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Seabank Hotel. Porthcawl is a holiday resort in South Wales and is home to a large static caravan park known as Trecco Bay, which is owned and operated by Parkdean Resorts.It has an extensive promenade and several 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 north-west of the town; and the quiet and sandy Pink Bay ...
Newton is a ward to Porthcawl Town Council and Bridgend County Borough Council.It is represented by four town councillors on Porthcawl Town Council. [4]Since the 1999 county elections Newton has been a county ward, electing one county councillor to Bridgend County Borough Council.
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Sker Point, with the inlet of Pwll Dafan. Sker Point is a headland in Bridgend County Borough on the South Wales coast between Port Talbot and Porthcawl. It marks the south end of Kenfig Sands. The placename Sker is of Old Norse origin, [1] and means skerry. On April 23, 1947, the Samtampa, a liberty ship, was wrecked at Sker Point.
SS Samtampa was a 7,219 ton steamship wrecked on Sker Point, off Porthcawl and Kenfig, Wales, in the Bristol Channel on 23 April 1947. At the time of the shipwreck, the Samtampa was operated by the Houlder Line. [2]
The Grand Pavilion is an entertainment venue in Porthcawl, Bridgend County Borough, Wales, opened on 8 August, 1932 by Councillor Russell Mabley J.P., Chairman of P.U.D.C. [1] It has an octagonal dome and extensive frontage, and was originally intended as a Palm Court for hosting tea dances, balls and civic functions.
All Saints Church, Porthcawl is a Listed Anglican church in the seaside resort of Porthcawl, South Wales. It is a daughter church of St John's in Newton , despite being considerably larger in size. St John's , founded in the 1180s, proved sufficient for many years to handle the numbers of worshippers.