Corntown
Corntown is a small village in the Vale of Glamorgan. It lies along the B4524 road, just outside Bridgend, 21.6 miles west of the centre of Cardiff. It has grown around Corntown Farm.Photo: Jaggery, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Village
- Description: village in Wales
- Also known as: “Corntwn” and “yd-dref”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Ewenni Priory and Golden Mile.
Ewenni Priory
Ruins
Photo: Wilson44691, CC0.
Ewenny Priory, in Ewenny in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, was a monastery of the Benedictine order, founded in the 12th century. The priory was unusual in having extensive military-style defences and in its state of preservation; the architectural historian John Newman described it as “the most complete and impressive Norman ecclesiastical building in Glamorgan”.
Brynteg School
School
Brynteg School is one of the largest secondary schools in Wales. It is located on Ewenny Road in Bridgend, Wales. The school is one of seven comprehensive schools in the County Borough of Bridgend and mainly receives pupils from the Brackla, Litchard and Town Centre areas.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Llampha and Bridgend.
Llampha
Hamlet
Photo: Mick Lobb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Llampha is a hamlet in the Vale of Glamorgan, South Wales, near Bridgend. It mainly consists of farms and smallholdings.
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.
Coychurch
Village
Photo: kenneth rees, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Coychurch is a small village that sits between Pencoed and Bridgend in Wales, bordering with Bridgend Industrial Estate, where many residents are employed. It is part of the community of Coychurch Lower. Coychurch is situated 2 miles northeast of Corntown.
Corntown
- Category: locality
- Location: Ewenny, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.48481° or 51° 29′ 5″ northLongitude
-3.56023° or 3° 33′ 37″ westElevation
72 feet (22 metres)Open location code
9C3RFCMQ+WWOpenStreetMap ID
node 296060835OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Corntown” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Corntown”
- Catalan: “Corntwn”
- Dutch: “Corntown”
- French: “Corntown”
- Irish: “Corntwn”
- Welsh: “Corntwn”
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