Coordinates: | 51.667°N -3.817°W |
Country: | Wales |
Official Name: | Cwrt Herbert |
Unitary Wales: | Neath Port Talbot |
Lieutenancy Wales: | West Glamorgan |
Post Town: | Neath |
Postcode District: | SA10 |
Os Grid Reference: | SN744981 |
Cwrt Herbert, also sometimes called Court Herbert, is a small community to the east of Neath Abbey in south WalesIt developed as a mining village servicing the Cwrt Herbert Colliery in the mid 19th century[1] The colliery closed in 1929 and the village is now predominantly a dormitory for the town of Neath.
A Roman fort named Nidum was found in the village, and is now mostly within the ground of Dwr-y-Felin Comprehensive School.[2]