in Wales, Visitor attractions in Neath Port Talbot

Pontardawe Tinplate Works

Pontardawe Tinplate Works was a tinplate works in Pontardawe, Wales. The factory was founded in 1843 by William Parsons, and in 1861 was leased from him by William Gilbertson, by which time it comprised nine mills. The workforce was largely recruited from amongst mainly Welsh-speaking former coal miners after local seams had been exhausted.

Located at 51.715, -3.85528 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Buildings and structures in Neath Port Talbot

Pontardawe railway station

Pontardawe Railway Station was a railway station, located on the Swansea Vale Railway that ran along the River Tawe and which closed in 1964. It was situated next to the Gwachel public house and the Victorian bridge over the Tawe. The station was used primarily to transport coal. The station closed as the coal mining industry in Pontardawe was declining in the 1960s.

Located at 51.7171, -3.847 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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Buildings and structures in Neath Port Talbot, Disused railway stations in Neath Port Talbot, Railway stations closed in 1962

A474 road

The A474 is a suburban main route in south Wales. Settlements served by the A474 include: Briton Ferry Neath Neath Abbey Cadoxton Rhyddings Fforest Goch Rhos Gellinudd Pontardawe Gelligron Rhydyfro Cwmgors Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen Glanamman Ammanford

Located at 51.7224, -3.85633 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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Transport in Carmarthenshire, Transport in Neath Port Talbot, Roads in Wales

Trebanos (electoral ward)

Trebanos is an electoral ward of Neath Port Talbot county borough, Wales, part of the Pontardawe community. Trebanos includes some or all of the following areas: Trebanos, Craig Trebanos and Pontardawe, in the parliamentary constituency of Neath. Trebanos is bounded by the wards of Pontardawe to the north and east; Alltwen to the southeast; and Clydach of Swansea to the south and west.

Located at 51.7155, -3.85856 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Electoral wards of Neath Port Talbot

Pontardawe (electoral ward)

Pontardawe is an electoral ward of Neath Port Talbot county borough, Wales. It is a division of the Pontardawe community and falls within the parliamentary constituency of Neath. Pontardawe is bounded by the wards of Glanamman of Carmarthenshire, Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen and Cwmllynfell to the north; Ystalyfera and Godre'r Graig to the east; Rhos to the southeast; Allt-Wen and Trebanos to the south; and Mawr and Clydach of Swansea to the west.

Located at 51.7246, -3.85169 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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Electoral wards of Neath Port Talbot

Upper Clydach River

Not to be confused with the entirely separate Lower Clydach River which is also a right-bank tributary of the River Tawe nor with the River Clydach which flows down the Clydach Gorge on the Monmouthshire/Blaenau Gwent boundary.

Located at 51.7178, -3.84873 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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Rivers of Neath Port Talbot

Pontardawe television relay station

The Pontardawe television relay station was originally built in 1974/1975 as a relay for UHF analogue television. It consists of a 45 m self-supporting lattice mast standing on a hillside which is itself about 160 m above sea level (about 100 m above the town). Currently, the transmitters cater for most of the digital terrestrial TV subscribers in the towns of Pontardawe and Alltwen and in the nearby villages of that section of the Tawe valley.

Located at 51.7181, -3.83622 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Transmitter sites in Wales, Wenvoe UHF 625-line Transmitter Group

Alltwen television relay station

The Alltwen television relay station is sited on a hill to the southwest of Pontardawe in the Swansea Valley, at least a kilometre away from the village of Alltwen from which it takes its name. It was originally built in the late 1980s as a fill-in relay for UHF analogue colour television. It consists of a 17 m self-supporting lattice mast standing on Craig Glyn Meirch, a hillside which is itself about 140 m above sea level (about 90 m above the valley floor).

Located at 51.7195, -3.85945 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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Transmitter sites in Wales, Wenvoe UHF 625-line Transmitter Group