Port Talbot
About Port Talbot
Port Talbot is a town and community in the county borough of Neath Port Talbot, Wales, situated on the east side of Swansea Bay, approximately 8 miles (13 km) from Swansea. The Port Talbot Steelworks covers a large area of land which dominates the south east of the town. It is the largest steelworks in the United Kingdom, and one of the largest in the world, but has been under threat of closure since the 1980s. The population was 31,550 in 2021, comprising about a fifth of the 141,931 population of Neath Port Talbot.
On the show — 2 mentions total
If you look at air pollution rates, I always thought London was the worst, but actually topping the list from last year is Port Talbot in Wales because they've got big steelworks.
from No Such Thing As Singing The Sport, 2019-05-17 at 00:21:19 · read transcript
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Coordinates: 51.5906, -3.7986