Garnant (Y Garnant)
Ward in Carmarthenshire, Wales
| Coordinates: | 51.795, -3.904 |
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| OS grid ref: | SN 68 12 |
| Dialling code: | 01269 (Ammanford) |
Garnant sits in the heart of the Amman Valley in Carmarthenshire, Wales, a former coal-mining village that nestles along the River Amman beneath the rolling hills of the Black Mountain and close to the Brecon Beacons. The landscape still shows its industrial past in terraces and old pit sites, but has softened into green corridors, walking routes and reclaimed open spaces that attract walkers and cyclists as well as locals enjoying the rural scenery.
Locally there’s a strong sense of community and Welsh identity: bilingual signs, chapel and choir traditions, and grassroots organisations driving regeneration and small-scale enterprise. While the collieries closed long ago, heritage trails, mining memorials and community events keep that history visible, and the village now combines commuter links with a quieter, community-focused economy.
Postcode districts covering Garnant
Most populated places nearby
- Swansea 11.6 miles18.7 km
- Tonypandy 22.8 miles36.7 km
- Bridgend 24.4 miles39.2 km
- Llanelli 12.4 miles19.9 km
- Llanelli Rural 12 miles19.4 km
- Neath 9.7 miles15.6 km
- Merthyr Tydfil 22.6 miles36.4 km
- Coity Higher 23.9 miles38.4 km
- Briton Ferry 12.2 miles19.6 km
- Aberdare 19.7 miles31.8 km
- Aberdare East 20.5 miles33.1 km
- Aberdare West 19.3 miles31.1 km
Neighbouring places
- Cwmamman Parish 0.5 miles0.7 km
- Garnant Built-up area 0.8 miles1.3 km
- Glanaman Built-up area 1 mile1.6 km
- Glanamman Ward 1.1 miles1.7 km
- Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen Built-up area 1.1 miles1.8 km
- Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen and Lower Brynamman Ward 1.3 miles2.2 km
- Brynamman Built-up area 2 miles3.3 km
- Cwarter Bach Ward 2.8 miles4.5 km
- Quarter Bach Parish 2.8 miles4.5 km
- Betws Parish 2.8 miles4.5 km
- Ammanford Built-up area 3.3 miles5.3 km
- Cwmllynfell Parish 3.5 miles5.6 km
Example postcodes in Garnant
SA18 1LE, SA18 1JL, SA18 2BW, SA18 1NJ, SA18 1NE, SA18 1YP, SA18 1AZ, SA18 1NP, SA18 1NB … See all
Transport links
- Cardiff Airport 36.5 miles58.8 km
- Bristol Airport 58.3 miles93.8 km
- Ammanford Railway Station 4 miles6.4 km
- Pantyffynnon Railway Station 4.1 miles6.6 km
Hotels near Garnant Ad
- The Plough Inn 4 7.7 miles12.5 km
- The New Swan Hotel 3 5.6 miles9 km
- The Cawdor 4 7.2 miles11.6 km
- The Dillwyn Arms 5.6 miles9 km
- Mercure Swansea Hotel 4 9.7 miles15.6 km
- Castle Hotel 3 10 miles16 km
- The Bluebell Hotel 10 miles16.1 km
- St Ives 10 miles16 km
Schools in Garnant
- Y Bedol Primary
Local points of interest
- Dinefwr Castle Estate 7.8 miles12.5 km
- Craig-y-nôs Castle Estate 9.5 miles15.4 km
- The Gnoll Stadium 10.1 miles16.3 km
- Liberty Stadium Stadium 10.5 miles16.9 km
- National Botanic Garden of Wales Nature reserve 10.9 miles17.5 km
- Swansea Princess Way Museum 12.3 miles19.8 km
- Stebonheath Park Stadium 12.9 miles20.8 km
- Llanelli FC Stadium 13 miles20.9 km
- The Egypt Center Museum 13.1 miles21.1 km
- Fforest Fawr Mountains 14.2 miles22.9 km
- Victoria Road Stadium 14.8 miles23.8 km
- Afan Lido Stadium 14.9 miles23.9 km