Lewistown
Lewistown is a small village in South Wales. It lies between Ogmore Vale and Blackmill in the valley of the River Ogmore. It developed to service the local coal mines which have all now closed and it has become largely a commuter village for Bridgend and Maesteg.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village
- Description: village in Bridgend, Wales, UK
- Also known as: “Lewistown, Bridgend”
- Address: Pant-yr-Awel, Bridgend
Places of Interest
Highlights include Church Of St Cein and Ogmore Junction.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Blackmill and Llangeinor.
Blackmill
Village
Photo: Ruth Sharville, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Blackmill is a small village within Bridgend County Borough Council, in south Wales. It is located at the confluence of the Ogwr Fach and Ogmore rivers, to the north-east of Bridgend town.
Llangeinor
Village
Photo: Mick Lobb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Llangeinor is a small village located in the Garw Valley around 5 miles north of Bridgend in Bridgend County Borough, Wales. The ward population taken at the 2011 census was 1,243. The entire village is now protected as part of a conservation area.
Ogmore Vale
Village
Photo: eswales, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ogmore Vale is a village in the county borough of Bridgend, Wales on the River Ogmore. Until the 1980's, the village's main source of income came from coal mining.
Lewistown
- Category: locality
- Location: Ogmore Valley, County Borough of Bridgend, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.58445° or 51° 35′ 4″ northLongitude
-3.54065° or 3° 32′ 26″ westElevation
449 feet (137 metres)Open location code
9C3RHFM5+QPOpenStreetMap ID
node 7454335517OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Welsh—“Lewistown” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Lewistown”
- Irish: “Lewistown”
- Welsh: “Lewistown”
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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 “Lewistown”. Photo: Jaggery, CC BY-SA 2.0.