![This file comprises a vellum-bound volume containing the Articles of Union agreed by the Commissioners nominated by Queen Anne in 1706. The Articles are signed and sealed by the Commissioners, those of England signing in the right hand columns and those for Scotland in the left. The first two English signatures are of the Archbishop of Canterbury and William Cowper, Keeper of the Great Seal, whilst the first two Scottish signatures are of the Scottish Chancellor, Lord Sealfield, and the Duke of Queensbury, the Scottish Lord Privy Seal.
Annexed:
a) 28 Jan -- Copy of Act ratifying and approving the treaty of Union of the two Kingdoms of Scotland and England as passed by the Scottish Parliament [now in HL/PO/JO/10/2/28].
b) 28 Jan -- Volume bound in vellum containing the Minutes of the Proceedings of the English and Scottish Commissioners who drew up the Articles of Union [now in HL/PO/JO/10/2/28].
c) 18 Feb -- Copy of Act settling the manner of electing the sixteen Peers and forty-five members to represent Scotland in the Parliament of Great Britain, as passed by the Scottish Parliament [now in HL/PO/JO/10/2/28].](https://prod-images.planyourroadtrips.com/img/city-images/bryn-gb-516164--37117/4-Articles_of_Union_between_England_and_Scotland_28_Jan_1707.png?w=1080&q=80&f=webp)
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Melincourt Falls
An 24m fall in the Neath Valley painted by Turner in 1795, reached by a short riverside path.
10 km · about 20 min drive
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Bryn
Wales, United Kingdom · Europe
About Bryn
Bryn works well as a base: 5 minutes from Maesteg, 20km from Nedd Fechan Gorge.
Bryn is in Wales, United Kingdom, with about 923 people. You drive on the left here. The nearest town is Maesteg, about 4 km away.
Bryn (Welsh for 'hill') is a village and community in Neath Port Talbot County Borough in Wales. It has a population of 913. The village is located in the hills between Cwmafan, in the Afan Valley, and Maesteg in the Llynfi Valley, approximately 6 miles (9.7 km) from Port Talbot and 2 miles (3.2 km) from Maesteg. TheRead more
name of the village now familiarly 'Bryn', is Bryn-troed-y-garn. So wrote the first vicar of St Theodore's in Port Talbot. There was a farm situated above Meadow Row named Bryn-Troed-y-Garn as shown on the 1876 OS map, as many more immigrants came to 'Bryn-troed-y-garn' it seemed the name of the village was to be shorted to Bryn. 12% of the village (112 out of 913 people) speak Welsh.
The population rose to 923 by 2011.
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What is there to see near Bryn?
Within an hour or so of Bryn: Melincourt Falls (10 km), Sgwd Gwladys (Lady Falls) (19 km), Sgwd yr Eira (20 km), Henrhyd Falls (20 km).
Are there any good drives near Bryn?
The nearest famous roads are Black Mountain Pass (A4069), Countisbury Hill and Porlock Hill.
Where is Bryn?
Bryn is in Wales, United Kingdom, about 4 km from Maesteg.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 923
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Region
- Wales
- Timezone
- Europe/London
- Coordinates
- 51.6164, -3.7117
Emergency & Services
Essential numbers in United Kingdom
112 also works. NHS non-emergency medical advice: 111. National Highways breakdown assistance on motorways: 0300 123 5000.
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Worth the detour from Bryn
8 notable places within an hour's drive.
waterfall
Sgwd Gwladys (Lady Falls)
A graceful fall on the Afon Pyrddin near Pontneddfechan, also walkable behind, in the heart of Waterfall Country.
19 km · about 20 min drive
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Sgwd yr Eira
Spectacular waterfall in the Brecon Beacons where you can walk behind the curtain of water on a natural rock ledge, a truly unique experience.
20 km · about 25 min drive
waterfall
Henrhyd Falls
At 27m the highest waterfall in south Wales, and the Batcave entrance in The Dark Knight Rises; reached by a steep wooded path.
20 km · about 25 min drive
natural wonder
Nedd Fechan Gorge
A limestone river gorge threaded with falls and caves between Pontneddfechan and Ystradfellte, the spine of Waterfall Country.
20 km · about 25 min drive
waterfall
Sgwd Clun-Gwyn
The first of the Four Waterfalls on the Afon Mellte, a wide stepped fall in the limestone gorge near Ystradfellte.
22 km · about 25 min drive
famous road
Black Mountain Pass (A4069)
Top Gear's favourite British road, a smooth, empty ribbon of hairpins and open bends over the western Brecon Beacons between Llangadog and Brynamman.
27 km · about 30 min drive
beach
Three Cliffs Bay
Triple limestone peaks guard a sweep of sand where Pennard Pill meanders to the sea on the Gower: repeatedly voted among Britain's best beaches yet reached only on foot past a ruined castle. View from Pennard cliffs is the classic.
28 km · about 35 min drive
Driving roads near Bryn
- 27 kmBlack Mountain Pass (A4069)Top Gear's favourite British road, a smooth, empty ribbon of hairpins and open bends over the western Brecon Beacons between Llangadog and Brynamman.
- 35 kmPen y FanThe highest peak in southern Britain at 886 metres, the flat-topped summit of the Brecon Beacons offering sweeping views across Wales.
- 35 kmCorn DuPen y Fan's twin summit at 873m, with a Bronze Age cairn and the finest view over the Beacons' north escarpment.
- 43 kmCountisbury HillA long 1-in-4 climb on the A39 out of Lynmouth onto Exmoor, with sweeping views over the Bristol Channel.
- 46 kmPorlock HillBritain's steepest A-road, where the A39 climbs out of Porlock onto Exmoor at gradients up to 1-in-4 with two severe hairpins. A scenic Victorian toll road offers a gentler coastal alternative.
- 47 kmPorlock Hill (A39)One of England's steepest A-roads at 1-in-4 with hairpins out of Porlock onto Exmoor; a toll road offers a gentler alternative.
Driving in United Kingdom
- Drives on
- the left
- Petrol
- ~€1.73/litre
- Motorway tolls
- None
When to drive here
April to October
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