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Bridgend is a town in the traditional county
of Glamorgan and the main town in the County Borough of Bridgend in South
Wales. It is roughly midway between Cardiff and Swansea. The river crossed
by the original bridge which gave the town its name is the River Ogmore but
the River Ewenny also passes through the south of the town. Bridgend has
greatly expanded in size since the early 1980s and now has a population of
around 40,000. Several burial mounds have been found in the vicinity of Bridgend suggesting that the area was settled before Roman times. The A48 between Bridgend and Cowbridge has a portion, known locally as "Crack Hill", a Roman road. Brackla is a suburb of the South Wales town of Bridgend. It is a large private housing estate built on farmland to the east of Bridgend town centre and is home to approximately 12,000 of the 40,000 or so residents of Bridgend. Bridgend itself developed at a ford on the River Ogmore, which was on the main route between east and west Wales. Just north of the town, there is the confluence of three rivers, the River Ogmore, the Llynfi River and the Garw River. South of Bridgend the River Ewenny merges with the River Ogmore and flows into the Bristol Channel.
Coychurch is a small village
that sits between Pencoed and Bridgend, bordering with Bridgend Industrial
Estate. Maesteg is a Welsh town located at the northernmost end of the Llynfi Valley in the north of the Welsh county borough of Bridgend and within the historic county boundaries of Glamorgan. It is very close to the border with Neath Port Talbot county borough, and also to Rhondda Cynon Taff county borough. It has a population of some 17,830-19,223 people, with the surrounding area bringing the population to around 25,000 and is the 17th largest centre of population in Wales. Pencoed is a town in the county borough of Bridgend, Wales, mid-way between Wales's two largest cities of Cardiff and Swansea. Lying on the Ewenny River it has a population of around 11,000.
Porthcawl is a town on the south
coast of Glamorgan, Wales, in the county borough of Bridgend. Porthcawl is a
leading holiday resort in southern Wales and is home to one of the largest
caravan and camping parks in Europe, Trecco Bay. It has an extensive
promenade and several beaches, two of which are Blue Flag beaches: a
tourist-oriented beach at Trecco Bay, at the east end of the town; a sandy
beach at Rest Bay, which lies to the northwest of the town; and the quiet
and sandy Pink bay leading out towards Sker point. A tarmac-covered Car park
serves a sandy beach . |
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