:Melincourt Falls

{{Short description|Waterfall in Neath Port Talbot, Wales}}

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Melincourt Falls (Welsh: Sgwd Rhyd yr Hesg) is an {{convert|80|ft|0}} high waterfall on Melin Court Brook, a left-bank tributary of the River Neath / Afon Nedd, located {{convert|1|mi|km|adj=on}} south of Resolven in the county borough of Neath Port Talbot, south Wales. It is formed where the brook plunges over a resistant band of 'Lower Pennant Sandstone' in a {{convert|13|acre}} nature reserve managed by the Wildlife Trust of South and West Wales.{{cite web| url = http://www.welshwildlife.org/| title = The Wildlife Trust of South and West Wales}}{{Cite web

|url = http://ims.npt.gov.uk/imsapps/waterfalls/waterfall3.aspx

|title = Melincourt Waterfalls, Resolven

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|year = 2008

|accessdate = 2008-02-08

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|archivedate = 2008-04-24

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The falls have been drawing visitors for at least two centuries – they are certainly known to have inspired J. M. W. Turner to paint them in 1794.{{Cite web

| url = http://waterscape.com/in-your-area/south-west-wales/places-to-go/309/melincourt-falls

| title = Places to go in South Wales

| publisher = waterscape.com

| year = 2008

| accessdate = 2008-02-08

}} The falls are considered by some to constitute a part of Waterfall Country though the bulk of these falls are a few miles further northeast at the head of the Vale of Neath.