It is set in the Afan Valley in Neath Port Talbot, in south Wales.

why this valley has been developed as a premier mountain bike riding venue in the United Kingdom.

[citation needed] The Forest Park also has nine waymarked walking trails, ranging from a 30-minute amble to a 3-4 hour ramble.

[citation needed] As well as mountain biking, there is also a network of 25 miles (40 km) of disused railway lines which are used for walking and cycling.

In 2002, Afan Forest Park was officially twinned with the C.W.Nicol Woodland Trust in Kurohime in the Nagano prefecture of Japan.

Afan Forest park was named in the top ten places in the world to "ride before you die" by What Mountain Bike Magazine.

The high bridge in the park was used as a recurring filming location for the Channel 4/Netflix black comedy The End of the F***ing World.

[6] Large numbers of larch trees infected with Phytophthora ramorum have been felled, to be replaced by mixed species for timber production.