Sker Point
Sker Point is a headland in Bridgend County Borough on the South Wales coast between Port Talbot and Porthcawl. It marks the south end of Kenfig Sands.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Point
- Description: headland in Bridgend County Borough, Wales
- Also known as: “Scar Point”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Sker House and Kenfig Pool.
Sker House
Building
Sker House is a historic building in Wales. Originally built as a monastic grange of the Cistercian order over 900 years ago, it is situated just outside the town of Porthcawl, near Bridgend.
Kenfig Pool
Photo: Nigel Homer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kenfig Pool is a national nature reserve situated near Porthcawl, Bridgend. Wild storms and huge tides between the 13th and 15th centuries are mainly responsible for creating the Kenfig dunes near Porthcawl, as they threw vast quantities of sand up over the Glamorgan coast.
Royal Porthcawl Golf Club
Building
Photo: Giovanni, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Royal Porthcawl Golf Club is a golf club in Wales in the United Kingdom, located north of Porthcawl and bordering the Bristol Channel. The club has hosted many prestigious tournaments including The Amateur Championship on six occasions, the Walker Cup in 1995, the Curtis Cup in 1964, the British Masters in 1961, and European Tour event, the Welsh Golf Classic in the early 1980s.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kenfig and South Cornelly.
Kenfig
Village
Kenfig is a village and former borough in Bridgend, Wales. It is situated 1 mile inland on the north bank of the Bristol Channel, and just south-west of the M4 motorway.
South Cornelly
Village
Photo: Colin Pyle, CC BY-SA 2.0.
South Cornelly is a village in Cornelly, Bridgend county borough, Wales. The village is close to North Cornelly, Pyle and Porthcawl, and junction 37 of the M4 motorway, which runs along its northern side. South Cornelly is situated 2 miles east of Sker Point.
North Cornelly
Village
Photo: Jaggery, CC BY-SA 2.0.
North Cornelly is a moderately sized village in Bridgend County Borough, Wales. It is four miles from the seaside resort of Porthcawl and six miles from the town of Bridgend. North Cornelly is situated 2 miles northeast of Sker Point.
Sker Point
- Categories: cape and landform
- Location: Cornelly, County Borough of Bridgend, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Satellite Map
Discover Sker Point from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“Sker Point” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Sker Point”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Sker Point”
- Swedish: “Sker Point”
- Welsh: “y Sger”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Rest Bay and Kenfig Castle.
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Sker Point”. Photo: fionamcallisterphotography, CC BY 2.0.