Bynea

Carmarthenshire

Bynea is a village close to the River Loughor in Carmarthenshire, Wales. It borders with the villages of Llwynhendy, Bryn, Pen-y-graig and Loughor. It was an agricultural area until the twentieth century, when it became heavily industrialised with coal mines and steelworks.

The footfall at Bynea station in 2018-2019 was 2,686.
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