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Report - Cwm Coke, Beddau - March 2014

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Lolly92

28DL Full Member
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Cwm Coke is absolutely massive, it has been described as the urbex playground of South Wales. Visited on a beautiful sunny day which meant that we could spend hours exploring this beauty. A few hours were definitely not enough though as we didn't even manage to scratch the surface of this place so a revisit is most certainly in order.

History-
Cwm Coke Works is a massive site just north of Beddau. It opened in 1958 as a site for processing the hundreds of thousand of tons of high quality, low sulphur coal per year which came from Cwm Colliery and turned into high-grade coke suitable for foundry use. By the 70's, Cwm coke was the workplace to some 1,500 men and produced on average 515,000 tons of coke per year.
The National Coal Board closed the colliery in 1986. For 16 years Cwm Coke continued to produce the low sulphur coke that the foundries of Port Talbot required, before finally closing in 2002.

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PCWOX

28DL Full Member
28DL Full Member
Really need to get myself to Cymru to see this beauty - nice one pal.
 

flying solo

28DL Full Member
28DL Full Member
Great report, I'm going to have to get back down there, looks like I missed loads. (Its less than 20 minuets for me) :thumb
 

Session9

A life backwards
28DL Full Member
Very nice and lovely day for it Lolly. Need to have a slice of this industrial goodness myself :)
 

Seffy

SWC
Staff member
Moderator
Nice one. If you're ok with heights, there are some decent bits high up, and give a great view of the site (for if you visit again :) )

It's good to see this with such nice blue skies, as it was fooking miserable when we did it (surprise surprise)!!
 

WhoDaresWins

Let's do this
Regular User
Nice one. If you're ok with heights, there are some decent bits high up, and give a great view of the site (for if you visit again :) )

It's good to see this with such nice blue skies, as it was fooking miserable when we did it (surprise surprise)!!

Still made for a good day though despite the weather. Good times.
 

Justlooking2

28DL Full Member
28DL Full Member
Nice report and pics lolly, its not far from me, I've had a little mooch already but havent got passed the perimeter. if anyone fancies a visit in the near future pm me and we'll sort something out. Thanks.
 

gidged500

28DL Full Member
28DL Full Member
Great report i loved my visit here i missed a few bits of it judging by your pictures. good work !
 

Rik UE

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28DL Full Member
This place looks great, I really want to visit here, nice photographs!

Thanks for sharing :)
 
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