Glynneath

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Glynneath
Statistics
Population: 6,202
Ordnance Survey
OS grid reference: Maps for SN875065
Administration
Principal area: Neath Port Talbot
Constituent country: Wales
Sovereign state: United Kingdom
Other
Police force: South Wales Police
Ceremonial county: West Glamorgan
Historic county: Glamorganshire
Post office and telephone
Post town: NEATH
Postal district: SA11
Dialling code: +44-1639
Politics
UK Parliament: Neath
European Parliament: Wales
Wales

Glynneath (alternatively Glyn-Neath, Welsh: Glyn-nedd), is a small town in the county borough of Neath Port Talbot, traditional county of Glamorgan, south Wales, lying on the River Neath. Glynneath is also the name of a community and an electoral ward coterminal with the town.

It is famous for one of its sons, the entertainer Max Boyce.

Glynneath is a picturesque tourist area with waterfalls to the north east at Pontneathvaughan (Pontneddfechan) near the Brecon Beacons.


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