County Borough of Bridgend
Bridgend County Borough is a county borough in the south-east of Wales. The county borough was formed in 1996 and contains the town of Bridgend, after which it is named.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: principal area of Wales with 146,000 residents
- Description: principal area in south-east Wales, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Bridgend” and “Bridgend County Borough”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Tondu railway station and Sarn railway station.
Tondu railway station
Railway station
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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.
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.
St David’s Church, Bettws
Church
Photo: John Lord, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St David's Church is a Grade I listed church in Bettws, Bridgend County Borough, southern Wales. The church is believed to date to the 12th century, though was dedicated to St David later on.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bridgend and Llangynwyd.
Bridgend
Photo: John Lord, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bridgend is a town in Glamorgan, South Wales. It is the principal town of the County Borough of Bridgend and has a population of around 40,000 people.
Llangynwyd
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Llangynwyd is a village 2 miles to the south of Maesteg, in the county borough of Bridgend, Wales. There are two parts to Llangynwyd, the larger more recent village is simply known as Llangynwyd while the smaller much older part which contains St Cynwyds church is locally known as "Top Llan".
Coity
Village
Photo: John Grayson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Coity is a village in Bridgend County Borough, south Wales, part of Bridgend town urban area. Coity is part of the community of Coity Higher and is notable for being home to Coity Castle, one of the best-preserved castles in Glamorgan. Coity is situated 2½ miles southeast of County Borough of Bridgend.
County Borough of Bridgend
- Category: county borough
- Location: Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Welsh—“County Borough of Bridgend” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Բրիջենդ”
- Asturian: “Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr”
- Basque: “Bridgend”
- Belarusian: “Брыджэнд”
- Bengali: “ব্রিজেন্ড কাউন্টি বরো”
- Breton: “Kontelezh Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr”
- Breton: “Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr”
- Bulgarian: “Бридженд”
- Catalan: “Bridgend”
- Catalan: “Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr”
- Cebuano: “Bridgend county borough”
- Cebuano: “Bridgend County Borough”
- Chinese: “Bridgend Chū-tī Kūn”
- Chinese: “布里真德郡级自治市”
- Chinese: “布里真德郡級自治市”
- Cornish: “Penn-an-Bons war Ogour”
- Danish: “Bridgend County Borough”
- Dutch: “Bridgend”
- Estonian: “Bridgend”
- Finnish: “Bridgend”
- French: “Bridgend”
- Galician: “Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr”
- German: “Bridgend County Borough”
- German: “Bridgend”
- German: “GB-BGE”
- Gujarati: “બ્રિજેન્ડ કાઉન્ટી બોરો”
- Irish: “Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr”
- Italian: “Bridgend County Borough”
- Italian: “Bridgend”
- Italian: “distretto di contea di Bridgend”
- Italian: “Distretto di contea di Bridgend”
- Italian: “Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr”
- Japanese: “ブリジェンド・カウンティ・バラ”
- Japanese: “ブリジェンド”
- Kannada: “ಬ್ರಿಡ್ಜೆಂಡ್ ಕೌಂಟಿ ಬರೋ”
- Korean: “브리젠드 자치시”
- Ladin: “Bridgend County Borough”
- Latvian: “Bridženda (grāfistes boro)”
- Latvian: “Bridženda”
- Lithuanian: “Bridžendas”
- Manx: “Co-chorp Coontae Phen-y-bont ar Ogwr”
- Manx: “Coontae Corpagh Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr”
- Manx: “Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Bridgend Chū-tī Kūn”
- Northern Frisian: “Bridgend County Borough”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Bridgend”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Bridgend grevskapsdistrikt”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr”
- Norwegian: “Bridgend”
- Persian: “بریجاند”
- Persian: “شهرستان مستقل بریجند”
- Polish: “Bridgend”
- Portuguese: “Bridgend County Borough”
- Pushto: “بریډ جند”
- Romanian: “Bridgend”
- Russian: “Бридженд”
- Scots: “Bridgend Coonty Borough”
- Scots: “Bridgend Coonty Burgh”
- Slovak: “Bridgend”
- Slovenian: “Bridgend”
- Slovenian: “GB-BGE”
- Spanish: “Bridgend County Borough”
- Spanish: “Bridgend”
- Swedish: “Bridgend”
- Tamil: “பிரிட்ஜென்ட் கவுண்டி பாரூக்ஹ்”
- Telugu: “బ్రిడ్జెండ్ కౌంటీ బోరో”
- Turkish: “Bridgend (kontluk borough)”
- Turkish: “Bridgend”
- Ukrainian: “Бридженд”
- Urdu: “برجند کاؤنٹی بورو”
- Venetian: “Bridgend”
- Welsh: “Bwrdeistref Sirol Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr”
- Welsh: “Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr (sir)”
- Welsh: “Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Brynmenyn and Abergarw.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Tycribwr Hill and Pen Gwern-llyn-fawr.
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