Resolven

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Resolven (Welsh Resolfen) is a small village in South Wales. It is situated in the Vale of Neath, next to the A465 Heads of Valleys Road. Resolven is also the name of an electoral ward and a community coterminous with the village, in Neath Port Talbot county borough.

In the immediate surrounding areas there are a number of industrial sites, which have become somewhat run down during the 1980s and 1990s. The popular Rheola indoor market is located near the village on the site of an old industrial factory.

The larger surrounding area has much attractive and barely touched countryside. It is the former residence of MP Peter Hain.

Resolven has played host to one of the best known stages of the Wales Rally GB for many years.

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