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Houses and church are situated just above the A4107 on the western slopes of Mynydd Emroch
©Chris Shaw
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©Colin Pyle
Dist:0.4km<br/>Housing crowds the flat valley floor between the steep hillsides. Part of the raised section of the M4 can just be made out in the distance with Port Talbot beyond.
©Andrew Hill
Dist:0.5km<br/>I took this picture through the passenger window while waiting at temporary traffic lights on the A4107. We see the M4 passing the town of Port Talbot, on concrete stilts.
©Chris Downer
Dist:0.5km<br/>The mass of Mynedd Emroch dead ahead.
©Mick Lobb
Dist:0.6km<br/>Viewed from the River Afan end of the street.
©John Grayson
Dist:0.7km<br/>Overlooking Velindre.
©Deborah Tilley
Dist:0.7km<br/>A view along the 200 metre long street from the edge of a Tesco car park on Prior Street. At the far end of the street is the M4 motorway viaduct.
©John Grayson
Dist:0.8km<br/>On the edge of the small hillside village of Pen-y-cae this road leads to a lane to the top of Mynydd Emroch. The 'road', to the right, is little more than a paved track that rather contradicts its status on the map.
©Mick Lobb
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©David Dixon
Dist:0.8km<br/>Second hand car dealers premises located alongside Cwmavon Road (B4286). Also here is Car Care, vehicle valeting.
©John Grayson
Dist:0.8km<br/>This arch spans the road connecting the district of Velindre with Cwmavon Road. The headroom is 7' 6" (2.286 metres). The other three arches of the Grade II listed bridge http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2851830 span the River Afan.
©John Grayson
Dist:0.8km<br/>Viewed from the edge of Cwmavon Road (B4286). Built as a railway bridge, it now carries a cycleway and footpath over the River Afan. Three arches span the river. The fourth http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2851837 spans a minor road. The bridge was Grade II listed in April 2000.
©John Grayson
Dist:0.8km<br/>Looking north from Prior Street across a roundabout towards the viaduct carrying the M4 motorway. In the background is Mynydd Dinas, [[SS7691]] peak 258 metres (935 feet) above mean sea level.
©John Grayson
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©Mick Lobb

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