Crynant
Parish in Neath Port Talbot, Wales
| Coordinates: | 51.728, -3.755 |
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| OS grid ref: | SN 78 04 |
| Population: | 1,602 |
| Dialling code: | 01639 (Neath) |
Crynant is a compact village and community in Neath Port Talbot, Wales, tucked into steep, wooded valleys just above the river corridors of the Neath area. The landscape still bears the imprint of its industrial past - reclaimed spoil tips, forestry plantations and rolling moorland - so it feels a mix of upland countryside and post‑industrial terrain, with easy access to nearby towns.
Socially and historically Crynant grew as a 19th‑ and early 20th‑century coal‑mining community, and traces of that heritage remain in local chapels, community choirs and a strong sense of local identity. Today the economy is mixed: local shops and small businesses sit alongside commuters travelling to Neath, Swansea and Port Talbot, while walkers and cyclists use the surrounding forestry and hills for recreation.
Postcode districts covering Crynant
Most populated places nearby
- Swansea 10.7 miles
- Tonypandy 15 miles
- Bridgend 17 miles
- Llanelli 16.5 miles
- Llanelli Rural 17.1 miles
- Neath 5.2 miles
- Merthyr Tydfil 16.1 miles
- Coity Higher 16.4 miles
- Briton Ferry 7.7 miles
- Ebbw Vale 23.3 miles
- Ebbw Vale North 23.5 miles
- Ebbw Vale South 23.6 miles
Neighbouring places
- Creunant Built-up area 0.3 miles
- Crynant, Onllwyn and Seven Sisters Ward 2.2 miles
- Resolven and Tonna Ward 2.5 miles
- Aberdulais Ward 2.6 miles
- Clyne and Melincourt Parish 2.7 miles
- Godre'r Graig Ward 2.7 miles
- Resolven Built-up area 2.7 miles
- Ystalyfera Built-up area 2.8 miles
- Ynyscedwyn Ward 3 miles
- Seven Sisters Built-up area 3 miles
- Cilfrew Built-up area 3.1 miles
- Rhos Built-up area 3.3 miles
Example postcodes in Crynant
SA10 8SL, SA10 8RG, SA10 8NU, SA10 8NS, SA10 8RF, SA10 8PX, SA10 8SW, SA10 8PB, SA10 8PA … See all
Transport links
- Cardiff Airport 28.9 miles
- Bristol Airport 50.5 miles
- Neath Abbey 5.1 miles
- Skewen Railway Station 6.1 miles
Hotels near Crynant Ad
- Ynyscedwyn Arms 3 3.6 miles
- The Dillwyn arms 4.3 miles
- The BlueBell Hotel 5 miles
- Holiday Inn Express Swansea East 3 6.9 miles
- St Ives 4.9 miles
- The Castle Hotel Neath 3 5 miles
- Suite 10 - Sleeping Giant Hotel - PEN Y CAE Inn 3 6.5 miles
- Suite 12 - Sleeping Giant Hotel - PEN Y CAE Inn 3 6.5 miles
- Suite 1 - Sleeping Giant Hotel - PEN Y CAE Inn 3 6.5 miles
- Oak Lodge - Hot Tub - PEN Y CAE Inn 4 6.6 miles
Schools in Crynant
- Creunant Primary School Primary
Local points of interest
- The Gnoll Stadium 4.8 miles
- Craig-y-nôs Castle Estate 6.9 miles
- Liberty Stadium Stadium 9.5 miles
- Victoria Road Stadium 9.7 miles
- Afan Lido Stadium 9.9 miles
- Swansea Princess Way Museum 10.9 miles
- Fforest Fawr Mountains 11.2 miles
- The Egypt Center Museum 12.6 miles
- Ogmore Forest Forest 13.6 miles
- Dinefwr Castle Estate 15.5 miles
- Brecon Beacons Mountains 17 miles
- Porthcawl Harbour Harbour 17.1 miles