Summerhouse Bay
Summerhouse Bay is a bay in Wales, United Kingdom. Summerhouse Bay is situated nearby to the village Gileston, as well as near St Athan.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include St Athan Royal Air Force Base and St Tathan’s Church.
St Athan Royal Air Force Base
Aerodrome
Photo: Mick Lobb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ministry of Defence St Athan or MOD St Athan, formerly known as Royal Air Force St Athan, or more simply RAF St Athan, is a large Ministry of Defence unit near the village of St Athan in the Vale of Glamorgan, southern Wales.
St Tathan’s Church
Church
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St Tathan's Church is a medieval church in St. Athan, in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales. It is dedicated to Saint Tathan. The building's origins are probably 12th century, but there is little evidence of any 12th-century fabric remaining. St Tathan’s Church is situated 1½ miles northeast of Summerhouse Bay.
Aberthaw power stations
Power station
Photo: Christopher Ware, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Two decommissioned coal-fired and co-fired biomass power stations, both known as Aberthaw power station, have operated at Limpert Bay, near the villages of Gileston and West Aberthaw in the Vale of Glamorgan. Aberthaw power stations is situated 1½ miles east of Summerhouse Bay.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gileston and St Athan.
Gileston
Village
Photo: John Salmon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Gileston is a small Welsh village near West Aberthaw in the Vale of Glamorgan on the coast of South Wales.
St Athan
Village
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St Athan is a village and community in the Vale of Glamorgan in South Wales. The village and its parish church are dedicated to Saint Tathan. The church dates to the 13th–14th century, though an earlier church was dated to the Norman period. St Athan is situated 1½ miles northeast of Summerhouse Bay.
Eglwys Brewis
Village
Photo: Mick Lobb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Eglwys Brewis is a village in the Vale of Glamorgan in south Wales. It is located just to the north of the village of St Athan, south of Flemingston and northeast of Llantwit Major. Eglwys Brewis is situated 2 miles north of Summerhouse Bay.
Summerhouse Bay
- Type: Bay
- Category: body of water
- Location: Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.38654° or 51° 23′ 12″ northLongitude
-3.4419° or 3° 26′ 31″ westOpen location code
9C3R9HP5+J6GeoNames ID
11103203
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