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The Grade II* listed Bethania Community Centre on the High Street is an example of an early Calvinistic Methodist chapel with well detailed external frontage in contrasting stone and iron work railings. The interior has good examples of very finely detailed woodwork.
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Glynneath also boasts an active group of football clubs and a well attended tennis club. Until recently, Glynneath Bowls Club, in particular the Ladies' Bowls Club was an active group.
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Glynneath Town Hall is a regularly used civic building situated at Heathfield Avenue. It is owned and managed by Glynneath Town Council.
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The town twinning supports football matches between the two towns, and a visit by Glynneath Male Voice Choir.
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Industrialisation reached Glynneath when coal mining started in 1793, and rapidly expanded when the
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Glynneath Leisure Centre, maintained through Celtic Leisure is situated just off of Chain Road.
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Glynneath used to host one of motor sport's most important challenges, the British round of the
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covers only part of the community, with some 840 electors included in the neighbouring ward of
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came to the town in 1775. Many features of the old canal still survive to the present time.
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www.geograph.co.uk : photos of Glynneath and surrounding area
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with the Welsh National Championships being held at Rheola.
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and large parts of the rural area are heavily forested.
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Morfa Glas
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Glynneath is located in Neath Port Talbot
Neath Port Talbot
OS grid reference
SN885067
Community
Principal area
Neath Port Talbot
Preserved county
West Glamorgan
Country
Wales
Sovereign state
Post town
Postcode district
SA11
Dialling code
Police
South Wales
Fire
Mid and West Wales
Ambulance
Welsh
UK Parliament
Neath
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament
Neath
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