The Cadoxton Culvert arrives at the Tennant Canal

Cadoxton, also known as Cadoxton-juxta-Neath, is a village located in the Neath Port Talbot county borough of Wales. It lies just outside the town of Neath and shares borders with the villages of Cilfrew and Bryncoch.

The culvert originates from the hills above Neath Golf Club, flowing through Cadoxton Park, passing beneath the Main Road and Stanley Place, before eventually reaching the Tennant Canal.

Historical maps indicate that the culvert once extended beneath the Tennant Canal toward the River Neath.

Fortunately, the diversion of this culvert into the canal, providing it with freshwater, was completed many years ago. It has been a lifeline for the waterway, especially since the canal has experienced serious supply problems since 2015..

The Cadoxton Culvert runs beneath the main road, extends beneath Stanley Place, and emerges just meters from the Tennant Canal.

Cadoxton was once home to the renowned Vale of Neath Brewery and the notable murder stone located at the eleventh-century St. Catwg’s Church.

The Church also serves as the final resting place for George Tennant and many other members of the Tennant family.

The church of St. Catwg’s is referenced by W. H. Davies in his “Poet’s Pilgrimage.”

While passing through Cadoxton, Davies noticed a gravestone in the churchyard commemorating the “SAVAGE MURDER” of Margaret Williams in 1822 and warning her assailant of a “TERRIBLE RIGHTEOUS JUDGEMENT.”

This gravestone is one of the rare murder stones found in Wales.