Pyle (Welsh: Y Pîl ) is a village and community in Bridgend county borough, Wales. This large village is served by the A48 road, and lies less than one mile from Junction 37 of the M4 motorway, and is therefore only a half-hour journey from the capital city of Wales, Cardiff; in fact it lies approximately equidistant between the capital (Cardiff) and the second city (Swansea). The nearest town is the seaside resort of Porthcawl. Within the Community, to the northeast of Pyle, is the adjoining settlement of Kenfig Hill.
Population: 12,604
Latitude: 51° 31' 0.01" N
Longitude: -3° 42' 0.00" W
Cardiff Bay Wetlands Reserve is located in Cardiff Bay in the city of Cardiff. It covers an area of approximately 8 hectares (19.8 acres). The area was officially opened as a wildlife reserve on 25 July 2002 in what was previously an area of Site of…
The Cambrian Colliery was a large coal mine that operated between 1872 and 1967 near Clydach Vale in the Rhondda Valley, south Wales. It is notable for its huge production and for two infamous explosion disasters, in 1905 and 1965, in which a total …
Caerau (English: Forts) is a former mining village in south Wales, located around 2 miles to the north of Maesteg in the Llynfi Valley, and is part of Bridgend County Borough. The community population taken at the 2011 census was 6,995. The township…
Burry Holms (grid reference SS403926) (Welsh: Ynys Ianwol) is a small tidal island located at the northern end of the Gower Peninsula, Wales. 9,000 years ago it was up to 12 miles (19 km) away from the sea and inhabited by nomadic Mesolithic hunters…
Briton Ferry railway station is a minor station in the village of Briton Ferry, Wales. The station is located at street level at Shelone Road in Briton Ferry.
Bracelet Bay is a small bay on the south of the Gower Peninsula.
Blaengwrach (/blaɪn.ˈɡrɑːx/ blyn-GRAHKH) is a village near Glynneath and Resolven in the county borough of Neath Port Talbot, Wales. It is also the name of a community and an electoral ward of Neath Port Talbot county borough. There are, however, so…
Blackpill (or Black Pill) is a suburban area of Swansea, Wales. It is located beside Swansea Bay, about 3 miles (4.8 km) south west of the city centre. Blackpill falls into the Mayals ward.
The Battle of Llwchwr (or Battle of Gower) was a battle fought between Welsh and Norman forces between Loughor and Swansea on New Year's Day 1136.
Barry Pier railway station was a railway station in Barry Island, in Wales. It was the terminus of the Barry Island branch line, was authorised in 1896 and opened on 27 June 1899 when the line was extended from Barry Island railway station.
Barry College was a Further Education college in Barry, Wales which merged with Coleg Glan Hafren in September 2011 to form the new Cardiff and Vale College. The college admits approximately 10000 students per year. It is partnered with the Universi…
Albion Colliery was a coal mine in South Wales Valleys, located in the village of Cilfynydd, one mile north of Pontypridd.
Afon Taf High School is a comprehensive high school for pupils aged 11 to 18 (plus students aged 19 to reach their A level Grades), based in the village of Troed-y-rhiw in Merthyr Tydfil County Borough, Wales. It serves a large catchment area of sur…
Aberthaw Cement Works are cement works in the Vale of Glamorgan near the village of Aberthaw in Wales.
The A474 is a suburban main route in south Wales.
The A4241 (also known as Port Talbot Peripheral Distributor Road (PDR)) is a distributor road serving Port Talbot, Wales.
The A4226 (better known as The Five Mile Lane) is a main road linking Bonvilston to Barry and Cardiff International Airport (CIA) in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales.
The A4160 is the old road connecting central Penarth with Cardiff in Wales, although now the A4055 and A4232 has subsequently become the main route from Penarth to central Cardiff and Cardiff Bay