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Dist:0.1km<br/>The chimney stack of the nickel refinery dominates the town of Clydach near Swansea. Here it can be seen to the south of a church in the middle of town.
©Nigel Davies
Dist:0.3km<br/>Here is a view of the Inco nickel refinery as seen from the trail up Mynydd Gelliwastad.
©Nigel Davies
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©Nigel Davies
Dist:0.6km<br/>The dismantled mineral line that used to run into the Mond refinery (now the Inco works [[177129]]) is now blocked off at the works fence. You can still get on to the bridge to look at the river though.
©Nigel Davies
Dist:0.6km<br/>This bridge allows access to the playing fields [[1445541]] on the other side of the river.
©Nigel Davies
Dist:0.7km<br/>Just don't ask what the water level is. The aqueduct here is also a handy overflow maintaining the level in the canal. The excess falls down into the Lower Clydach River just before it joins the Tawe.
©Nigel Davies
Dist:0.7km<br/>See http://www.forgefach.org.uk/ for details
©Nigel Davies
Dist:0.7km<br/>This river has quite an industrial past with a tramway and many mines along its length. Barely anything remains now but there is a clogged leat and defunct sluices behind the pictured weir, plus the name of this area hints at an old forge.
©Nigel Davies
Dist:0.7km<br/>This is the view looking east from on top of the bridge here [[1455056]] To the west this portion of the line disappears. It looks like the raised embankment forms a convenient stand to watch the games at the playing fields [[1445541]]
©Nigel Davies
Dist:0.8km<br/>The dismantled mineral line to the Mond refinery used to cross over the branch of the railway that ran up the west side of the Vale of Swansea where it crossed to join the east side branch at Glais.
©Nigel Davies
Dist:0.8km<br/>From a distance, it seems that some new viewing shelters have been built on each side of the rugby pitch here. Closer inspection indeed revealed that these stands *were* re-purposed bus stop shelters complete with their now non-functioning matrix display boards (inside) and a current timetable stating that the bus stop gave times from Swansea Railway Station. One suspects that you'd be waiting a long time here if you wanted to catch the 17 the Gowerton or the 24 to Moriston Hospital...
©Hywel Williams
Dist:0.8km<br/>Looking upstream, taken from the A4067 bridge.
©Chris Eilbeck
Dist:0.8km<br/>Looking towards the golf club on the other side of the River Tawe and A4067.
©Chris Eilbeck
Dist:0.8km<br/>Mae'r garreg ar y wyneb yn dweud mai'r Parchedig Morgan Lewis adeiladodd y capel yn 1841 ac mai James Loid oedd y saer maen. The stone between the upper windows commemorates the Rev. Morgan Lewis as the builder of the chapel and James Loid as the mason.
©Gerallt Pennant
Dist:0.9km<br/>Detail of plaque from [[2933991]]
©Nigel Davies

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