Pen-y-fai
Pen-y-fai is a village in the county borough of Bridgend, Wales within the Bridgend electoral ward area and the community of Newcastle Higher. The ward population taken at the 2011 census was 2,447.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 2,450 residents
- Description: village in Bridgend, Wales
- Also known as: “Pen-y-Fai” and “Pen-y-fai, Bridgend”
Places of Interest
Highlights include The Pheasant and Glanrhyd Hospital.
Glanrhyd Hospital
Hospital
Photo: Chris Allen, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Glanrhyd Hospital is a psychiatric hospital in Pen-y-fai near Bridgend in Wales. It is managed by the Cwm Taf University Health Board.
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sarn and Aberkenfig.
Sarn
Village
Photo: Alan Hughes, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Sarn is a village in Bridgend County Borough, Wales, about three miles north of Bridgend and which lies just east of the confluence of the Ogmore and Llynfi rivers.
Aberkenfig
Village
Photo: Chris Shaw, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Aberkenfig is a village located in the County Borough of Bridgend, