Walking The Briton Ferry Incline - Remains Of Industrial South Wales
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 ก.ค. 2024
- A walk from Jersey Park, Briton Ferry up the old railway incline. The inline is just over a mile long and was part of the South Wales Mineral Railway.
The coal wagons were lowered down the hillside to access Briton Ferry Dock.
▸The Walk Map: bit.ly/4bxcCX9
▸The Starting Point: Jersey Park Briton Ferry
🧭 51° 38' 15.16”N 3° 48' 59.6”W
🧭 51.637544, -3.816556
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Keep walking Marcus!
I'm Briton Ferry born and bred, and used to play up the Incline as a boy. I'm living in east London now so it's lovely to see some of my boyhood stomping grounds/ My word it's overgrown now. From the carpark area you used to be able to see all the way up the incline, it was a spectacular sight.
Thanks for watching, yes it was quite overgrown but not surprised with all the rain we've been having 🌧️
@@marcuswalks you asked for suggestions of walks in your video. I can see you've done Neath Canal north of Aberdulais. Have you considered heading south from there, through Neath and Briton Ferry to the sea?
Marcus loving these videos. Im from Port Talbot originally but left in 1990 but I'm hoping to move back later this year. You've given me some ideas for walks !
Theres so much history in our area.
Cheers, I will try and do some more over the summer.
Hey there great video and I see this channel becoming big soon.
Keep going 💪
Thanks
I walk that route regularly coming from Ladies Walk Baglan up the Rhodfa Clarke incline and across to the Foel above Cwmafan, before coming back to Baglan through Briton Ferry woods.I am not sure about that private land sign towards the top, it seemed to appear out of nowhere. A local told me that it is as a result of some sort of family dispute as access was previously allowed across the land.
The Briton Ferry docks walk is in a bit of a state due to the demolishing of the old power station at the moment. I regularly walk up the Tennant Canal from Jersey Marine to Neath or Aberdulais full of history especially Neath Abbey and the various industrial heritage around Aberdulais, I also enjoy the Neath Canal walk from Briton Ferry docks up as far as Glynneath, loads of history and wildlife on both canals….and flat😂
Hi, thanks for the info. I have done a bit of the canal walking up from Aberdulais but may do a bit more maybe I'll try the walk from Briton Ferry Docks
2/3 of the way up by the waterfall, on the right behind a cutting there's the remnants of a small building
I'll take a look next time
Hi Marcus, Thank you for doing this walk! I live in Swansea now but I used to live in Cwmafan, I had many friends in Briton Ferry as a lad and would often walk this way to see them ( at least three times a week). I have not walked it for about 30 years and it was fantastic to see it again and learn some more about the history! Keep up the good work! 😊👍 0:28
Cheer, glad it brought back some memories. There are so many intersting walks in this area.
Great video so interesting to watch.
Thanks 👍
A nice guide and walk, as always. I suggest you investigate Cwm Nash, from the area around the Plough and Harrow to the beach. There are several route options so you don't have to return exactly the same way. The total distance will only be a couple of miles or so. The pub is worth talking about. The area around it is littered with monastic remains. Nice lanes and field paths (well defined public footpaths) including the lovely woodland walk down the cwm. What I think looks like a ruined watermill part way down. Recent discovery of human bones emerging from eroded ground near the beach, thankfully ancient. Lots to talk about in a short and very scenic walk. But watch the tide. And did I mention the pub?
Thanks for the info about the walks.I have done a few walks around this area th-cam.com/video/R5_dtVXFUoE/w-d-xo.html but there are always more to do. We have also done a pub lunch review of the old Plough and Harrow, it was very good.
@@marcuswalks Ah, I missed that. I will watch it when I get a quiet moment. Thanks. You seem to find all the nooks and crannies so it is hard to suggest anything for you, but how about the part of the Taff Trail known as the Trevithick Trail, especially the part at or near Quakers Yard? I cycled it a few years back and thought it looked interesting and merited a return visit on foot. It follows Richard Trevithick's very early tram line.
@@user-yv1nr6qm6f Thanks for that, I haven't done the Taff Trail or that area yet.
I am sure that was a nice walk, burning off the cruise calories.. I miss those places. I live in Switzerland now but grew up in PT and those walks are beautiful. Keep walking!
Yes, I need to burn off some cruise food. There are some great views but I'm sure Switzerland has its fair share.
@@marcuswalks Not Welsh ones.
Thanks Marcus - another interesting stroll.
Thank you
Good Stuff Marcus, am a bit bewildered about the incline, it wens from the dock to the East, about a mile uphill, you said it received trucks from the Afan Valley, looks like the route must have been to Pontrhydyfen?, in the Afan Valley, but that looks like it must have gone down a steep hill again? to the Afan Valley, very strange arrangement, when they could have gone around on the flattish, Cymafon, Port Talbot, the Baglen before going into Briton Ferry, can't see the point in full trucks of coal going up & over the mountain? (but I have never been there or seen the situation) sny enlightenment?
Hi, it entered a tunnel further up than Pontrhydyfen. Have a look at this walk I did a few years ago in the Afan Valley, I go into the tunnel. th-cam.com/video/SpHZzlW0ULQ/w-d-xo.html from around the 3:30 mark