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Neath Canal and Gnoll Park

A 6-mile Saturday walk

8th February 2025

Leader: Lucy Davies




Swansea Ramblers met in Neath for a walk that started along the Neath Canal to Tonna.

We made a gradual ascent of the hillside below the Ivy Tower and made our way to Mosshouse Wood Reservoir.

We had lunch by the reservoir then descended to the lake in Gnoll Park.

The alterations to the visitor centre were well underway and the cascade was also being repaired.

We walked past the mansion then back down into the centre of Neath.   



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Photographs



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Leader Lucy Davies


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We met in Milland Road Car Park


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And set off along the Neath Canal


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Passing Neath Castle


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Walking out of Neath along the towpath


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St. Illtyd's Church


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A Heron would fly a few yards ahead and settle


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It kept flying just a few yards away everytime we got near


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Off it goes again


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The lock cottage


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Amphibians grow large here!


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We then ascended the hillside


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With a panorama over Neath Valley


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A little more ascent


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Then the gradual descent


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To Mosshouse Wood Reservoir


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Which we circumnavigated


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Then continued the descent in Gnoll Country Park


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The Cascade is being renovated


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And the visitor centre is being rebuilt


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So no Tea stop today


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So we made our way out of Gnoll and back into Neath





Ordnance Survey map of the route walked
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All photographs Copyright  Andrew Morgan 2025
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