Neath, Neath Port Talbot. Open at all times. Free entry.
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Accessibility:
Please see this website's entry for the town's Shopmobility. Parking on the street in the centre of Neath is possible but spaces are usually time limited or permit holders only. There are large multi storey car park on the B4434 / Fairfield Way (SS755975) (unknown number of disability parking spaces), Milland Road Car Park (SS748971) (>20 disability parking spaces) next to the railway station and High Street (SS754977) (6 disability spaces).
There are toilets, with disability facilities, at the railway station and the Community Cafe. Many of the other business premises are designed with accessibility in mind and will likely have toilets with disability facilities.The town is largely accessible with pavements and dropped-kerbs throughout and textured paving near to pedestrian crossings.
Brief Description:
Neath is a town located to the north east of Swansea in south Wales on the banks of the River Neath. There has been a settlement here since at least the Roman times and it has historically always been an important crossing point of the river. It was a market town that expanded with the coming of the Industrial Revolution.
The town centre is on the east side of the river and includes a central shopping area with pedestrianised zones, shops, pubs, banks, etc. There are also the usual services afforded to a large town like a large leisure centre, railway station, bus station, chapels, churches, town hall, Gwyn Hall, parks and car parks.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neath
"Neath (/niːθ/; Welsh: Castell-nedd) is a market town and community situated in the Neath Port Talbot County Borough, Wales. The town had a population of 50,658 in 2011.[2] The community of the parish of Neath had a population of 19,258 in 2011.[3] Historically in Glamorgan, the town is located on the River Neath, seven miles (eleven kilometres) east-northeast of Swansea.[4] The town's English name ultimately derives from "Nedd" the original Welsh name for the River Neath and is known to be Celtic or Pre-Celtic. A meaning of 'shining' or 'brilliant' has been suggested, as has a link to the older Indo-European root *-nedi (simply meaning 'river').[5][6] As such, the town may share its etymology with the town of Stratton, Cornwall and the River Nidd in Northern England.[7]
Neath railway station is on the South Wales Main Line. Great Western Railway and Transport for Wales serve the station with services westbound to Swansea, Carmarthen and the West Wales Line and eastbound to Port Talbot Parkway, Bridgend, Cardiff Central and London Paddington. Trains also run via Hereford and Shrewsbury to Crewe and Manchester Piccadilly.
Neath bus station is at Victoria Gardens, a five-minute walk from the railway station. National Express services call at the railway station. From Victoria Gardens, First Cymru provides direct inter-urban services to nearby Swansea and Port Talbot in addition to South Wales Transport who provide many similar local services.
The A465 skirts the town to the north east and provides a link to the M4."
Further Information:
Address:
Neath, West Glamorgan, SA11 1DT
Telephone:
Neath Town Council: 01639 642126
Email:
Neath Town Council: clerk@neathtowncouncil.gov.ukWebsite:
Neath Town Council: http://www.neathtowncouncil.gov.uk
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neath
Opening Hours:
Open at all times. Free entry.
Directions:
From the M4 J43 take the A465 north east for around a mile and take the slip road for the A474. Take the third exit off the roundabout and follow the A474 into the centre of Neath.
OS SS752969
Transport:
There are plenty of car parks in Neath and it has a railway station close to the town centre. For further travel information in Wales please see: www.traveline.cymru/travel-info
Or call Traveline Cymru on 0800 464 0000
Amenities:
There are plenty of places within the town for food and drinks, including Costa Coffee (SS753975), Subway (SS751975), Greggs (SS753976), as well as numerous public houses and cafes. There is a Community Cafe [please see this website's entry for it] opposite St David's Church.
Travel Information
For further travel information in Wales please see: www.traveline.cymru/travel-info
Or call Traveline Cymru on 0800 464 0000
Location
Nearest Venues
St David's Church, Neath, Neath Port Talbot
37 metres*
*Distances are calculated in a straight line from the current venue, please allow extra time/distance based on available paths or roads.