Kenfig
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Kenfig Castle and Kenfig Pool.
Kenfig Castle
Castle
Photo: Hywel Williams, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kenfig Castle is a ruined castle in Bridgend County Borough in Wales that came to prominence after the Anglo-Norman invasion of Wales in the late 11th century.
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include North Cornelly and South Cornelly.
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.
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.
Pyle
Town
Photo: John Lord, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Pyle is a village and community in Bridgend county borough, Wales. This large village is served by the A48 road, and lies less than one mile from Junction 37 of the M4 motorway, and is therefore only a half-hour journey from the capital city of Wales, Cardiff. Pyle is situated 1½ miles northeast of Kenfig.
Kenfig
- Type: Village with 100 residents
- Description: village in Bridgend County Borough, Wales, UK
- Category: locality
- Location: Cornelly, County Borough of Bridgend, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.5162° or 51° 30′ 58″ northLongitude
-3.72732° or 3° 43′ 38″ westPopulation
100Elevation
85 feet (26 metres)Open location code
9C3RG78F+F3OpenStreetMap ID
node 266158561OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2645825Wikidata ID
Q6389161
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Kenfig” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Kenfig”
- Dutch: “Kenfig”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كينفيج”
- French: “Kenfig”
- Hausa: “Kenfig”
- Irish: “Cynffig”
- Japanese: “ケンフィッグ”
- Welsh: “Cynffig”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Kenfig National Nature Reserve Visitor Centre and Kenfig Pool Holiday Caravan Park.
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