Vale of Glamorgan
Glamorgan is a traditional county in Wales. It is home to Cardiff, the Wales' capital city, along with the city of Swansea. The Bristol Channel marks the southern edge of Glamorganshire, which features the 14-mile-long Glamorgan Heritage Coast and the Gower Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: principal area of Wales with 133,000 residents
- Description: principal area in south-east Wales, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Bro Morgannwg”, “County Borough of Vale of Glamorgan”, “The Vale of Glamorgan”, and “Vale of Glamorgan County Borough”
Places of Interest
Highlights include St Athan Royal Air Force Base and East Orchard Castle.
St Athan Royal Air Force Base
Aerodrome
Photo: Mick Lobb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ministry of Defence St Athan or MOD St Athan, formerly known as Royal Air Force St Athan, or more simply RAF St Athan, is a large Ministry of Defence unit near the village of St Athan in the Vale of Glamorgan, southern Wales.
East Orchard Castle
Castle
Photo: Ben Salter, CC BY 2.0.
East Orchard Castle is a ruined building near St Athan in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, whose remains date mainly from the 14th century.
Old Beaupre Castle
Ruins
Photo: FruitMonkey, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Old Beaupre Castle is a ruined medieval fortified manor house located in the community of Llanfair, outside Cowbridge in Wales. It is known in historic documents under the names Beawpire, Bewerpere, Bewpyr and Y Bewpur.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Llantwit Major and Cowbridge.
Llantwit Major
Photo: Glyn Baker, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Llantwit Major is a town and community in Wales on the Bristol Channel coast. It is one of four towns in the Vale of Glamorgan, with the third largest population after Barry and Penarth, and ahead of Cowbridge.
Cowbridge
Photo: Tony Hodge, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cowbridge is a market town in the Vale of Glamorgan, between Cardiff and Bridgend. It is set in the countryside, about 15 minutes' drive from the Glamorgan Heritage Coast.
Llancarfan
Village
Photo: John Salmon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Llancarfan is a rural village and community in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales. The village, located west of Barry and near Cowbridge, has a well-known parish church, the site of Saint Cadoc's 6th-century clas, famed for its learning. Llancarfan is situated 2½ miles east of Vale of Glamorgan.
Vale of Glamorgan
- Location: Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Azerbaijani to Welsh—“Vale of Glamorgan” goes by many names.
- Azerbaijani: “Veyl-of-Qlamorqan”
- Basque: “Vale of Glamorgan”
- Belarusian: “Вейл-оф-Гламарган”
- Belarusian: “Даліна Гламоргана”
- Bengali: “ভেল অব গ্ল্যামারগান”
- Breton: “Bro Morgannwg”
- Bulgarian: “Вейл ъф Гламорган”
- Catalan: “Bro Morgannwg”
- Cebuano: “The Vale of Glamorgan”
- Cebuano: “Vale of Glamorgan (munisipyo)”
- Chinese: “Vale of Glamorgan”
- Chinese: “格拉摩根谷”
- Cornish: “Bro Glamour”
- Danish: “Vale of Glamorgan”
- Dutch: “Vale of Glamorgan”
- Egyptian Arabic: “ڤال اوف جلامورجان”
- Estonian: “Bro Morgannwg”
- Estonian: “The Vale og Glamorgan”
- Estonian: “Vale of Glamorgan”
- Finnish: “Vale of Glamorgan”
- French: “Bro Morgannwg”
- French: “Vale of Glamorgan”
- French: “Vallée de Glamorgan”
- German: “GB-VGL”
- German: “Vale of Glamorgan”
- Greek: “κοιλάδα του Γκλαμόργκαν”
- Gujarati: “વેલ ઓફ ગ્લેમોર્ગન”
- Hebrew: “עמק גלמורגן”
- Irish: “Bro Morgannwg”
- Italian: “distretto di contea di Vale of Glamorgan”
- Italian: “Distretto di contea di Vale of Glamorgan”
- Italian: “Vale of Glamorgan”
- Japanese: “ヴェール・オブ・グラモーガン”
- Japanese: “ベール・オブ・グラモーガン”
- Kannada: “ವೇಲ್ ಆಫ್ ಗ್ಲಾಮೊರ್ಗನ್”
- Korean: “베일오브글러모건 주”
- Korean: “베일오브글러모건”
- Ladin: “Vale of Glamorgan”
- Latvian: “Glamorganas Ieleja”
- Lithuanian: “Glamorgano slėnis”
- Manx: “Bro Morgannwg”
- Manx: “Co-chorp Coontae Vro Morgannwg”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Vale of Glamorgan”
- Moksha: “Вэйл-оф-Гламорган”
- Northern Frisian: “Vale of Glamorgan”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “The Vale of Glamorgan”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Vale of Glamorgan”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “The Vale of Glamorgan”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Vale of Glamorgan”
- Norwegian: “Vale of Glamorgan”
- Persian: “ویل آو گلامورگن”
- Polish: “Vale of Glamorgan”
- Portuguese: “Vale of Glamorgan”
- Romanian: “Vale of Glamorgan”
- Russian: “Вейл-оф-Гламорган”
- Russian: “Вэйл-оф-Гламорган”
- Russian: “Гламорганская долина”
- Russian: “Долина Гламорган”
- Scots: “Vale o Glamorgan”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Bro Morgannwg”
- Slovenian: “Vale of Glamorgan”
- Spanish: “Vale of Glamorgan”
- Swedish: “Vale of Glamorgan”
- Tamil: “கிளைமோர்கன் வாலி”
- Telugu: “వేల్ ఆఫ్ గ్లామోర్గాన్”
- Turkish: “Vale of Glamorgan”
- Ukrainian: “Долина Гламорган”
- Ukrainian: “Долина Ґламорґан”
- Urdu: “والی آف جلامورجان”
- Urdu: “ویل آف گلامورگن”
- Venetian: “Vale of Glamorgan”
- Welsh: “Bro Morgannwg”
- Welsh: “Dyffryn Morgannwg”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Castleton and Old Beaupre Castle.
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