Funding worth around £17.7 million has been awarded to establish Neath as a major heritage and natural environment led visitor destination this week, after a successful bid to the UK Government’s Levelling Up programme.
The bid which came from Neath Port Talbot Council will focus on two destinations in Neath, at Gnoll Estate Country Park and Waterfall Country Pontneddfechan, and will look to emphasise what they describe as "the area's heritage and the great outdoors."
At Gnoll Estate Country Park, the project aims to restore existing heritage features as well as developing on-site visitor accommodation. The funds will also go towards modernising the visitor centre and café, improving physical links with a neighbouring woodland site, and conserving important heritage features including the Gnoll House cellars and cascades.
