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The character of Neath
The centre sits between the river and the M4, with the abbey ruins and the castle mound close to the town's older streets. Through-traffic is largely kept to the ring road, leaving the market and shopping streets relatively calm. Cars wait in the town centre car parks near the market rather than on the narrower streets around the abbey.
- Cars wait near the market rather than the narrower streets around the abbey ruins.
- Vale of Neath journeys toward Pontneddfechan are booked with a fixed return time.
- We allow extra time on the A465 through Glynneath, which narrows noticeably.
- Junction forty-three is the pinch point we plan the evening collection around.














