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Refreshment Rooms, Cymmer (Refresh)

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The Old Station, Cymmer, SA13 3HY (View on Google Map)
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Historic and picturesque Refreshment Rooms at an Old Railway Station, which is now a freehold public house and restaurant. Interestingly this pub dates back to approx. 1890, when the Railway station was still in operational use and lots of the original features are included within the original room layout with high ceilings and log fires still present. There is an added wooden conservatory patio to the left hand side. The rooms arrangement allow a lounge at the left with the restaurant behind, with three other public rooms all used as bar areas, with the one at the right hand end being the games room. All rooms have historic pictures of either railways or inside the local coal mine.

Sunday lunches are served at two sittings, Noon & 1.30pm, for which booking ahead is advised.

Information for this venue is provided by the Swansea Branch of CAMRA
Previous Names
Local Authority
Castell-nedd Port Talbot - Neath Port Talbot
Last updated
Last surveyed
16/01/2026
Leasehold owner
unknown
Freehold owner
Bethan & Neil Little
Pub ID
NEB/046
Asset of Community Value

One star - A pub interior of special national historic interest

Listed status: Not listed

The original Cymmer Station building (opened 1885, closed 1970) is a single storey building of stone, unusual in that it also doubled as a refreshment room from the 1890s. The main bar has fittings from that time: a panelled bar counter (but the bar top is modern) and a five-bay mirrored bar back with a third bay. A door (has a figure '5' on it) for staff; on the right are two drawers with cupboards below them. The main bar has a dado of old panelling and a wood surround fireplace. On the mantelpiece is a photo, taken in the 1940s, in the bar.

There is a further mirrored bar back to the left of two bays with a row of drawers. It straddles an arch in the servery area between the main bar and a smaller bar to the left. The left hand bar has another panelled bar counter with a black Formica top. The fireplace was opened out in the 1990s and has a large plain mirror above, some old dado panelling but 1960s (?) fixed seating. Double doors lead to a dining room at the rear left constructed in the 1990s.

A further small room on the right has more dado panelling. and a metal surround fireplace. A gap leads to the far right pool room, again constructed in the 1990s, with modern dado.

Monday
Noon - Midnight
Tuesday
Noon - Midnight
Wednesday
Noon - Midnight
Thursday
Noon - Midnight
Friday
Noon - Midnight
Saturday
Noon - Midnight
Sunday
Noon - Midnight
Monday
Noon - 3:00pm & 6:00pm - 9:00pm
Tuesday
Noon - 3:00pm & 6:00pm - 9:00pm
Wednesday
Noon - 3:00pm & 6:00pm - 9:00pm
Thursday
Noon - 3:00pm & 6:00pm - 9:00pm
Friday
Noon - 3:00pm & 6:00pm - 9:00pm
Saturday
Noon - 3:00pm & 6:00pm - 9:00pm
Sunday
Noon - 1:30pm
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Current beers

This Pub serves 2 changing beers and 0 regular beers.

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Greene King - Abbot TasteMatch Prediction

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Greene King - Abbot Premium Bitter • 5% Spotted twice.
ABBOT ALE PUMP CLIP CLOSE UP
Greene King - Abbot

Spotted twice. recently. Last spotted 6 days ago at Refreshment Rooms, Cymmer.

ABV 5%
Style Premium Bitter
Colour
Vegan No
Gluten Free No

Morland - Old Golden Hen TasteMatch Prediction

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Morland - Old Golden Hen
Morland - Old Golden Hen Session Golden Ale • 4.1% Spotted twice.
Morland - Old Golden Hen
Morland - Old Golden Hen

Spotted twice. recently. Last spotted 6 days ago at Refreshment Rooms, Cymmer.

ABV 4.1%
Style Session Golden Ale
Colour
Vegan No
Gluten Free No
Changing

Changing beers typically include: Greene King - Abbot , Hancock's - HB , Morland - Old Golden Hen

Source: National

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Facilities
Sports TV Sports TV
Lunchtime Meals Lunchtime Meals
Evening Meals Evening Meals
Live Music Live Music
Friday evenings
Garden Garden
Large covered patio area to side and front tables on the old platform..
Family Friendly Family Friendly
Mobility Access Statement Mobility Access Statement
Main entrance is via an old station platform, with ramps at each end, but there is a single stone step at each doorway from the platform. A step free entrance is via left hand side where wooden ramps lead up to rear conservatory and then into the restaurant. Step free throughout inside, but old doors between the several pub rooms are slightly narrow and could be slightly awkward. Accessible toilet not known.
Parking Parking
Events Events
Sunday Quiz night, Bingo Monday, Pool team Wednesday
Function Room Function Room
Games Games
Pool
Real Fire Real Fire
Restaurant Restaurant
Separate Bar Separate Bar
Smoking Smoking
Wi Fi Wi Fi
Features
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Transport
Close to bus routes (500m)
On main A4107 road above.
Directions
Accessed via plain tarmac ramp entrance between two other buildings of small side road.

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