Coelbren
in Powys of Wales, United Kingdom
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Swansea Airport (21 mi) - MOD St. Athan (29 mi)
- Cardiff International Airport (31 mi)
- Bristol International Airport (50 mi)
- Bristol Filton Airport (50 mi)
- Haverfordwest Airport (55 mi)
- RNAS Yeovilton (70 mi)
- Exeter International Airport (74 mi)
- Blaenavon Industrial Landscape (Unesco heritage, 32 mi)
- Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal (Unesco heritage, 87 mi)
- Castles and Town Walls of King Edward in Gwynedd (Unesco heritage, 93 mi)
- Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape (Unesco heritage, 122 mi)
- Earlswood Golf Club (Golf course, 14 mi)
- Fairwood Park Golf Club (Golf course, 21 mi)
- Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
- 51.792 and -3.670 (Lat./Lng.)
- Coordinates by Time:
- N 51° 47' 30" and W -3° 40' 12"
- Currency and Currency Code:
- Pound - GBP
- Spoken languages:
- English, Welsh, Scottish Gaelic
- Local electricity:
- 230 V - 50 Hz (plugs: G)
- Mobile phone / cellular frequencies (MHz):
- 900 MHz, 1800 MHz, 3G, 4G
- Local Time: 08:41 PM (Sunday)
- Timezone: Europe/London
- UTC/GMT offset: 0 hours
- Sunrise and Sunset:
- 5:49 am and 8:35 pm
- Antipode Coordinates:
- -45.817 and 170.717 (Lat./Lng.)
- Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Otakou - References
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Safety Score: 3,0 of 5.0 based on data from 9 authorites. Meaning we advice caution when travelling to United Kingdom.
Travel warnings are updated daily. Source: Travel Warning United Kingdom. Last Update: 2024-04-28 08:22:10
Delve into Coelbren
Coelbren in Powys (Wales) with it's 537 habitants is located in United Kingdom about 153 mi (or 247 km) west of London, the country's capital town.
Current time in Coelbren is now 08:41 PM (Sunday). The local timezone is named Europe / London with an UTC offset of one hour. We know of 8 airports close to Coelbren, of which 3 are larger airports. The closest airport in United Kingdom is Swansea Airport in a distance of 21 mi (or 34 km), South-West. Besides the airports, there are other travel options available (check left side).
There are several Unesco world heritage sites nearby. The closest heritage site in United Kingdom is Blaenavon Industrial Landscape in a distance of 32 mi (or 52 km), East. Also, if you like playing golf, there are some options within driving distance.
While being here, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Seven Sisters, Ystradgynlais, Crynant, Glyncorrwg and Cray. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 11°C / 53 °F
| Morning Temperature | 5°C / 42 °F |
| Evening Temperature | 10°C / 50 °F |
| Night Temperature | 8°C / 46 °F |
| Chance of rainfall | 0% |
| Air Humidity | 66% |
| Air Pressure | 1008 hPa |
| Wind Speed | Moderate breeze with 12 km/h (7 mph) from East |
| Cloud Conditions | Broken clouds, covering 79% of sky |
| General Conditions | Light rain |
Monday, 29th of April 2024
10°C (50 °F)
11°C (51 °F)
Moderate rain, strong breeze, overcast clouds.
Tuesday, 30th of April 2024
10°C (50 °F)
8°C (46 °F)
Moderate rain, strong breeze, overcast clouds.
Wednesday, 1st of May 2024
13°C (55 °F)
8°C (47 °F)
Light rain, gentle breeze, overcast clouds.
Videos from this area
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Simon Pavey BMW Off Road Skills - Day 1
June 24th 2011, my great friend Mick and I are learning how to handle the BMW GS1200 motorcycle in anticipation of a 16 day adventure holiday in Southern Africa riding with Charley Boorman...
Simon Pavey Off Road Skills - Day 2
June 24th 2011, my great friend Mick and I are learning how to handle the BMW GS1200 motorcycle in anticipation of a 16 day adventure holiday in Southern Africa riding with Charley Boorman...
Simon Pavey Off Road Skills - The Big Hill.wmv
June 24th 2011, my great friend Mick and I are learning how to handle the BMW GS1200 motorcycle in anticipation of a 16 day adventure holiday in Southern Africa riding with Charley Boorman...
Series Land Rover Climbs Waterfall. Walter's Arena.
