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Baglan, Wales

Baglan
Baglan - geograph.org.uk - 41828.jpg
Baglan is located in Neath Port Talbot
Baglan
Baglan
Baglan shown within Neath Port Talbot
OS grid reference SS746924
Principal area
Ceremonial county
Country Wales
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town PORT TALBOT
Postcode district SA12
Dialling code 01639
Police South Wales
Fire Mid and West Wales
Ambulance Welsh
EU Parliament Wales
UK Parliament
Welsh Assembly
List of places
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Wales
Neath Port Talbot
51°37′00″N 3°48′41″W / 51.6166°N 3.8115°W / 51.6166; -3.8115Coordinates: 51°37′00″N 3°48′41″W / 51.6166°N 3.8115°W / 51.6166; -3.8115

Baglan is a village in Wales. The village is named after Saint Baglan (earliest reference is to 'Bagelan' and dates from 1199). Baglan is also the name of a community which is coterminous with the village and an electoral ward, in the administrative region of Neath Port Talbot county borough. In 2001, the population of the Baglan electoral ward was 6,654.

Baglan is located on the side of a steep hill and is surrounded by two main hills, Mynydd-y-Gaer (to the north) and Mynydd Dinas (to the east). The moors and Baglan Bay are to the SW. The village contains a number of historical buildings such as Baglan House, St. Catharine's Church, and St. Baglan's Church. The first St. Baglan's Church is now a shell after a fire in 1954. St. Catharine's Church was designed by Welsh architect John Prichard, an exponent of the neo-Gothic style and dedicated in 1882. Baglan House was one of the seats of the Villiers family, earls of Jersey.

To the south east of the village lie industrial areas called Baglan Moors and Baglan Bay.

The village has a railway station, Baglan railway station on the South Wales Main Line with trains to Cardiff Central railway station & Swansea railway station, served by Arriva Trains Wales, with through services (i.e. non stop) served by First Great Western.


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