Breaksea Point
Breaksea Point is a promontory at the eastern edge of Gileston's Limpert Bay in the Vale of Glamorgan on the south coast of Wales. Breaksea Point is claimed as the southernmost point of mainland Wales, although that is also claimed of nearby Rhoose Point and the Vale of Glamorgan Council have placed a fixed notice to that effect.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Nigel Homer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Aberthaw power stations and Boys Village.
Aberthaw power stations
Power station
Photo: Christopher Ware, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Two decommissioned coal-fired and co-fired biomass power stations, both known as Aberthaw power station, have operated at Limpert Bay, near the villages of Gileston and West Aberthaw in the Vale of Glamorgan.
Boys Village
Photo: Mick Lobb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Athan Boys' Village was a village-style holiday camp located in West Aberthaw, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales.
The Blue Anchor Inn
Pub
Photo: Christopher Ware, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Blue Anchor Inn is a Grade II* listed inn in Aberthaw, Vale of Glamorgan, south Wales.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gileston and St Athan.
Gileston
Village
Photo: John Salmon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Gileston is a small Welsh village near West Aberthaw in the Vale of Glamorgan on the coast of South Wales.
St Athan
Village
Photo: Mick Lobb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Athan is a village and community in the Vale of Glamorgan in South Wales. The village and its parish church are dedicated to Saint Tathan. The church dates to the 13th–14th century, though an earlier church was dated to the Norman period.
Llancadle
Hamlet
Photo: Peter Wasp, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Llancadle is a rural village south-west of Barry near Rhoose in the Vale of Glamorgan, in Wales. Llancadle is located near the international airport for Wales, Cardiff International Airport. Llancadle is situated 1½ miles northeast of Breaksea Point.
Breaksea Point
- Type: Point
- Description: promontory in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, UK
- Categories: promontory and landform
- Location: St. Athan, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Breaksea Point” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Breaksea Point”
- Dutch: “Breaksea Point”
- Italian: “Breaksea Point”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Breaksea Point”
- Swedish: “Breaksea Point”
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