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Dist:0.2km<br/>Just off the A465 eastbound.
©Jonathan Billinger
Dist:0.2km<br/>Just off the A465 eastbound about half a mile away from M4 Junction 43. Yes it could be anywhere!
©Jonathan Billinger
Dist:0.4km<br/>Mudflats on the River Neath.
©Gerald England
Dist:0.4km<br/>This swing bridge (permanently locked) carries the former Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railway over the River Neath near Skewen. The vessel in the foreground is a former lightship moored at the quayside.
©Cedwyn Davies
Dist:0.5km<br/>The Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railway Company opened its line in 1885, but could extend the line into Swansea until this swing bridge was completed in 1894. I am grateful to the owner of Derwent Construction and his plant operator Martin for their assistance in getting this image. This is one of over 1,450 movable bridges in the British Isles that I have identified for my historical website. www.movablebridges.org.uk
©Stewart Marchant
Dist:0.7km<br/>Taken from the corner of Castle Street
©Adrian Cable
Dist:0.8km<br/>The largest village in Wales
©Alan Roberts
Dist:0.8km<br/>
©Cedwyn Davies
Dist:0.8km<br/>View from the north west
©David Lewis
Dist:1.0km<br/>
©Kevin Trahar
Dist:1.1km west<br/>
©Alex McGregor
Dist:1.1km south<br/>Taken off a factory access road this view has changed. The M4 improvements mean the view in the background has changed as the main road was upgraded.
©roger geach
Dist:1.1km northwest<br/>Marked on an OS map, this staircase (with barely visible handrails) is where things go pear-shaped if you're intent on following this public footpath that's marked on current maps. I must admit I didn't see the weed covered hand rails at first because of the BARBED WIRE fence in front. Still - if I'd have continued on the original route, the M4 motorway would have soon put a stop to my tracks. I was told by the land owner after a rather uncomfortable discussion as to why I was there in the first place that this path had been discontinued when the M4 opened in the early 1990s, which begs the question as to why it's still on current maps.
©Hywel Williams
Dist:1.2km northeast<br/>
©Kevin Trahar
Dist:1.2km northeast<br/>
©Richard Rogerson

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