Mynydd Allt-y-grug

#5466 among destinations in the United Kingdom

Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain

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Mynydd Allt-y-grug is a 338-metre-high hill immediately west of Ystalyfera in the county borough of Neath Port Talbot in South Wales. Its twin summits are around 400m apart. The upper part of the hill is largely covered in heather whilst conifers clothe its western slopes and gorse, bracken and bramble cover much of its rough landslipped eastern side which rises above the Swansea Valley, drainage on this side flowing to the River Tawe. ()

Elevation: 1109 ftProminence: 623 ftCoordinates: 51°45'22"N, 3°48'40"W

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WalesUnited Kingdom

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Mynydd Allt-y-grug – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Melincourt Falls, Cefn Coed Colliery Museum, Wales Ape and Monkey Sanctuary, Aberdulais Golf Range & Academy.

6 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Waterfall
Melincourt Falls, Neath
155 min walk • 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.
3.5 miSE
Specialty museum, Science museum, Museum
Cefn Coed Colliery Museum, Neath
91 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.
5.9 miNE
Nature and wildlife, Park, Zoo
Wales Ape and Monkey Sanctuary, Pen y Cae
150 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.
5.7 miS
51°40'36"N • 3°46'37"W
Aberdulais Golf Range & Academy, Neath
145 min walk • Golf
5.2 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Waterfall
Aberdulais Falls, Neath
134 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.
3 miSW
Concerts and shows, Performing arts, Comedy club
Pontardawe Arts Centre, Pontardawe
77 min walk • Pontardawe Arts Centre is a multi-purpose cultural venue in Pontardawe, Neath Port Talbot, Wales. The building is owned by Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council and is located in Herbert Street. The Arts Centre opened in October 1996.
6.2 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Cribarth, Pen y Cae
158 min walk • Cribarth, sometimes referred to as the Sleeping Giant, is a hill in the Brecon Beacons National Park in Powys in southern Wales. The summit lies on the broken ridge at an elevation of 428 m at OS grid reference SN 831143.
4.9 miS
Golf
British Steel Golf Club
125 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.
3.9 miSW
Church
Gellionnen Chapel, Swansea
100 min walk • Gellionnen Chapel is a Unitarian place of worship near Pontardawe, South Wales, United Kingdom. The chapel was first built in 1692 by Protestant dissenters, becoming Unitarian in the late 18th century. It is a member of the General Assembly of Unitarian and Free Christian Churches, the umbrella body for British Unitarians.
6.9 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Tair Carn Uchaf, Brecon Beacons
176 min walk • Tair Carn Uchaf is a hill in the Brecon Beacons National Park in the county of Carmarthenshire, Wales. Its summit sits atop a plateau-like ridge at 482 metres above sea level and is marked by one of the three huge cairns which give the mountain its name.
5.4 miW
Forts and castles
Penlle'r Castell, Swansea
138 min walk • Penlle'r Castell is an historic ruin on the summit of Mynydd y Betws in the far north of the City and County of Swansea. The Penlle'r Castell site was probably a late 13th-century stronghold garrisoned by one of the Marcher Lords.