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Photo: Gareth Lovering Photography from Swansea, Wales UK, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Built in 1130, it was once described as the fairest abbey in all of Wales, but now only ruins remain.
Neath Abbey was a Cistercian monastery, located near the present-day town of Neath in South Wales, UK. It was once the largest abbey in Wales. Substantial ruins can still be seen, and are in the care of Cadw. Tudor historian John Leland called Neath Abbey "the fairest abbey of all Wales."
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Insubstantial ruins, but worth a look if in the area.
a traditional Victorian-style park.
Features a lake and historic landscaped gardens in a setting in the lower Vale of Neath.
One of the most famous waterfalls of Wales, the Aberdulais Falls can be found near the village of Aberdulais in the lower Neath Valley. The waterfall area is now a National Trust property who operate a visitor centre. The waterfall exhibition features a working waterwheel.
Found near the village of Crynant in the Dulais Valley, it features a permanent exhibition of the Cefn Coed Colliery, once the deepest anthracite coal mine in the world.
The 80 ft high falls are part of the Melincourt Brook, a tributary of the River Neath.