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    Aberavon Beach (Welsh: Traeth Aberafan), also known as Aberavon Sands, is a three-mile (5 km) stretch of sandy beach on the north-eastern edge of Swansea...
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    of the town. Aberavon is also the name of the nearby Blue Flag beach and the parish covering the same area. Little is known about Aberavon before Norman...
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    Richard Hibbard (category Aberavon RFC players)
    successful restaurants including The Hideout Cafe at Aberavon Shopping Centre & The Front at Aberavon Beach, Port Talbot. In January 2022, Hibbard announced...
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    wharves. Each stretch of beach within the bay has its own name: Aberavon Beach Baglan Bay Jersey Marine Beach Swansea Beach Mumbles Beach Oyster fishing was...
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  • marquee, have trailers, toilets and a van". Filming also took place at Aberavon Beach in Port Talbot on 21 May. Tony Osoba previously appeared in the classic...
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    e a B a y Margam River Neath Sandfields Civic Centre Margam Castle Aberavon beach    The borough of Port Talbot was created in November 1921, incorporating...
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  • includes a council estate, industrial areas and a seaside resort at Aberavon Beach. The Sandfields estate, consisting mainly of semi-detached houses, was...
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  • been evidence of more investment west of Cardiff, such as: Port Talbot Aberavon Beach Baglan Industrial Park Baglan Energy Park 33-acre (13 ha) Amazon.co...
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  • 2miles Steelworks S w a n s e a B a y Country Park Mynydd Brombil (244m) Aberavon beach Goytre Taibach Docks Margam River Neath Church and Stones Museum Eglwys...
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    Richard Edward Geoffrey Howe, Baron Howe of Aberavon, CH, PC, QC (20 December 1926 – 9 October 2015), known from 1970 to 1992 as Sir Geoffrey Howe, was...
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  • Irish. The Green Stars owe their formation to the Irish community near Aberavon Beach and although publications such as Field of Praise state the club was...
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    portrayed in J. M. W. Turner's painting, The Watermill Aberavon Beach is a large blue flag beach resort, popular with surfers and kite boarders. The seafront...
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    teams of the time were the "Margam Bando Boys", a team who played on Aberavon Beach. The team are celebrated in a macaronic ballad, "The Margam Bando Boys"...
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    is the new district of Sandfields, built over the holiday dunes of Aberavon beach in the 1950s to house the workforce of Port Talbot Steelworks. The River...
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  • body is discovered hanging upside down in an abandoned horse box on Aberavon beach. Detective Sergeant Gina Jenkins sets out to find the killer, but the...
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    the development of an intermodal freight terminal at the port. Aberavon Beach Aberavon Taibach Port Talbot steelworks Port Talbot Coastguard Search and...
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    disappeared on 27 September 1907 and a week later was found washed ashore on Aberavon beach. His death is listed as suicide. Wikimedia Commons has media related...
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    Restricted Service Licence events, such as the Pontardawe Festival and Aberavon Beach Festival. The station was later granted an FM licence, and re-branded...
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  • beaten to the award by Cold Feet. Filmed at Coney Beach Amusement Park in Porthcawl, South Wales, and Aberavon, Port Talbot, the series included performances...
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    forged in steel - in pictures". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 June 2020. "Aberavon Kite Tail". Tweddell & Slater Ltd. Retrieved 24 June 2020. "War Memorials...
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    and two bystanders. Italian cargo ship Maria Pompei ran aground at Aberavon beach in Wales. Born: Geena Davis, American actress; in Wareham, Massachusetts...
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    was voted the UK's number one beach, third best in Europe, and 10th best in the world, by TripAdvisor users. Aberavon Beach is a two-mile strip of white...
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  • former Chancellor of the Exchequer and Deputy Prime Minister Lord Howe of Aberavon. Shand's mother remarried Herbert Charles Tippet, a golf course designer...
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  • Matt Wyatt (category Old Mission Beach Athletic Club RFC players)
    Wyatt went to Wales to train with professional club Llanelli, as well as Aberavon and British Steel. He represented the United States as a hooker between...
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    Mid and West Wales Ambulance Welsh UK Parliament Aberavon Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament Aberavon List of places UK Wales Neath Port Talbot 51°37′49″N...
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    and MacDonald. In 1922, MacDonald was returned to the House as MP for Aberavon in Wales, with a vote of 14,318 against 11,111 and 5,328 for his main opponents...
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    Rhys Webb (category Aberavon RFC players)
    product of the Ospreys academy and played club rugby for Bridgend and Aberavon before breaking into the regional side in 2008. He played for the Ospreys...
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    Rhos-on-Sea were lost in 1973, 1953 and 1954 respectively. A former pier at Aberavon is now a breakwater. Historically, many Welsh coastal communities relied...
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  • Moines Open 1972 1973 Des Moines Carpet Grand Prix Dewar Cup Aberavon 1968 1973 Aberavon Carpet Pre-open era (1968–1971) Grand Prix (1972–1973) Dewar...
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    Aberavon Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour William Cove 22,194 55.9 +2.8 Liberal William Henry Williams 13,155 33.2 −13.7 Unionist Francis Bertram Reece...
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