Cefn Coed Colliery Museum
Cefn Coed Colliery Museum is a museum at former copper mine. On the map, it sits 800 m south of Creunant. Close by, Neath Castle is 6.2 km away, one of 22 within 15 km.
Museum near Creunant
Just outside Creunant
Cefn Coed Colliery Museum is 800 m south of Creunant. Towns near it ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Warm months and wet ones
If warmth matters, go June to September: Creunant reaches 17–20°C.
Cefn Coed Colliery Museum
There are Wikipedia articles on it in 3 languages.
- Type
- Museum
- Wikipedias
- Covered in 3 languages
- Town
- 800 m south of Creunant
- Official site
- cwmdulais.org.uk/cefncoed/index.htm
Getting to Cefn Coed Colliery Museum
The places near Cefn Coed Colliery Museum are numbered on the map in the order below.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · ONS built-up area 2022
Bases near Cefn Coed Colliery Museum
Largest of the 8 is Neath, home to 40,738. Closest first, each of these towns names it on its page.
Creunant
Cilfrew
Resolven
Tonna
Compare the 8 towns
| Town | Where Cefn Coed Colliery Museum is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Creunant | 800 m north of it | 1,664 | 4 |
| Cilfrew | 2.7 km southwest of it | 2,178 | 8 |
| Resolven | 3.6 km east of it | 2,162 | 2 |
| Tonna | 3.7 km south of it | 2,665 | 8 |
| Neath | 4.1 km southwest of it | 40,738 | 14 |
| Rhos | 4.2 km west of it | 2,560 | 4 |
| Ystalyfera | 4.6 km north of it | 7,831 | 2 |
| Seven Sisters | 4.7 km northeast of it | 1,343 | 4 |
Nearby, too
Among the 22 within 15 km are 2 attractions, a castle and an abbey or priory.
CastleNeath Castle6.2 km away2
Abbey or priory · CadwNeath Abbey7.5 km away3
AttractionDan yr Ogof14 km away4GardenGardenGnoll Estate Country Park6 km away5
Historic houseCraig-y-Nos Castle13 km away6AttractionAttraction · National TrustAberdulais Tin Works and Waterfall3.9 km away7
MuseumAfan Forest Mining museum8.9 km away8Water parkWater parkSpring Valley Watersports centre6.9 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Before visiting Cefn Coed Colliery Museum
Where is Cefn Coed Colliery Museum?
Cefn Coed Colliery Museum is 800 m south of Creunant, West Glamorgan.
What is Cefn Coed Colliery Museum?
Museum at former copper mine.
When is the best time to visit Cefn Coed Colliery Museum?
June to September are the warmest months in Creunant, with afternoon highs of 17–20°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
What else is there to see near Cefn Coed Colliery Museum?
Within 15 km: Neath Castle (6.2 km), Neath Abbey (7.5 km), Dan yr Ogof (14 km) and Gnoll Estate Country Park (6 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 (6)
- Cefn Coed Colliery Museum: Cedwyn Davies, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Neath Castle: Darren Wyn Rees at Aberdare Blog, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Neath Abbey: Gareth Lovering Photography from Swansea, Wales UK, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dan yr Ogof: Sloman at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Craig-y-Nos Castle: Jaggery, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Afan Forest Mining museum: Jeremy Bolwell, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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