Waterfall Country, Neath

Name: Waterfall Country
Address: Neath, United Kingdom

#11 among attractions in Neath

Nature, Natural attraction, Waterfall

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Waterfall Country is an English name often given to the Vale of Neath in South Wales. The tourist area around the head of valley has an unusually large number of publicly accessible waterfalls. The area is not officially defined but generally includes the group of falls on the Nedd Fechan, Pyrddin, Hepste and Mellte rivers, all of which lie between the villages of Pontneddfechan and Ystradfellte in the Brecon Beacons National Park. ()

Coordinates: 51°45'0"N, 3°35'24"W

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Neath United Kingdom

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Waterfall Country – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Sgwd Henrhyd, Porth yr Ogof, Wales Ape and Monkey Sanctuary, Llyn Fawr.

4.4 miNW
Natural attraction, Park, Waterfall
Sgwd Henrhyd, Brecon Beacons
112 min walk • Henrhyd Falls in the Brecon Beacons National Park, Wales, is the tallest waterfall in southern Wales with a drop of 90 feet. It lies on National Trust land, in the county of Powys.
3.8 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Cave
Porth yr Ogof, Brecon Beacons
96 min walk • Porth yr Ogof is a cave located near the village of Ystradfellte, near the southern boundary of the Brecon Beacons National Park in Wales.
5.4 miNW
Nature and wildlife, Park, Zoo
Wales Ape and Monkey Sanctuary, Pen y Cae
137 min walk • Wales Ape and Monkey Sanctuary is an animal sanctuary between Caehopkin and Abercraf in Powys, Wales. It became the Wales Ape & Monkey Sanctuary in December 2008, being previously known as Cefn-yr-Erw Primate Sanctuary. The sanctuary is owned and operated by husband and wife Graham and Jan Garen.
2.3 miSE
Lake, Archaeological site
Llyn Fawr
59 min walk • Llyn Fawr is a reservoir that occupies one of a series glacial cirques that form the northern escarpment of the South Wales Coalfield uplands, overlooking the heads of the Vale of Neath and the Cynon Valley, South Wales.
2.3 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Craig y Llyn
60 min walk • Craig y Llyn is a mountain situated to the south of the village of Rhigos in the Cynon Valley on the south side of the upper Vale of Neath and north of the Rhondda Valleys in South Wales; it is the highest point in the traditional county of Glamorgan, and the South Wales Valleys.
1 miNE
Climbing
Dinas Rock, Brecon Beacons
26 min walk • Dinas Rock is a high promontory of Carboniferous Limestone which rises between the Afon Mellte and its left-bank tributary, the Afon Sychryd on the border between the county of Powys and the county borough of Neath Port Talbot in south Wales.
5.6 miN
Memorial
Maen Madoc, Brecon Beacons
143 min walk • The Maen Madoc or Maen Madog stone is a menhir which lies adjacent to the Roman road Sarn Helen that runs across the Brecon Beacons in what was a key area of Roman Wales, about one mile north of Ystradfellte. It stands approximately 10 feet high.
2.5 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Moel Penderyn, Brecon Beacons
63 min walk • Moel Penderyn is a hill on the edge of Penderyn village, in the Brecon Beacons National Park in the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taff, south Wales. It also appeared on older maps as 'Y Foel Penderyn'. Its summit at 371m is marked by a trig point.
4.7 miSE
Park
Dare Valley Country Park, Aberdare
120 min walk • Dare Valley Country Park is a public park in Wales. It lies near the village of Cwmdare and the town of Aberdare, Cynon Valley, in Rhondda Cynon Taff, South Wales. It comprises 500 acres of woodlands, pasture and moorland mountainside. It is maintained by the local Council, Rhondda Cynon Taf.
0.5 miNW
Park
Fforest Fawr Geopark
12 min walk • Fforest Fawr Geopark is a Geopark in the Brecon Beacons National Park, south Wales. It is the first designated Geopark in Wales having gained membership of both the European Geoparks Network and the UNESCO-assisted Global Network of National Geoparks in October 2005.
2.1 miW
Church
St Cadoc's Church
55 min walk • St. Cadoc's Church is a Church in Wales church in Glynneath, Wales. It is located in the grounds of the now derelict Aberpergwm House for which it was an estate church.