Tour Overview
Welcome to Port Talbot. Home of steel, a handful of Hollywood stars and (until recently) the first Banksy in Wales.
This walking tour will take you around the highlights of the local graffiti and street art, including some Port Talbot legends from Hazard One, Legomen from Ame72, a number of stunners from local talent Rarebit and lots more vibrant street art from across the UK.
The chimneys and furnaces that you will see over the rooftops belong to the biggest employer in the area, Tata Steel. They are also what drew Banksy here to create one of his best known and most loved stencil art works "Season's Greetings". Although the Banksy has taken the M4 East on the back of a lorry, a number of high profile street artists have since flocked to paint this proud industrial town.
The tour starts with 'Port Talbot is a colourful town' by Accent, close to Port Talbot parkway train station.
Once you have started the tour, please read the information below each photo, which will explain how to navigate the street art trail and app.
We hope you enjoy this outdoor gallery: the people, stories and streets of Port Talbot being the inspiration for the art you will see.
Stops
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Stop 1: Colourful Town (The Hub)
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Stop 2: Afan Ales
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Stop 3: Jimmy's bar
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Stop 4: Railway station
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Stop 5: The Red Lion
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Stop 6: Legion of Lions
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Stop 7: Birds of Beverley Street
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Stop 8: Music On My Mind
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Stop 9: Radio Môr-leidr (Pirate Radio)
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Stop 10: Peace Garden
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Stop 11: Taibach Panto
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Stop 12: I Wish My Wife Was This Dirty
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Stop 13: Young Burton
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Stop 14: Lunacy
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Stop 15: Edward H. Dafis
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Stop 16: Hannibal Lecter
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Stop 17: Speeding Greetings
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Stop 18: Season's Greetings
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Stop 19: Bladerunner
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Stop 20: Graffiti
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Stop 21: Bridge St. - Welcome to ...
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Stop 22: Peg Entwistle
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Stop 23: The Gammon Dragon
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Stop 24: Beany & Jade
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Stop 25: Michael Sheen
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Stop 26: Butterflies
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Stop 27: Town Centre - Subway Art
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Stop 28: Llewellyn St - Underpass
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Stop 29: Port Talbot Tattoo Studio
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Stop 30: Bus Station underpass
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Stop 31: Water Street
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Stop 32: Dragon
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Stop 33: Aberavon RFC - Harlquins
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Stop 34: Joshua Jones - Burgess Green
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Stop 35: Afan Tyres
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Stop 36: Twin Town, Likkle Piece of Jamaica & Ivor Emmanuel
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Stop 37: Terry Allen & other local wildlife (3 Subways)