Pencoed
Pencoed is a town and community in the county borough of Bridgend, Wales. It straddles the M4 motorway north east of Bridgend and is situated on the Ewenny River. At the 2011 census it had a population of around 9,166.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Photo: John Grayson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Pencoed railway station and Pencoed War Memorial.
Pencoed railway station
Railway station
Photo: John Grayson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Pencoed railway station is a minor station in Pencoed, Bridgend County Borough, south Wales. The station is located at street level at The Square in Pencoed.
St Crallo’s Church
Church
Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Crallo's Church, often referred to historically as The Cathedral of the Vale of Glamorgan, is a Grade I listed church in Coychurch Lower, Bridgend County Borough, southern Wales. St Crallo’s Church is situated 1½ miles southwest of Pencoed.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Llanilid and Heol-y-Cyw.
Llanilid
Village
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Llanilid is a small settlement of in the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. It is in the historic county of Glamorgan. Llanilid is part of the community of Llanharan along with the villages of Bryncae, Brynna, Ynysmaerdy, Peterston-super-Montem and Llanharan itself.
Heol-y-Cyw
Village
Photo: Mick Lobb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Heol-y-Cyw is a little village in Bridgend County Borough, Wales, located near Bridgend, in the community of Coychurch Higher. The village, and its surroundings, had a population of 538 in 2011 census. Heol-y-Cyw is situated 1½ miles northwest of Pencoed.
Coychurch
Village
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Coychurch is a small village that sits between Pencoed and Bridgend in Wales, bordering with Bridgend Industrial Estate, where many residents are employed. It is part of the community of Coychurch Lower. Coychurch is situated 2 miles southwest of Pencoed.
Pencoed
- Type: Town with 9,170 residents
- Description: town in Bridgend County Borough, Wales, United Kingdom
- Categories: community and locality
- Location: Pencoed, County Borough of Bridgend, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.52478° or 51° 31′ 29″ northLongitude
-3.50326° or 3° 30′ 12″ westPopulation
9,170Elevation
108 feet (33 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB PNDOpen location code
9C3RGFFW+WMOpenStreetMap ID
node 260492886OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Pencoed” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “Pencoed”
- Arabic: “بينكويد”
- Asturian: “Pencoed”
- Basque: “Pencoed”
- Bengali: “Pencoed”
- Bengali: “পেনকোড”
- Breton: “Pen-coed”
- Breton: “Pencoed”
- Bulgarian: “Пенкойд”
- Catalan: “Pencoed”
- Cebuano: “Pencoed”
- Chinese: “Pencoed”
- Chinese: “彭科伊德”
- Cornish: “Pen-coed”
- Dutch: “Pencoed”
- Egyptian Arabic: “پينكويد”
- French: “Pencoed”
- German: “Pencoed”
- Gujarati: “પેન્કોડ”
- Irish: “Pen-coed”
- Irish: “Pencoed”
- Italian: “Pencoed”
- Japanese: “Pencoed”
- Japanese: “ペンコード”
- Kannada: “ಪೆನ್ಕೊಡ್”
- Korean: “펜코드”
- Lithuanian: “Penkoedas”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Pencoed”
- Persian: “پنکود”
- Persian: “پنکوید”
- Polish: “Pencoed”
- Portuguese: “Pencoed”
- Russian: “Пенкойд”
- Scots: “Pencoed”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Pen-coed”
- Spanish: “Pencoed”
- Swedish: “Pencoed”
- Tamil: “பென்கோஎட்”
- Telugu: “పెన్ కోడ్”
- Urdu: “پینکوید”
- Welsh: “Pen-coed”
- Welsh: “Pencoed”
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