Melincourt Falls, Neath

Name: Melincourt Falls
Address: Neath, United Kingdom

#1 among attractions in Neath

Nature, Natural attraction, Top attraction, Waterfall

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Melincourt Falls is an 80 feet high waterfall on Melin Court Brook, a left-bank tributary of the River Neath / Afon Nedd, located 1-mile south of Resolven in the county borough of Neath Port Talbot, south Wales. It is formed where the brook plunges over a resistant band of 'Lower Pennant Sandstone' in a 13 acre / 5 hectare nature reserve managed by the Wildlife Trust of South and West Wales. The falls have been drawing visitors for at least two centuries – they are certainly known to have inspired J. M. W. Turner to paint them in 1794. The falls are considered by some to constitute a part of Waterfall Country though the bulk of these falls are a few miles further northeast at the head of the Vale of Neath. ()

Coordinates: 51°42'5"N, 3°42'2"W

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Neath United Kingdom

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Melincourt Falls – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Cefn Coed Colliery Museum, Aberdulais Golf Range & Academy, Neath Town Hall, Neath Castle.

2.7 miW
Specialty museum, Science museum, Museum
Cefn Coed Colliery Museum, Neath
70 min walk • Cefn Coed Colliery Museum is a former coal mine, now operating as a museum. It is located at Crynant near Neath in the South Wales Valleys.
3.7 miSW
51°40'36"N • 3°46'37"W
Aberdulais Golf Range & Academy, Neath
95 min walk • Golf
5.2 miSW
City hall
Neath Town Hall, Neath
132 min walk • Neath Town Hall is a municipal building in Church Place, Neath, South Wales. The town hall, which was the headquarters of Neath Borough Council, is a Grade II listed building.
5.1 miSW
Forts and castles, Romanesque architecture
Neath Castle, Neath
130 min walk • Neath Castle is a Norman castle located in the town centre of Neath, Wales. Its construction was begun by Robert, Earl of Gloucester, the nominal Lord of Glamorgan, at a date estimated between 1114 and 1130.
3.6 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Waterfall
Aberdulais Falls, Neath
92 min walk • The Aberdulais Falls are found on the River Dulais at Aberdulais, near Neath in the county borough of Neath Port Talbot, Wales. The falls are formed as the river plunges over beds of hard Lower Pennant Sandstone just before meeting the River Neath flowing down the Vale of Neath.
5.2 miSW
Shopping, Market
Neath Indoor Market, Neath
133 min walk • Neath Indoor Market is an indoor market located in the town centre of Neath, Wales. The market building dates back to 1837. It was renovated in 1904, and most recently in 1999.
5.1 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Craig y Llyn
130 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.
4.4 miSW
Park
Gnoll Country Park, Neath
113 min walk • The Gnoll Country Park is a park in Wales. It is an early-18th-century landscaped garden covering over 100 acres in the Vale of Neath, in Neath Port Talbot county borough in south Wales.
3.9 miW
Golf
British Steel Golf Club
99 min walk • British Steel Golf Club is a golf club based just outside Port Talbot at Neath Port Talbot, Wales. A 9-hole course. The "Pay and Play" course is available to non-members. In 2011 Neath Port Talbot County Council decided to build a dual-carriageway through the middle of the course.
5.2 miSW
Park
Victoria Gardens, Neath
133 min walk • The Victoria Gardens is a Grade II registered park in the town centre of Neath, Wales. Neath Borough Council purchased two hectares of land in the centre of Neath in 1856 to provide an open space for the people of Neath.
4.1 miS
Museum
South Wales Miners' Museum, Afan Forest Park
106 min walk • The South Wales Miners' Museum is a museum of the coal mining industry and its workforce in the South Wales Coalfield. It is located at Cynonville within the Afan Forest Park Visitor Centre in the Afan Forest Park, near the small village of Cymmer in Neath Port Talbot.