Blaengwrach

Blaengwrach
Blaengwrach is located in Neath Port Talbot
Blaengwrach
Blaengwrach
Location within Neath Port Talbot
Population1,141 (2011 census)
OS grid referenceSN868052
Principal area
Preserved county
CountryWales
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townNEATH
Postcode districtSA11
Dialling code01639
PoliceSouth Wales
FireMid and West Wales
AmbulanceWelsh
UK Parliament
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament
Councillors
  • Carolyn Edwards (Plaid Cymru)
List of places
UK
Wales
Neath Port Talbot
51°44′03″N 3°38′26″W / 51.73404°N 3.64064°W / 51.73404; -3.64064

Blaengwrach (/blnˈɡrɑːx/ blyne-GRAHKH,[1][2] Welsh: [ˌblainˈɡwraːχ]) is a community near Glynneath and Resolven in the county borough of Neath Port Talbot, Wales. It is also the name of an electoral ward of Neath Port Talbot county borough, which is a larger area than the Community. The principal settlement is Cwmgwrach, a village on the south side of the Neath valley, of which the eastern end is called Blaengwrach, which sometimes causes confusion.

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2km
1.2miles
Mynydd
Resolven
(383m)
Craig y Llyn
(600m)
Craig y Llyn
R E S O L V E N
G L Y N - N E A T H
G L Y N C O R R W G
B L A E N G W R A C H
Mynnydd
Pen-y-Cae
(573m)
A465 trunk road
Wenallt Blast Furnace
Wenallt Iron
foundry site
Open Cast mine
Open Cast mine
Map of Blaengwrach Community on the north-east edge of Neath Port Talbot County Borough.
  1. ^ John Wells's Phonetics Blog
  2. ^ G.M. Miller, BBC Pronouncing Dictionary of British Names (Oxford UP, 1971), p. 16; "Welsh speakers pronounce 'gwrach' as one syllable by treating the 'w' as a rounding of the lips to accompany the 'r'," which also occurs with English /r/.