Aberkenfig
Aberkenfig is a village located in the County Borough of Bridgend, Wales to the north of Bridgend town. It is in the community of Newcastle Higher.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 2,040 residents
- Description: village in Bridgend, Wales
- Also known as: “Abercynffig”
Places of Interest
Highlights include St Robert of Newminster Church, Aberkenfig and Sarn railway station.
Sarn railway station
Railway station
Photo: John Martin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Sarn railway station is a railway station serving the village of Sarn, South Wales. It is located on the Maesteg Line from Cardiff via Bridgend. The station was opened by British Rail on 28 September 1992.
Tondu railway station
Railway station
Photo: Mattbuck, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Tondu railway station is a railway station serving the village of Tondu, Bridgend county borough, South Wales. It is located on the Maesteg Line from Cardiff via Bridgend.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tondu and Sarn.
Tondu
Village
Photo: Chris Shaw, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Tondu is a village in Bridgend County Borough, Wales, located about 3 miles north of the town of Bridgend, in the community of Ynysawdre. Tondu lies on the A4063 from Bridgend to Maesteg, and was established in the late 18th century as a coal mining village servicing the Parc Slip Colliery.
Sarn
Village
Photo: Alan Hughes, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Sarn is a village in Bridgend County Borough, Wales, about three miles north of Bridgend and which lies just east of the confluence of the Ogmore and Llynfi rivers.
Pen-y-fai
Village
Photo: Chris Shaw, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Pen-y-fai is a village in the county borough of Bridgend, Wales within the Bridgend electoral ward area and the community of Newcastle Higher. The ward population taken at the 2011 census was 2,447.
Aberkenfig
- Category: locality
- Location: Newcastle Higher, County Borough of Bridgend, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.5411° or 51° 32′ 28″ northLongitude
-3.59744° or 3° 35′ 51″ westPopulation
2,040Elevation
128 feet (39 metres)Open location code
9C3RGCR3+C2OpenStreetMap ID
node 261625659OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2657804Wikidata ID
Q4667120
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Aberkenfig” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Aberkenfig”
- Bulgarian: “Аберкенфиг”
- Cebuano: “Aberkenfig”
- Dutch: “Aberkenfig”
- French: “Aberkenfig”
- Irish: “Abercynffig”
- Swedish: “Aberkenfig”
- Welsh: “Abercynffig”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Aberkenfig Library and St John’s Church.
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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 “Aberkenfig”. Photo: Chris Shaw, CC BY-SA 2.0.