Port Talbot

Port Talbot
From the top, View of Port Talbot from above, with the elevated M4 to the bottom-left, The High street, Steelworks
Port Talbot is located in Neath Port Talbot
Port Talbot
Port Talbot
Location within Neath Port Talbot
Population31,550 (2021)[1]
OS grid referenceSS755895
Principal area
Preserved county
  • Glamorganshire
CountryWales
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townPORT TALBOT
Postcode districtSA12, SA13
Dialling code01639
PoliceSouth Wales
FireMid and West Wales
AmbulanceWelsh
UK Parliament
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament
List of places
UK
Wales
Neath Port Talbot
51°35′26″N 3°47′55″W / 51.59055°N 3.79859°W / 51.59055; -3.79859

Port Talbot (/ˌpɔːrt ˈtɔːlbət/, UK also /pɔːr-, pə-, -ˈtælbət, -ˈtɒlbət/)[2] is a town and community in the county borough of Neath Port Talbot, Wales, situated on the east side of Swansea Bay, approximately eight miles (thirteen kilometres) from Swansea.[3] The Port Talbot Steelworks covers a large area of land which dominates the south east of the town. It is one of the biggest steelworks in the world, but has been under threat of closure since the 1980s.[4] The population was 31,550 in 2021,[1] comprising about a fifth of the 141,931 population[5] of Neath Port Talbot.

  1. ^ a b Port Talbot: built up area City Population. Retrieved: 8 March 2023
  2. ^ Wells, John C. (2008), Longman Pronunciation Dictionary (3rd ed.), Longman, ISBN 9781405881180
  3. ^ "OS Maps". Ordnance Survey.
  4. ^ "New BBC television series will recall the fight to save Port Talbot steelworks in the 1980s", South Wales Evening Post, 10 November 2015. Accessed 3 April 2016
  5. ^ Population of Neath Port Talbot Varbes. Retrieved: 7 March 2023