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 miles
- Tonypandy 22.8 miles
- Bridgend 24.4 miles
- Llanelli 12.4 miles
- Llanelli Rural 12 miles
- Neath 9.7 miles
- Merthyr Tydfil 22.6 miles
- Coity Higher 23.9 miles
- Briton Ferry 12.2 miles
- Aberdare 19.7 miles
- Aberdare East 20.5 miles
- Aberdare West 19.3 miles
Neighbouring places
- Cwmamman Parish 0.5 miles
- Garnant Built-up area 0.8 miles
- Glanaman Built-up area 1 mile
- Glanamman Ward 1.1 miles
- Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen Built-up area 1.1 miles
- Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen and Lower Brynamman Ward 1.3 miles
- Brynamman Built-up area 2 miles
- Cwarter Bach Ward 2.8 miles
- Quarter Bach Parish 2.8 miles
- Betws Parish 2.8 miles
- Ammanford Built-up area 3.3 miles
- Cwmllynfell Parish 3.5 miles
Example postcodes in Garnant
SA18 1NQ, SA18 1JQ, SA18 1NA, SA18 1BP, SA18 1NW, SA18 1DS, SA18 1BS, SA18 1LB, SA18 1NB … See all
Transport links
- Cardiff Airport 36.5 miles
- Bristol Airport 58.3 miles
- Ammanford Railway Station 4 miles
- Pantyffynnon Railway Station 4.1 miles
Hotels near Garnant Ad
- The Plough Inn 4 7.7 miles
- The New Swan Hotel 3 5.6 miles
- The Cawdor 4 7.2 miles
- The Dillwyn Arms 5.6 miles
- Mercure Swansea Hotel 4 9.7 miles
- Castle Hotel 3 10 miles
- The Bluebell Hotel 10 miles
- St Ives 10 miles
Schools in Garnant
- Y Bedol Primary
Local points of interest
- Dinefwr Castle Estate 7.8 miles
- Craig-y-nôs Castle Estate 9.5 miles
- The Gnoll Stadium 10.1 miles
- Liberty Stadium Stadium 10.5 miles
- National Botanic Garden of Wales Nature reserve 10.9 miles
- Swansea Princess Way Museum 12.3 miles
- Stebonheath Park Stadium 12.9 miles
- Llanelli FC Stadium 13 miles
- The Egypt Center Museum 13.1 miles
- Fforest Fawr Mountains 14.2 miles
- Victoria Road Stadium 14.8 miles
- Afan Lido Stadium 14.9 miles