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Margam Country Park is a country park estate of around 1,000 acres in Port Talbot, south Wales. The park was once owned by the Mansel Talbot family and now owned and administered by Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council.
Margam Castle, a Tudor Gothic mansion house built by Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot in the early nineteenth century, is located near the main entrance to the Park. It is overlooked by an Iron Age hillfort. Margam Abbey was built in 1147 and remains of the abbey still exist. Margam Orangery is also located in the park, it was built around 1790 and is the longest orangery in Britain. A lake and various sculptures are placed along the paths between Margam Castle and Margam Orangery.
Margam Park is noted for its deer population, which have existed on the site since the Norman times. These include fallow deer, red deer and Père David's Deer (the Père David's Deer were introduced as part of a breeding programme in the 1980s).
The Coed Morgannwg Way and the Ogwr Ridgeway Walk (long-distance walking trails) proceed through the Margam Park grounds, and there are a variety of short walks and cycle routes within the park.
