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Glynneath (Glyn-nedd) is a former colliery town near the head of the Neath Valley, close to the Brecon Beacons National Park boundary and the famous Waterfall Country of the upper Mellte and Hepste gorges. The valley here is deeply wooded with oak, ash and sycamore on the steep gorge sides; bilberry and heather appear on the open grazings above the gorge rim. Waterfalls and gorge woodland attract walkers to this corner of the borough, while beekeepers benefit from the gorge-side oak pollen and the open moorland flow above. The West Glamorgan BKA covers the upper Neath Valley; the Brecon and Radnor BKA boundary is close.

Sycamore dominates the valley sides throughout the borough, delivering a generous May flow in every settled community from Briton Ferry to Glynneath. Hawthorn and blackthorn on the valley-side hedgerows and upland field margins follow through late April and May. White clover is abundant on valley-floor parks, sports grounds and the coastal amenity grassland around Swansea Bay; bramble is exceptionally heavy on reclaimed colliery and industrial land throughout the valley floors. The lime avenues of Margam Country Park provide a distinctive July flow; Margam's veteran chestnut and oak supplement through spring. Bilberry and ling heather on the Mynydd y Gwair and the upper Dulais and Neath Valley plateaux offer a late-summer supplement for colonies on the valley rim. Alder and willow along the Nedd, Dulais and Afan corridors contribute early pollen; the Kenfig sand dune system brings sea buckthorn and dune-slack flora within reach of coastal apiaries.