Afan Forest Mining museum
Afan Forest Mining museum is a mining museum. On the map, it sits 2.5 km east of Pontrhydyfen. Look also at Neath Castle, 7.2 km away, first of 23 more within 15 km.
Museum near Pontrhydyfen
Just outside Pontrhydyfen
Afan Forest Mining museum is 2.5 km east of Pontrhydyfen. Towns near it ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Warm months and wet ones
In Pontrhydyfen the warm season is June to September, with highs of 18–20°C.
Afan Forest Mining museum
2 Wikipedia editions have an article on it.
- Type
- Museum
- Wikipedias
- Covered in 2 languages
- Town
- 2.5 km east of Pontrhydyfen
- Official site
- swminers.co.uk
Mapping Afan Forest Mining museum
The map centres on Afan Forest Mining museum, in orange, with nearby places numbered.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · ONS built-up area 2022
Where people come from
By population, Neath leads the 7 with 40,738. Pick a base: each town is a page of its own, with what else there is to see.
Pontrhydyfen
Bryn
Cwmavon
Maesteg
Nearby, too
4 castles, 2 abbeys or priories and a museum are among the 23 within 15 km.
CastleNeath Castle7.2 km away2
CastleMargam Castle8.9 km away3
Abbey or prioryMargam Abbey9 km away4
CastleKenfig Castle13 km away5
Abbey or priory · CadwNeath Abbey8.6 km away6
CastleLlangynwyd Castle7 km away7
Museum · CadwMargam Stones Museum8.9 km away8GardenGardenGnoll Estate Country Park6.1 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Quick answers on Afan Forest Mining museum
Where is Afan Forest Mining museum?
Afan Forest Mining museum is 2.5 km east of Pontrhydyfen, West Glamorgan.
What is Afan Forest Mining museum?
Mining museum in Port Talbot, South Wales.
When is the best time to visit Afan Forest Mining museum?
June to September are the warmest months in Pontrhydyfen, with afternoon highs of 18–20°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
What else is there to see near Afan Forest Mining museum?
Within 15 km: Neath Castle (7.2 km), Margam Castle (8.9 km), Margam Abbey (9 km) and Kenfig Castle (13 km).
Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the ONS 2022 built-up area (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.
Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (8)
- Afan Forest Mining museum: Jeremy Bolwell, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Neath Castle: Darren Wyn Rees at Aberdare Blog, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Margam Castle: Robert Davies, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Margam Abbey: Archangel12, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kenfig Castle: Hywel Williams, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Neath Abbey: Gareth Lovering Photography from Swansea, Wales UK, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Llangynwyd Castle: FruitMonkey, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Margam Stones Museum: RobinLeicester, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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