Crynant, Onllwyn and Seven Sisters (Y Creunant, Onllwyn a Blaendulais)
Ward in Neath Port Talbot, Wales
| Coordinates: | 51.743, -3.71 |
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| OS grid ref: | SN 82 06 |
| Dialling code: | 01639 (Neath) |
Crynant, Onllwyn and Seven Sisters sit up the Dulais Valley within Neath Port Talbot in south Wales, clustered along a narrow river valley framed by forested hills and moorland. The landscape is popular for walking and cycling and still shows the scars and features of its industrial past - terraced streets, former pit sites and old tramways - set against vistas that feel considerably more rural than the nearby towns.
All three communities share a strong coal‑mining heritage that shaped local identity, with active community halls, choirs and rugby clubs keeping social life lively even after pit closures changed the local economy. Today they balance commuting and small‑scale local businesses with tourism, outdoor recreation and ongoing regeneration projects, and retain a resilient, close‑knit character rooted in that industrial history.
Postcode districts covering Crynant, Onllwyn and Seven Sisters
Most populated places nearby
- Swansea 12.9 miles
- Tonypandy 14 miles
- Bridgend 17.2 miles
- Llanelli 18.6 miles
- Llanelli Rural 19.1 miles
- Neath 7.3 miles
- Merthyr Tydfil 14.1 miles
- Coity Higher 16.5 miles
- Briton Ferry 9.5 miles
- Ebbw Vale 21.3 miles
- Ebbw Vale North 21.4 miles
- Ebbw Vale South 21.6 miles
Neighbouring places
- Seven Sisters Built-up area 1.5 miles
- Creunant Built-up area 1.9 miles
- Crynant Parish 2.2 miles
- Resolven Built-up area 2.5 miles
- Blaengwrach and Glynneath West Ward 2.5 miles
- Onllwyn Parish 2.7 miles
- Glynneath Parish 2.9 miles
- Aber-craf and Ystradgynlais Ward 2.9 miles
- Dyffryn Cellwen Built-up area 3 miles
- Ynyscedwyn Ward 3.1 miles
- Cwmgwrach Built-up area 3.1 miles
- Ystradgynlais Built-up area 3.2 miles
Example postcodes in Crynant, Onllwyn and Seven Sisters
SA10 9AJ, SA10 8PD, SA10 9EF, SA10 9DF, SA10 8SE, SA10 8PP, SA10 9DN, SA10 9AL, SA10 9DR … See all
Transport links
- Cardiff Airport 28.7 miles
- Bristol Airport 49.3 miles
- Neath Abbey 7 miles
- Skewen Railway Station 8.2 miles
Hotels near Crynant, Onllwyn and Seven Sisters Ad
- The New Swan Hotel 3 3.5 miles
- The Dillwyn Arms 6.3 miles
- Holiday Inn Express Swansea - East 3 9 miles
- Castle Hotel 3 6.9 miles
- Ty Newydd Country Hotel 3 7.8 miles
- The Bluebell Hotel 6.9 miles
- St Ives 6.8 miles
Schools in Crynant, Onllwyn and Seven Sisters
- Blaendulais Primary School Primary
- Creunant Primary School Primary
- Maesmarchog Community Primary School Primary
- YGG Blaendulais Primary
Local points of interest
- Craig-y-nôs Castle Estate 5.2 miles
- The Gnoll Stadium 6.7 miles
- Fforest Fawr Mountains 9.1 miles
- Victoria Road Stadium 11.3 miles
- Afan Lido Stadium 11.5 miles
- Liberty Stadium Stadium 11.7 miles
- Swansea Princess Way Museum 13.1 miles
- Ogmore Forest Forest 13.1 miles
- The Egypt Center Museum 14.7 miles
- Brecon Beacons Mountains 14.8 miles
- Dinefwr Castle Estate 16.3 miles
- Porthcawl Harbour Harbour 18 miles