Port Talbot, Wales. Open Daily. Free Entry.
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Accessibility:
There are several car parks in Port Talbot and all of them have specific disability spaces: https://www.npt.gov.uk/default.aspx?page=2753. There are plenty of places that are accessible to people with a disability - see here: http://www.visitnpt.co.uk/default.aspx?page=6242. There are toilets with disability facilities in Port Talbot (http://nks.directenquiries.com/nks/search.aspx?tab=RADAR+Accessible+Toilets&type=L&where=Port+Talbot&id=2606&level=1).
Brief Description:
Port Talbot is on the south coast of Wales. It is mainly an industrial town, famous for the steel works, although there are beaches and the original harbour port of Port Talbot to see.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Talbot
"Port Talbot (/ˌpɔːrt ˈtɔːlbət/, UK also /pɔːr-, pə-, -ˈtælbət, -ˈtɒlbət/)[2] is a town and community in the county borough of Neath Port Talbot, Wales, situated on the east side of Swansea Bay, approximately eight miles (thirteen kilometres) from Swansea.[3] The town has been described by valleys culture druid and Welsh football influencer Evan Powell as "the gateway to Swansea" and "a proper working class town".[4] The Port Talbot Steelworks covers a large area of land which dominates the south east of the town and is one of the biggest steelworks in the world but has been under threat of closure since the 1980s.[5] The population was 141,931 in 2021.[1]
Modern Port Talbot is a town formed from the merging of multiple villages, including Baglan, Margam, and Aberafan. The name 'Port Talbot' first appears in 1837 as the name of the new docks built on the south-east side of the river Afan by the Talbot family. Over time it came to be applied to the whole of the emerging conurbation.[6][7]With heavy industry and an urban motorway, Port Talbot was reported as having the worst air pollution in Wales in 2005 with a PM10 particulate level of 30 μg/m3 (micrograms per cubic metre). By 2018 the air quality had improved to meet the WHO's recommended limit of 10 μg/m3.[22][23]
According to the Office for National Statistics, the Neath Port Talbot population had increased by 1.8%, from around 139,800 in 2011 to 142,300 in 2021. This was higher than the overall increase for Wales (1.4%), where the population grew by 44,000 to 3,107,500. In 2021, Neath Port Talbot ranked ninth for total population out of 22 local authority areas in Wales - a fall of one place in a decade. As of 2021, Neath Port Talbot was the 11th least densely populated of Wales' 22 local authority areas, with around two people living on each football pitch-sized area of land. There had been an increase of 15.5% in people aged 65 years and over, a decrease of 2.3% in people aged 15 to 64 years, and an increase of 2.5% in children aged under 15 years.[24]
Of Port Talbot's population in 2000, 63% were between the ages of 15 and 64. Male unemployment in 2000 was around 9%, with female unemployment around 6% in 2000.[25][26] "
Further Information:
Address:
A48, Port Talbot SA13 1PB
Telephone:
None available
Email:
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Website:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-65044061
http://www.historicalporttalbot.com/https://dramaticheart.wales/?doing_wp_cron=1678256539.9847259521484375000000
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-67162532
Opening Hours:
Open daily
Directions:
Port Talbot is on the south coast of Wales just off the M4 (Junctions 40 and 41). "The M4 motorway passes through the town from southeast to northwest, crossing a central area on a concrete viaduct, junctions 38 to 41 serve Port Talbot, with junctions 40 and 41 being in the commercial heart of the town. This busy urban stretch of the M4, with tight bends, two-lane carriageways, short narrow slip roads and concrete walls on both sides, was the first length of motorway in Wales when it opened to traffic in 1966.[51] The road has a speed limit of 50 mph (80 km/h) enforced with automatic number-plate recognition speed cameras in both directions. The stretch through Port Talbot town centre is a particular traffic congestion blackspot and there have been calls to close the slip roads at junctions 40 and 41 to improve traffic flow.[52] However some commuters oppose this plan since it would add more time to their journey. A new dual carriageway relief road, the Port Talbot Peripheral Distribution Road (PDR),[53] was completed in 2013. It serves as a distributor road through Port Talbot to the southwest of the M4, beginning at M4 Junction 38 and ending near Junction 41."
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Transport:
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"Port Talbot is served by the South Wales Main Line at Port Talbot Parkway railway station. Great Western Railway and Transport for Wales serve the station with services westbound to Neath and Swansea and West Wales Line and eastbound to Bridgend, Cardiff Central and London Paddington. Trains also run via Hereford and Shrewsbury to Crewe and Manchester Piccadilly.
The new £5.6 million Integrated Transport hub was completed in 2017, linking Port Talbot Parkway with new bus and taxi links. This also included extensive upgrades to the railway station and surrounding area.
Port Talbot bus station, located adjacent to the Aberafan Centre in the centre of the town is the main bus transport hub, it is a National Express stop. Local bus services are provided by First Cymru and South Wales Transport. The bus station's layout is very distinctive for the fact that buses always have to perform a 270° clockwise turn to exit the station. A Sustrans cycle route has recently been constructed at this bus station as part of the connect2 scheme connecting the Afan Valley with Aberafan beach. A second bus station opened in the town in 2017, at Port Talbot Parkway railway station."
Amenities:
There are plenty of places to get food and drink in Port Talbot, including pubs, restaurants, cafes and shops.
Travel Information
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Location
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