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Bridgend developed at a ford on the River Ogmore, which was on the main route between east and west Wales. Just north of the town is the confluence of three rivers, the Ogmore, the Llynfi, and the Garw. South of Bridgend, the River Ewenny merges with the River Ogmore and flows into the Bristol Channel. In the 15th century, a stone bridge was ...
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.
The name of Bridgend in Welsh is Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr, which means "the head of the bridge on the Ogmore". [3] Pilgrims would have used the bridge to cross the River Ogmore on their way to St David's Cathedral. [4] The stone bridge is believed to have been built around 1425 with five-spans. [5] It is not known who designed and built the bridge. [5]
All of the sites on this list (and the whole of Bridgend County Borough) are within the historic county of Glamorgan. Scheduled monuments have statutory protection. The compilation of the list is undertaken by Cadw Welsh Historic Monuments, which is an executive agency of the National Assembly of Wales. [ 1 ]
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 ...
Maesteg (English: / ˌ m aɪ s ˈ t eɪ ɡ,-t ɛ ɡ /; [2] [3] Welsh: [maisˈteːɡ] ⓘ) is a town and community in Bridgend County Borough, Wales.Maesteg lies at the northernmost end of the Llynfi Valley, close to the border with Neath Port Talbot.
Bridgend County Borough is a county borough in south-east Wales.It covers an area of 251 km 2 (97 sq mi). [1] In 2021 the population was approximately 145,800. [2]The Cadw/ICOMOS Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales was established in 2002 and given statutory status in 2022.
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 ...