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Photo along the Wales Coast Path, an 870-mile long-distance path running from Chepstow to Queensferry, Wales.

Wales Coast PathPhoto Petra Nesti / Pexels

Places to explore near Port Talbot Parkway StationPort Talbot

20 places within 10 km — the standouts first, nearest first within each group.

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Photo along the Wales Coast Path, an 870-mile long-distance path running from Chepstow to Queensferry, Wales.Highlight

Wales Coast Path

Long-distance path

Walk the outline of a whole nation — 870 miles of cliff, estuary and beach from Chepstow round to Queensferry.

0.2 km S · spans 16 counties

Photo of Aberavon Beach, a beach near Pontrhydyfen, Neath Port Talbot, south west Wales.Highlight

Aberavon Beach

Beach near Pontrhydyfen

Long sandy Blue Flag beach on Swansea Bay at Port Talbot.

3.1 km W

Photo of Kenfig National Nature Reserve, a nature reserve near Merthyr Mawr, Bridgend, south east Wales.Highlight

Kenfig National Nature Reserve

Nature reserve near Merthyr Mawr

Dunes and freshwater pool over the buried medieval town of Kenfig, rich in orchids and wildfowl.

8.9 km S

Also nearbygood places nearby, nearest first

Photo of Pontrhydyfen, a village in Neath Port Talbot, south west Wales.

Pontrhydyfen

Village

Afan valley village around a stone aqueduct and viaduct, birthplace of Richard Burton.

5.4 km NE · Neath Port Talbot

Photo of Margam Country Park, a garden in Neath Port Talbot, south west Wales.

Margam Country Park

Garden near Margam

Historic estate with a Tudor-Gothic mansion, 18th-century orangery, ruined chapter house and deer herd.

5.4 km SE

Margam Abbey Church

Church near Margam

Active parish church of St Mary formed from the nave of the 12th-century Cistercian abbey at Margam.

5.4 km SE

Photo of Gnoll Estate Country Park, a garden in Neath Port Talbot, south west Wales.

Gnoll Estate Country Park

Garden near Neath

Registered historic landscape park above Neath with formal cascades and lakes.

7.6 km N

Neath Abbey

Abbey near Aberdulais

The remains of a medieval abbey in Neath Port Talbot.

8.3 km N

Photo of The Prince of Wales Inn, a pub near Kenfig, Bridgend, south east Wales.

The Prince of Wales Inn

Pub near Kenfig

Historic inn at Kenfig above the buried medieval town, long linked with local ghost stories.

8.6 km SE

Photo of Aberdulais, a village in Neath Port Talbot, south west Wales.

Aberdulais

Village

Village in the Dulais valley beside a National Trust waterfall and its pioneering water-powered ironworks and tinplate site.

9.7 km N · Neath Port Talbot

Photo of Aberdulais Falls, an ancient site in Neath Port Talbot, south west Wales.

Aberdulais Falls

Ancient site near Aberdulais

A National Trust place in Neath Port Talbot.

9.8 km N

Photo of Craig Gwladus Country Park, a garden near Cilfrew, Neath Port Talbot, south west Wales.

Craig Gwladus Country Park

Garden near Cilfrew

Restored woodland country park at Cilfrew above the Dulais valley, with a walled garden.

10 km N

Everything else within 10 km (8) — reserves, earthworks & places to check before travelling

Ordered by how far each place is worth travelling for, then by distance. Distances are straight-line to the nearest edge of each place — paths wind, of course.