St Brides Major
St Brides Major is a community on the western edge of the Vale of Glamorgan, South Wales. Its largest settlement is the village of St Brides Major, and also includes the villages of Ogmore-by-Sea and Southerndown, and the hamlets of Ogmore Village…| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 2,390 residents
- Description: community in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales
- Also known as: “St Bride’s Major”, “St Brides Major community”, and “St. Bride’s Major”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Southerndown and Candleston Castle.
Southerndown
Southerndown is a village in the Vale of Glamorgan. It is mostly known for its beach, which is a popular tourist destination during the summer months and since 1972 has been designated a Heritage Coast and is part of the Southerndown Coast SSSI.
Candleston Castle
Castle
Candleston Castle is a 14th-century fortified manor house, in ruins since the 19th century. It is 0.75 miles southwest of Merthyr Mawr, Glamorgan, Wales, now Bridgend County Borough and just 0.75 miles northwest of Ogmore Castle, separated by the River Ogmore. Candleston Castle is situated 2 miles northwest of St Brides Major.
Southerndown Golf Club
Golf course
Photo: eswales, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Southerndown Golf Club is a downland/links golf club in the Vale of Glamorgan, in south-east Wales, near the coast and Ogmore-by-Sea and Southerndown, in proximity to Merthyr Mawr Sand Dunes.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bridgend and Ogmore-by-Sea.
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.
Ogmore-by-Sea
Village
Photo: David Lewis, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ogmore-by-Sea is a seaside village in St Brides Major community in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales. It lies on the western limit of the Glamorgan Heritage Coast of south Wales. The population in 2011 was 878.
Merthyr Mawr
Village
Photo: Martin Ridley, Public domain.
Merthyr Mawr is a village and community in Bridgend, Wales. The village is about 2+1⁄2 miles from the centre of Bridgend town. The population of the community at the 2011 census was 267.
St Brides Major
- Categories: community and locality
- Location: Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.4603° or 51° 27′ 37″ northLongitude
-3.5937° or 3° 35′ 38″ westPopulation
2,390Elevation
226 feet (69 metres)Open location code
9C3RFC64+4GOpenStreetMap ID
node 28278485OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
7301710Wikidata ID
Q16249962
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“St Brides Major” goes by many names.
- Basque: “St Brides Major”
- Cebuano: “St. Bride’s Major”
- Chinese: “St Brides Major”
- French: “St Brides Major”
- Irish: “Saint-y-brid”
- Min Nan Chinese: “St Brides Major (siā-lí)”
- Swedish: “St. Bride’s Major”
- Welsh: “cymuned Saint-y-brid”
- Welsh: “Cymuned Saint-y-brid”
- Welsh: “Saint-y-brid”
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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 “St Brides Major”. Photo: Nigel Homer, CC BY-SA 2.0.