List of places in Bridgend County Borough explained

Map of places in Bridgend County Borough compiled from this list

See the list of places in Wales for places in other principal areas.

This is a list of places in the Bridgend County Borough, south Wales.

Administrative divisions

Electoral wards

See main article: List of electoral wards in Bridgend County Borough. This is a list of electoral wards in Bridgend County Borough, from 1999 to 2022:

• Aberkenfig
• Bettws
• Blackmill
• Blaengarw
• Brackla
• Bryncethin
• Bryncoch
• Bryntirion, Laleston and Merthyr Mawr
• Caerau
• Cefn Cribwr
• Cefn Glas
• Coity
• Cornelly
• Coychurch Lower
• Felindre
• Hendre
• Litchard
• Llangeinor
• Llangewydd & Brynhyfryd
• Llangynwyd
• Maesteg East
• Maesteg West
• Morfa
• Nant-y-Moel
• Newcastle
• Newton
• Nottage
• Ogmore Vale
• Oldcastle
• Pendre
• Penprysg
• Pen-y-fai
• Pontycymer
• Porthcawl East Central
• Porthcawl West Central
• Pyle
• Rest Bay
• Sarn
• Tondu
• Ynysawdre

Communities

See main article: List of communities in Bridgend County Borough. This is a list of communities:

• Brackla
• Bridgend
• Cefn Cribwr
• Coity Higher
• Cornelly
• Coychurch Higher
• Coychurch Lower
• Garw Valley
• Laleston
• Llangynwyd Lower
• Llangynwyd Middle
• Maesteg
• Merthyr Mawr
• Newcastle Higher
• Ogmore Valley
• Pencoed
• Porthcawl
• Pyle
• St Bride's Minor
• Ynysawdre

Notable places

Principal towns and villages

Settlements with a Town Council:^[1]

• Bridgend
• Maesteg
• Pencoed
• Porthcawl

Other sizable settlements:^[2]

• Brackla
• Kenfig
• Pyle
• Cornelly

Archaeological sites

• Coity Castle
• Newcastle
• Ogmore Castle
• Kenfig Castle

See main article: List of Scheduled Monuments in Bridgend.

Geographical

Beaches

• Coney Beach
• Kenfig Sands
• Rest Bay
• Sandy Bay, Porthcawl
• Trecco Bay

Rivers and waterways

• River Ewenny
• River Kenfig
• Ogmore
• Llynfi
• Garw River

Retail parks

• McArthur Glen Designer Outlet Wales, Sarn, Bridgend
• Bridgend Retail Park
• Waterton Retail Park

Transport

Major roads

• A48 road
• M4 motorway

Railway lines

• Maesteg Line
• South Wales Main Line
• Vale of Glamorgan Line

Railway stations

• Bridgend railway station
• Garth (Bridgend) railway station
• Pencoed railway station
• Pyle railway station
• Maesteg railway station
• Maesteg (Ewenny Road) railway station
• Sarn railway station
• Tondu railway station
• Wildmill railway station

Notes and References

1. Web site: Town and Community Councils contact details. Bridgend County Borough Council. 20 September 2018.
2. Settlements represented by more than one County Borough Councillor. Web site: Your Councillors by Ward. Bridgend County Borough Council. 20 September 2018.