Wales
County Borough of Bridgend
Cornelly

Kenfig Castle

Kenfig Castle is a ruined castle in in that came to prominence after the Anglo-Norman invasion of in the late 11th century.
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  • Type: Castle
  • Description: ruins of castle in Wales, UK
  • Also known as: “Castell Cynffig” and “Kenfig Castle & Medieval Town”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include St Mary Magdalene’s Church and Prince of Wales Inn.

Church
Photo: FruitMonkey, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is situated 3,100 feet southeast of Kenfig Castle.

Pub
Photo: Gareth James, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The , formerly Kenfig Town Hall, is a public house in Heol Gorllewin, , , Wales. The structure, which used to be a municipal building, is a Grade II listed building. is situated 3,000 feet south of Kenfig Castle.

Photo: Nigel Homer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a national nature reserve situated near , . 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. is situated 4,000 feet south of Kenfig Castle.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kenfig and North Cornelly.

Village
Photo: Wikimedia, FAL.
is a village and former borough in , Wales. It is situated 1 mile inland on the north bank of the , and just south-west of the M4 motorway.

Village
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is a moderately sized village in , . It is four miles from the seaside resort of and six miles from the town of .

Town
Photo: John Lord, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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 , . is situated 1½ miles east of Kenfig Castle.

Kenfig Castle

Latitude
51.53028° or 51° 31′ 49″ north
Longitude
-3.73012° or 3° 43′ 48″ west
Elevation
30 feet (9 metres)
Open location code
9C3RG7J9+4X
Open­Street­Map ID
way 489951097
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­castle
Geo­Names ID
6287065
Wiki­data ID
Q2614463
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Welsh—“Kenfig Castle” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Kenfig Castle”
  • Danish: “Kenfig Castle”
  • French: “château de Kenfig”
  • French: “Château de Kenfig”
  • German: “Kenfig Castle”
  • Japanese: “ケンフィッグ城”
  • Portuguese: “Castelo Kenfig”
  • Russian: “Замок Кенфиг”
  • Swedish: “Kenfig Castle”
  • Welsh: “Castell Cynffig”
  • Welsh: “Kenfig Castle & Medieval Town”

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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 “Kenfig Castle”. Photo: Hywel Williams, CC BY-SA 2.0.