Wales
County Borough of Bridgend
River Garw

Blaengarw

Blaengarw is the uppermost village in the river valley of the , in the county borough of Bridgend, Wales. In the English language Blaengarw means the rugged 'front' or 'head' of the valley.
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  • Type: Village with 1,790 residents
  • Description: village in Bridgend, Wales
  • Also known as: “Blaen-ogwr” and “Blaengawr”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Mynydd Llangeinwyr and Blaenogwr Cemetery.

Peak
is the highest hill in the county borough of in the coalfield of South . It forms a long north–south ridge between the valleys of Cwm Garw to the west and to the east.

Cemetery
Photo: Jaggery, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is situated 2 miles east of Blaengarw.

Pub
Photo: Jaggery, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a pub, which is situated 2 miles east of Blaengarw.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Pontycymer and Nant-y-moel.

Town
Photo: Kev Griffin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
, also spelt Pontycymmer, is a former mining village in Wales. It is situated in the , in , about 7 miles or 11 km north of the town of .

Village
Photo: Colin Pyle, CC BY-SA 2.0.
or Nantymoel is a village and includes the formerly separate village of Pricetown in the county borough of , Wales on the River Ogmore, and is one of the constituent villages of the . is situated 2 miles east of Blaengarw.

Village
is a small village in the County Borough of , Wales built alongside the Ogwr Fawr tributary of the River Ogmore. The village is part of the community of the and is south of Nantymoel and north west of . is situated 2 miles southeast of Blaengarw.

Blaengarw

Latitude
51.62464° or 51° 37′ 29″ north
Longitude
-3.5876° or 3° 35′ 15″ west
Population
1,790
Elevation
745 feet (227 metres)
Open location code
9C3RJCF6+VX
Open­Street­Map ID
node 937894586
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2655412
Wiki­data ID
Q3406145
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Welsh—“Blaengarw” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Blaengarw”
  • Breton: “Blaengarw”
  • Dutch: “Blaengarw”
  • French: “Blaengarw”
  • Galician: “Blaengarw”
  • German: “Blaengarw”
  • Irish: “Blaengarw”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Blaengarw”
  • Norwegian: “Blaengarw”
  • Scots: “Blaengarw”
  • Welsh: “Blaengarw”

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Blaengarw Post Office and Blaengarw Primary School.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". 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 “Blaengarw”. Photo: Colin Pyle, CC BY-SA 2.0.