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Bridgend (English: / b r ɪ ˈ dʒ ɛ n d /; Welsh: Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr or just Pen-y-bont, meaning "the end of the bridge on the Ogmore") [2] is a town in the Bridgend County Borough of Wales, 20 miles (32 km) west of Cardiff and 20 miles (32 km) east of Swansea.
The club returned to Bridgend for the 2009–10 season, playing at the home of Bridgend Rugby, the Brewery Field. Bridgend Town are one of 24 clubs that have applied for a domestic club licence to compete in a 12-team Welsh Premier League for the 2010–11 season. [2] The Brewery Field meets FAW Domestic Club Licensing requirements.
Bridgend is the western district of Bridgend town, and takes in the town centre, Newcastle Hill, Tremains and to the north Wild Mill. The population of the community of Bridgend at the 2001 census was 13,950, [1] increasing to 14,912 in the 2011 census. [2] The community of Bridgend was created in 1974 when the civil parishes of Wales were ...
Bridgend County Borough (Welsh: Bwrdeistref Sirol Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr) is a county borough in the south-east of Wales. The county borough has a total population of 139,200 people, and contains the town of Bridgend, after which it is named.
Nolton Street, Bridgend. Oldcastle is located immediately south of Bridgend town centre. The area is bordered to the west by the River Ogmore.Oldcastle originally spread along Nolton Street and Cowbridge Road (and was also known as Nolton).
Bridgend was founded between 1885–86 to serve as housing for the Champfleurie Oil Works in Linlithgow before its closure in 1902. [3] Currently the town consists mostly of Council housing and is home to local amenities such as a primary school, community centre, and golf course.
The Morfa ward is bounded by the River Ogmore to the west, Brackla Street (and part of Bridgend town centre) in the south and the line of the old railway to the east. It includes Bridgend railway station in the south and Wildmill railway station in the north. [1] The ward covers the Wildmill housing estate.
Bridgend Central (Welsh: Canol Pen-y-bont) is an electoral ward in Bridgend County Borough, Wales. It covers part of the county town of Bridgend . The ward elects three councillors to Bridgend County Borough Council .