Craig Ty-Isaf, Afan Forest Park

#4 among attractions in Afan Forest Park

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Craig Ty-Isaf is a small hillfort in Baglan community, Neath Port Talbot, in South Wales. It is one of three hillforts on the area of hillside known as Mynydd y Gaer, and is within Briton Ferry Woods. The hillfort is on the SW side of the hill, overlooking Baglan, an oval enclosing some 0.2ha. A broad rubble bank forms the oval enclosure, and on the east two further banks mean that the area of banks and ditches encompasses a much larger area for the site as a whole, which is a Scheduled Monument. There are various internal features thought to be the result of more recent test cuts for mineral extraction. ()

Coordinates: 51°37'31"N, 3°47'52"W

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Day trips

Craig Ty-Isaf – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Neath Abbey, Aberafan Shopping Centre, Baked Bean Museum of Excellence, Neath Town Hall.

2.7 miNW
Historical place, Monastery
Neath Abbey, Neath
70 min walk • Neath Abbey was a Cistercian monastery, located near the present-day town of Neath in South Wales, UK. It was once the largest abbey in Wales. Substantial ruins can still be seen, and are in the care of Cadw.
2 miS
Shopping, Shopping centre
Aberafan Shopping Centre, Port Talbot
52 min walk • The Aberafan Shopping Centre is the only indoor shopping complex in Port Talbot, Wales. It currently has a floorspace of 24,100 m2 and houses over sixty stores on two levels, as well as the central library for Port Talbot. It was built in the 1970s by Star Dolphin Developments and was refurbished in the late 1990s.
2.3 miS
Specialty museum, Museum
Baked Bean Museum of Excellence, Port Talbot
58 min walk • The Baked Bean Museum of Excellence is a private museum located in Port Talbot, Wales, United Kingdom.
2.7 miN
City hall
Neath Town Hall, Neath
69 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.
2.6 miN
Shopping, Market
Neath Indoor Market, Neath
67 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.
2.7 miN
Park
Gnoll Country Park, Neath
70 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.
2.3 miW
51°37'38"N • 3°51'7"W
Swansea Bay Golf Club, Neath
60 min walk • Golf
0.7 miS
Church
St Catharine's Church
20 min walk • St Catharine's Church is the mother church of the parish of Baglan in Port Talbot, South Wales. The church is a Grade I listed building, built between 1875 and 1882, at the expense of Griffith Llewellyn, then owner of nearby Baglan Hall.
0.6 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mynydd-y-Gaer, Afan Forest Park
16 min walk • Mynydd-y-Gaer is a hill that sits on the boundaries between the South Wales communities of Baglan, Cwmavon and Briton Ferry, all within Neath Port Talbot county borough. The summit, at 314 m, has grassland fields subdivided by dry stone walls. Foel Fynyddau lies 2 km to east.
2.5 miN
Park
Victoria Gardens, Neath
63 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.
2.3 miSW
Beach
Aberavon Beach, Port Talbot
60 min walk • Aberavon Beach, also known as Aberavon Sands, is a three-mile stretch of sandy beach on the north-eastern edge of Swansea Bay in Port Talbot, Wales. With its high breaker waves, it is popular with surfers.