Over 50 years ago in Port Talbot there stood a beautiful village that wouldn't have looked out of place in the Cotswolds. There were cottages, churches and a school that made up the tight-knit community of Groes.
But in 1976 residents were forced to move out while demolition crews moved in to make way for the M4. ITV's history show Vanished Wales, which reveals the lost landmarks of Wales and is hosted by Adeola Dewis, has explored the village's past.
Speaking on episode one of the show, which aired on Friday, May 13, historian and poet Lynne Rees said: "It came to being in the 1830s. It was commissioned by Christopher Rice Mansel (CRM) Talbot who had inherited the Margam Estate. The architects who were working on his gothic castle designed and built Groes village for him.
