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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 Skewen StationSkewen

19 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.

3.2 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.

7.4 km S

Also nearbygood places nearby, nearest first

Neath Abbey

Abbey near Aberdulais

The remains of a medieval abbey in Neath Port Talbot.

1.4 km E

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.

4.1 km E

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.

4.7 km NE

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.

5 km NE · 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.

5.2 km NE

Photo of Tabernacle Chapel, Morriston, a church in Swansea, south west Wales.

Tabernacle Chapel, Morriston

Church near Morriston

Grand 1872 Nonconformist chapel in Morriston, called the great cathedral of Welsh Nonconformity.

5.4 km W

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.

7.7 km SE · Neath Port Talbot

Photo of Swansea Castle, a ruined castle in Swansea, south west Wales.

Swansea Castle

Castle near Swansea

A medieval castle in Swansea.

8 km SW

Photo along the St Illtyd's Walk, a 64-mile long-distance path running from Pembrey to Margam, south west Wales.

St Illtyd's Walk

Long-distance path

Pembrey to Margam through the hill country behind Swansea Bay, crossing four river valleys on a route devised by Llanelli's Ramblers.

9.6 km NE · Carmarthenshire, Neath Port Talbot & Swansea

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.