Porthcawl is a town and community on the south coast of Wales in the county borough of Bridgend, 25 miles (40 km) west of the capital city, Cardiff and 19 miles (31 km) southeast of Swansea. Situated on a low limestone headland on the South Wales coast, overlooking the Bristol Channel, Porthcawl developed as a coal port during the 19th century, but its trade was soon taken over by more rapidly developing ports such as Barry. Northwest of the town, in the dunes known as Kenfig Burrows, are hidden the last remnants of the town and Kenfig Castle, which were overwhelmed by sand about 1400.
Population: 15,813
Latitude: 51° 28' 44.51" N
Longitude: -3° 42' 13.03" W
St Clare's School is an coeducational independent school, located in the village of Newton (near Porthcawl), in Bridgend County Borough, South Wales. St. Clare's is a non-selective Independent School attended by puils aged 2 1/2 through to 18. The s…
The South Wales Miners' Museum is a museum of the coal mining industry and its workforce in the South Wales coalfield.
Slade Bay - marked on Ordnance Survey maps as "The Sands" - is a sandy beach near the village of Slade, south Wales. It is set in a relatively inaccessible location - being reachable only on foot and climbing over some large rocks.
Sketty Hall is a venue used for hosting social functions, business functions and conferences in Singleton Park, Swansea, south Wales. The original building was built in the early 18th century as a private house.
Sarn railway station is a railway station serving the village of Sarn, South Wales.
Rotherslade is a small stretch of sandy beach at the eastern end of Langland Bay in the south Gower Peninsula, Wales. Previously known as 'Little Langland', it only exists as a separate beach at high tide. At low tide it is continuous with Langland …
Romilly is a western district of Barry in the Vale of Glamorgan, south Wales.
The River Garw (Afon Garw in Welsh, meaning "rugged river") runs for about 12 miles from its source in the hills north of Blaengarw to the confluence with the River Ogmore and the River Llynfi at Aberkenfig. It is one of three main tributaries of th…
River Dulais (Welsh: Afon Dulais) is a river of Wales which has its source at Mynydd y Drum.
The River Cynon (Welsh: Afon Cynon) is a river in South Wales and is one of the larger tributaries of the River Taff.
Rhoose Point (Welsh: Trwyn y Rhws) is the most southerly point of mainland Wales, although Breaksea Point also makes that claim.
Rhondda (Welsh: Y Rhondda) was a local government district in the geographical area of the Rhondda Valley, south Wales.
The Redwood Building is a building part of Cardiff University, situated in the Cathays Park area of Cardiff, Wales.
RAF Rhoose is a former Royal Air Force (RAF) satellite airfield located near Cardiff, Wales.
Pwlldu Bay (or Pwll Du Bay) is a small beach on the south Gower Peninsula coast in south Wales.
On Monday 23 January 1911, a collision between a passenger train and coal train on the Taff Vale Railway line at Hopkinstown, outside Pontypridd in Wales, resulted in the loss of eleven (twelve according to the official report) lives. The accident, …
Penychen was a possible minor kingdom of early medieval Wales and later a cantref of the Kingdom of Morgannwg. Penychen was one of three cantrefs that made up the kingdom of Glywysing, the other two being Gwynllwg and Gorfynydd. The cantrefi were cr…
Pentrebane (Welsh: Pentre-Baen) is a district in the west of Cardiff, capital of Wales.