Rob Taylor and Mike Galbraith punch 9 at the Scott Williams Memorial Weekend 2013, Seven Sisters, Wales. Water plus rock crawling...drive up a waterfall in a Series II Landy!
Henrhyd Waterfall 2
Another video of the Henrhyd waterfall. This time after heavy rain. In the first clip you can see the amount of spray as the camera gets soaked! Still image over on Flickr http://www.flickr.com/ph...
Pen Y Cae drop
2m drop on Tawe.
OFD II - Minicolums
Bits from a trip to the Mini Colums - OFD II.
Taffy Dakar 2014 Promo-1
The Taffy Dakar 2014 Promo Motorcycle Orienteering Annual Extravaganza in the Welsh Trails. Bank Holiday Weekend May 2014 Includes Breakfast / Maps / 130-180 miles of Trails, Lanes and Roads/.
Little Neath River Cave
A Dudley Caving Club Trip on Saturday 10th May 2009.
1466 in YOUNG WINSTON
Colour slides (scanned at 900dpi) taken of the location filming of rail scenes for the 1972 Columbia Pictures/Open Road production of "Young Winston". The GWR loco 1466 was disguised to represent.
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Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
Ogof Ffynnon Ddu
Ogof Ffynnon Ddu (Welsh for Cave of the Black Spring; also known as OFD) is a cave located under a hillside in the area surrounding Penwyllt in the Upper Swansea Valley in South Wales. At 308 metres deep and 68 kilometres long, it is the deepest cave in the UK and the second longest in Wales. OFD was discovered in 1946 through digging by Peter Harvey and Ian Nixon, members of the newly formed South Wales Caving Club. Major extensions were discovered in 1967.
Sgwd Henrhyd
Sgwd Henrhyd (Henrhyd Waterfall or Henrhyd Falls) in Powys, Wales, is the tallest waterfall in South Wales with a drop of 90 feet . It lies on National Trust land on the southern edge of the Brecon Beacons National Park. The falls occur where the small river, the Nant Llech drops over the faulted edge of a hard sandstone known as the Farewell Rock. The nearest settlement to it is Coelbren, on the road between Glynneath and Abercraf.
Ynyswen
Ynyswen is a village in the community of Treorchy, in the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. Ynyswen consists mostly of housing. It has an industrial estate which was once the site of Burberry's factory, one shop, and the Forest View Medical Centre. The area has several chapels and churches as well as Ynyswen Infant school and Ynyswen Welsh School. Ynyswen infant's school takes children until the age of 7.
Dyffryn Cellwen
Dyffryn Cellwen is a village in the County Borough of Neath Port Talbot, South Wales. It is situated in the upper Dulais Valley near the junction of the A4109 and A4221 roads, northwest of the smaller settlement of Banwen. It is part of the community of Onllwyn. The village stands close to the course of the Roman road from Neath to Brecon, and there are traces of a Roman fort and camp nearby. At one time, mining for iron, copper, and especially coal were important activities in the area.
Craig-y-Nos Castle
Craig-y-Nos Castle, is a Victorian-Gothic country house in Britain. Built on parkland beside the River Tawe in the upper Swansea Valley, it is located on the southern edge of Fforest Fawr in Powys. The former estate of opera singer Adelina Patti, part of the complex is now used as a boutique hotel, catering, conferencing and entertainment venue. The castle grounds are surrounded by a designated country park, which is now part of the Brecon Beacons National Park.
A4221 road
The A4221 is an A road which links Banwen with Abercraf in Wales. The roads begins just south of Abercraf at the junction with the A4067. It then heads eastwards through Caehopkin and then bypasses Coelbren. It joins the A4109 just west of Banwen.
Coelbren, Powys
Coelbren is a small rural village just south of the Brecon Beacons National Park in Powys, Wales. It lies some six miles north-east of Ystradgynlais, close to Sgwd Henrhyd, a high waterfall on the Nant Llech. To the east of the village flows the Afon Pyrddin which plunges over two more spectacular falls.
Abercraf transmitting station
The Abercraf television relay station is sited on high ground to the east of the village of Abercraf in the upper Swansea Valley, though it is actually closer to Coelbren than to Abercraf itself. It was originally built in the 1980s as a fill-in relay for UHF analogue colour television covering the communities of Abercraf, Coelbren, Penycae and Ynyswen. It consists of a 45 m self-supporting lattice mast standing on a hillside which is itself about 270 m above sea level.
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