Aberdulais Tinworks & Waterfall 2025
Neath Port Talbot
Glynneath Gunpowder Works 2025
Nestled in the heart of this valley, 100 years ago, was a thriving gunpowder works. It was the first explosives factory in Wales and well placed to become a major player in the lucrative blasting powder market for mines and quarries. Harnessing the fast flowing power of the river Mellte, the site supplied gunpowder to the quarries and mines of South Wales. There are ruins of buildings, tunnels, leats, weirs and waterwheels, all that remain after the purposeful destruction of the site when the works closed in 1931.
Contacts
Operator: Brecon Beacons
Address: Pontneddfechan Glynneath Neath Port Talbot
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- Website: View website
Open Days & Times
Access at all times. Visit website for more details.
Today the site is a tranquil wooded valley, rich in lush ferns and mosses and home to an amazing variety of bat species.
Over the last few years the most significant structures have been conserved, and native woodland plants given a helping hand and the stories of one of the most extraordinary workplaces told. As they have uncovered more about the men and women who worked here, the intriguing ‘anti-explosion’ health and safety measures and the contribution the industry made to the industrialisation of South Wales.
An engineering marvel in its heyday!
Glynneath Heritage Trail Link:
http://www.glynneathhistory.co.uk/documents/GLYNNEATHCWMGWRACHHERITAGETRAILLEAFLETLOWRES_000.pdf
