The A4107 road is an A road in Neath Port Talbot County Borough,

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. It begins in

Port Talbot Port Talbot (, ) is a town and community in the county borough of Neath Port Talbot, Wales, situated on the east side of Swansea Bay, approximately from Swansea. The Port Talbot Steelworks covers a large area of land which dominates the south ...

and heads up the Afan Valley in a north easterly direction. It then continues over the moors eastwards until it connects with the

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south west of

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in the

Rhondda Valley Rhondda , or the Rhondda Valley ( cy, Cwm Rhondda ), is a former coalmining area in South Wales, historically in the county of Glamorgan. It takes its name from the River Rhondda, and embraces two valleys – the larger Rhondda Fawr valley ...

Route

The A4107 starts at

at traffic lights on the

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, the main route from

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before the

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was opened. The A4107 passes under the motorway and then continues in a roughly northeasterly direction up the valley of the

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, with the river on its left. It leaves Cwmavon to its left before passing a junction with the B4287,

Neath Neath (; cy, Castell-nedd) is a market town and Community (Wales), community situated in the Neath Port Talbot, Neath Port Talbot County Borough, Wales. The town had a population of 50,658 in 2011. The community of the parish of Neath had a po ...

road, which branches off to the left. After this the road swings round to the right and passes through wooded country. The road is climbing more steeply now and passes the

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to the right, before emerging onto grassy hillsides with boulders and rocky outcrops. Turning towards the east, it passes through the hamlets of

Pontrhydyfen Pontrhydyfen (or Pont-rhyd-y-fen) is a small village in the Afan Valley, in Neath Port Talbot county borough in Wales (). The village sits at the confluence of the River Afan and the smaller Afon Pelenna, 1.8 miles (2.9 km) north of the l ...

and

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to Cymmer. Here the A4063 road to

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branches off to the right. Continuing over the tops of the moors, the road passes the hamlets of

Croeserw Croeserw is a village of approximately 1,380 inhabitants in Gwynfi and Croeserw, Neath Port Talbot county borough, Wales. Location It stands on a hillside in the Afan Valley (also known as Avon) at between 196 and 299 metres above sea leve ...

, Abergwynfi and

Blaengwynfi Blaengwynfi is a village in the Afan Valley, in the Neath Port Talbot area of South Wales. It is in the community of Gwynfi and Croeserw, Location It is a part of the Upper Afan Valley. It used to be a coal mining village, and is directly below ...

, and the summits of Mynydd Caerau and

Mynydd Llangeinwyr Mynydd Llangeinwyr is the highest hill in the county borough of Bridgend in the coalfield of South Wales. It forms a long north-south ridge between the valleys of Cwm Garw to the west and Cwm Ogwr Fawr to the east. The highest point of the ridg ...

on the right. The road begins to descend now, there are a couple of hairpin bends and it terminates at the junction with the A4061

to Bridgend road.

History

The A4107 was given that number on 1 April 1925, when the B4284 was upgraded. At the time it was not a through route as it terminated at Abergywnfi. However, there were plans to extend it to provide opportunities for employment in a depressed area, and the Bwlch y Clawdd extension road was duly opened in February 1928.

References

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External links

SABRE – A4107
{{DEFAULTSORT:4-4107 Transport in Rhondda Cynon Taf Transport in Neath Port Talbot Roads in Wales Afan Valley