Aberdulais  SA10 8EU
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As water continued to cascade through the centuries, the industries continued to flow through time, and Aberdulais established its place as an industrial centre for pioneering. Discover how a small village in the Welsh valleys used cutting edge technologies to harness an ice age landscape and breath-taking waterfalls, to shape the industries that changed the world. St Giles Cymru at Aberdulais At Aberdulais we are working in partnership with St Giles Trust Cymru, an award-winning social justice charity, who will use some of the buildings and wider site to enable their work in helping people facing the greatest adversity to realise a positive future. Together, our two charities aim to work beyond our boundaries to benefit people and increase access for everyone to nature, beauty and history.

Queen Elizabeth I needed money to spend on warships to combat the threat from Philip of Spain’s Armada, and luckily, a German engineer, Ulrich Frosse, has a solution. A quiet location is needed, and Aberdulais fits the bill perfectly. Smelting copper at Aberdulais Frosse has perfected a new method of smelting copper to turn into coin of the realm. But it’s hush-hush stuff and he needs somewhere quiet and secluded to ply his trade, far from the prying eyes of his competitors. Industrial Revolution That was 200 years before the Industrial Revolution and ever since, this narrow gorge at the mouth of the Dulais River outside Neath has been at the heart of the Welsh industrial story, thanks to its bountiful supplies of coal, timber and water. Copper-smelting gave way to ironworking, the milling of textiles and grain and – most significant of all – the manufacture of 19th century tinplate.

Dog Friendly:
Dogs to be kept on short leads,

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Parking:
The main car park surface is gravelled with embedded space markers. There is a pedestrian crossing available to use to cross the road. Cycle racks are available.


Facilities:
Book Shop
Toilet

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Website: www.nationaltrust.org.uk

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