United Kingdom 
In numbers.
0.23m³/s
Average flow
estimate
Mar
Oct–Dec
Best months
102m
Elevation
The water at Melincourt Falls, month by month
It roars from November to February.
The fullest months: from November to February.
- 0.4 m³/sJan
- 0.3 m³/sFeb
- 0.2 m³/sMar
- 0.1 m³/sApr
- 0.1 m³/sMay
- 0.1 m³/sJun
- 0.1 m³/sJul
- 0.1 m³/sAug
- 0.1 m³/sSep
- 0.2 m³/sOct
- 0.3 m³/sNov
- 0.4 m³/sDec
From about 0.10 m³/s in the lowest month to 0.41 m³/s in the highest. Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: March and from October to December.
Estimate: the timing comes from rain, snowmelt and evaporation (NASA POWER, 1991–2020); the amounts from the river model of HydroATLAS (WaterGAP, 1971–2000). Dams upstream can change the real flow.
Waterfall in Neath Port Talbot, Wales
Melincourt Falls is a waterfall in United Kingdom.
Getting there.
- Resolvennearest town · 1.2 km in a straight line
- Parking 540 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
- Cardiff International Airport (CWL)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 42 km in a straight lineCar hire at CWL airport (Cardiff)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- March and from October to Decemberbest months to go (estimate)
Plan your visit
Stay, explore and get there
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Seen from the sky.
8 × 8 km of cloud-free satellite image, with what OpenStreetMap knows around the falls.
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Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 (EOX, CC BY 4.0), 8 × 8 km, north up. Points © OpenStreetMap contributors.
The line follows the river as mapped in OpenStreetMap; heights from the 30 m Copernicus model, which smooths narrow drops — the published height of the falls is the one above.
Around the falls the river drops 223 m in 3.0 km.
What is around.
- 1viewpointsMelincourt Waterfall
- 2waymarked walking routesVale of Neath Walk, St Illtyd's Walk
- 3car parks
- —swimming spots
- 2picnic sites
- 1toilets
- —information boards and visitor centres
- —bus stops within 1 km
- —other named waterfalls within 4 km
- —caves
- 6campsitesGlyn Y Mul Farm, Glyncorrwg Ponds Campsite, Willow Springs Campsite and 3 more
- 2hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmTy Skyline House, Skyline Isaf
- —restaurants and cafés within 3 km
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit, up to 2 km around the falls (unless noted). A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet. © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
Towns nearby
- Resolven1.2 km in a straight line
- Crynant4.5 km in a straight line
- Glyncorrwg5.6 km in a straight line
- Seven Sisters7.3 km in a straight line
- Croeserw7.6 km in a straight line
- Glyn-neath7.7 km in a straight line
- Neath8.3 km in a straight line
- Blaengwynfi8.4 km in a straight line
Weather
The weather, month by month.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afternoon °C | 8 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 14 | 17 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 8 |
| Night °C | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 5 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 112 | 86 | 80 | 60 | 71 | 77 | 87 | 94 | 75 | 115 | 121 | 125 |
| Wet days | 17 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 14 | 17 | 19 | 18 |
| Sun h/day | 1.5 | 2.6 | 4.1 | 6.1 | 6.8 | 7.0 | 6.6 | 5.6 | 5.2 | 3.0 | 1.8 | 1.2 |
| Snow on the ground (cm) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (102 m) at −6.5 °C per 1,000 m. Not a forecast.
Photos
Through visitors' eyes.
Recent years
Wet years and dry years
Rain of each month as a share of the 1991–2020 average. A wet season above 100 % usually means a fuller waterfall.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 107% | 289% | 123% | 92% | 20% | 188% | 96% | 141% | 76% | 167% | 93% | 174% |
| 2021 | 153% | 142% | 84% | 25% | 235% | 50% | 120% | 62% | 114% | 177% | 37% | 104% |
| 2022 | 50% | 171% | 60% | 57% | 97% | 108% | 32% | 38% | 121% | 95% | 147% | 88% |
| 2023 | 114% | 26% | 203% | 139% | 57% | 49% | 156% | 92% | 122% | 127% | 115% | 172% |
| 2024 | 86% | 226% | 168% | 164% | 130% | 43% | 108% | 72% | 190% | 115% | 85% | 84% |
| 2025 | 111% | 101% | 24% | 125% | 53% | 133% | 52% | 53% | 178% | 92% | 136% | 146% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Melincourt Falls
United Kingdom
- —Height
- 0.23 m³/sAverage flow
- Mar, Oct–DecBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q6812447) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| River flow and catchment | HydroATLAS / RiverATLAS v1.0 (Linke et al. 2019) · CC BY 4.0 |
| Climate | NASA POWER, 1991–2020 |
| Relief, river profile, 3D model | Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA |
| Paths, viewpoints, parking | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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