Pontycymer
Pontycymer, also spelt Pontycymmer, is a former mining village in Wales. It is situated in the Garw Valley, in Bridgend County Borough, about 7 miles or 11 km north of the town of Bridgend.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town with 4,290 residents
- Description: village in Wales
- Also known as: “Pont y Cymmer”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mynydd Llangeinwyr and Blaenogwr Cemetery.
Mynydd Llangeinwyr
Peak
Mynydd Llangeinwyr is the highest hill in the county borough of Bridgend in the coalfield of South Wales. It forms a long north–south ridge between the valleys of Cwm Garw to the west and Cwm Ogwr Fawr to the east. Mynydd Llangeinwyr is situated 2½ miles north of Pontycymer.
Blaenogwr Cemetery
Cemetery
Photo: Jaggery, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Blaenogwr Cemetery is situated 2 miles east of Pontycymer.
Church Of St Cein
Church
Photo: John Finch, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church Of St Cein is situated 2½ miles southeast of Pontycymer.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Blaengarw and Wyndham.
Blaengarw
Village
Photo: Colin Pyle, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Blaengarw is the uppermost village in the river valley of the River Garw, in the county borough of Bridgend, Wales. In the English language Blaengarw means the rugged 'front' or 'head' of the valley.
Wyndham
Village
Wyndham is a small village in the County Borough of Bridgend, Wales built alongside the Ogwr Fawr tributary of the River Ogmore. The village is part of the community of the Ogmore Valley and is south of Nantymoel and north west of Ogmore Vale. Wyndham is situated 1½ miles east of Pontycymer.
Ogmore Vale
Village
Photo: eswales, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ogmore Vale is a village in the county borough of Bridgend, Wales on the River Ogmore. Until the 1980's, the village's main source of income came from coal mining. Ogmore Vale is situated 1½ miles east of Pontycymer.
Pontycymer
- Categories: village and locality
- Location: River Garw, County Borough of Bridgend, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.60886° or 51° 36′ 32″ northLongitude
-3.57975° or 3° 34′ 47″ westPopulation
4,290Elevation
522 feet (159 metres)Open location code
9C3RJC5C+G3OpenStreetMap ID
node 937894584OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
2640109Wikidata ID
Q7228399
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Pontycymer” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Pontycymer”
- Belarusian: “Панцікімер”
- Breton: “Pontycymer”
- Cebuano: “Pontycymer”
- Chinese: “龐提賽門”
- Czech: “Pontycymer”
- Dutch: “Pontycymer”
- French: “Pontycymer”
- German: “Pontycymer”
- Irish: “Pontycymer”
- Persian: “پانتیسایمر”
- Scots: “Pontycymer”
- Slovak: “Pontycymer”
- Spanish: “Pontycymer”
- Swedish: “Pontycymer”
- Welsh: “Pont-y-cymer”
- Welsh: “Pontycymer”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Ffaldau Primary School and Garw Valley Life Centre.
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