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 miles17.3 km
- Tonypandy 15 miles24.1 km
- Bridgend 17 miles27.4 km
- Llanelli 16.5 miles26.6 km
- Llanelli Rural 17.1 miles27.5 km
- Neath 5.2 miles8.4 km
- Merthyr Tydfil 16.1 miles25.9 km
- Coity Higher 16.4 miles26.4 km
- Briton Ferry 7.7 miles12.4 km
- Ebbw Vale 23.3 miles37.5 km
- Ebbw Vale North 23.5 miles37.8 km
- Ebbw Vale South 23.6 miles38 km
Neighbouring places
- Creunant Built-up area 0.3 miles0.5 km
- Crynant, Onllwyn and Seven Sisters Ward 2.2 miles3.5 km
- Resolven and Tonna Ward 2.5 miles4 km
- Aberdulais Ward 2.6 miles4.2 km
- Clyne and Melincourt Parish 2.7 miles4.3 km
- Godre'r Graig Ward 2.7 miles4.4 km
- Resolven Built-up area 2.7 miles4.4 km
- Ystalyfera Built-up area 2.8 miles4.5 km
- Ynyscedwyn Ward 3 miles4.8 km
- Seven Sisters Built-up area 3 miles4.9 km
- Cilfrew Built-up area 3.1 miles5 km
- Rhos Built-up area 3.3 miles5.3 km
Example postcodes in Crynant
SA10 8SD, SA10 8RH, SA10 8PT, SA10 8SU, SA10 8PG, SA10 8RN, SA10 8RP, SA10 8PU, SA10 8PA … See all
Transport links
- Cardiff Airport 28.9 miles46.5 km
- Bristol Airport 50.5 miles81.2 km
- Neath Abbey 5.1 miles8.2 km
- Skewen Railway Station 6.1 miles9.8 km
Hotels near Crynant Ad
- The New Swan Hotel 3 2.9 miles4.7 km
- The Dillwyn Arms 4.3 miles6.9 km
- Holiday Inn Express Swansea - East 3 6.9 miles11.1 km
- Castle Hotel 3 4.9 miles7.9 km
- The Towers Hotel and Spa 3 8.3 miles13.3 km
- Blanco's Hotel Port Talbot 3 9.3 miles15 km
- Mercure Swansea Hotel 4 8.4 miles13.6 km
- The Bluebell Hotel 5 miles8 km
- The Grand Hotel 9.3 miles15 km
- St Ives 4.9 miles7.8 km
Schools in Crynant
- Creunant Primary School Primary
Local points of interest
- The Gnoll Stadium 4.8 miles7.7 km
- Craig-y-nôs Castle Estate 6.9 miles11 km
- Liberty Stadium Stadium 9.5 miles15.3 km
- Victoria Road Stadium 9.7 miles15.6 km
- Afan Lido Stadium 9.9 miles16 km
- Swansea Princess Way Museum 10.9 miles17.6 km
- Fforest Fawr Mountains 11.2 miles18 km
- The Egypt Center Museum 12.6 miles20.2 km
- Ogmore Forest Forest 13.6 miles21.9 km
- Dinefwr Castle Estate 15.5 miles24.9 km
- Brecon Beacons Mountains 17 miles27.4 km
- Porthcawl Harbour Harbour 17.1 miles27.4 km