Newcastle Higher
Newcastle Higher is a community in Bridgend County Borough, South Wales. Located north west of Bridgend town centre it is made up of the townships of Pen-y-fai and Aberkenfig and straddles the M4 motorway.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Locality with 4,210 residents
- Description: community in Bridgend County Borough, Wales, UK
- Also known as: “Y Castellnewydd”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Wildmill railway station and Tondu railway station.
Wildmill railway station
Railway station
Photo: John Grayson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Wildmill railway station is a railway station serving the district of Wildmill, Bridgend, South Wales. It is located on the Maesteg Line from Cardiff via Bridgend.
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.
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.
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 east of Newcastle Higher.
Newcastle Higher
- Category: community
- Location: County Borough of Bridgend, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Newcastle Higher” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Newcastle Higher”
- Bengali: “নিউক্যাসল হায়ার”
- Cebuano: “Newcastle Higher”
- Chinese: “Newcastle Higher”
- Chinese: “紐卡素海爾”
- Chinese: “纽卡素海尔”
- French: “Newcastle Higher”
- German: “Newcastle Higher”
- Gujarati: “ન્યૂકેસલ હાયર”
- Irish: “Y Castellnewydd”
- Japanese: “ニューキャッスル・ハイヤー”
- Kannada: “ನ್ಯೂಕ್ಯಾಸಲ್ ಹೈಯರ್”
- Korean: “뉴캐슬 하이어”
- Lithuanian: “Niukasl Hajeris”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Newcastle Higher”
- Portuguese: “Newcastle Higher”
- Russian: “Ньюкасл-Хайер”
- Spanish: “Newcastle Higher”
- Swedish: “Newcastle Higher”
- Tamil: “நியூகேஸ்லே ஹிக்ஹ்ர்”
- Telugu: “న్యూక్యాస్టిల్ హయ్యర్”
- Urdu: “نیوکاستلی ہائیر”
- Welsh: “Castellnewydd Uchaf”
- Welsh: “Y Castellnewydd”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Fountain and Aberkenfig.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Tycribwr Hill and Court Colman Manor.
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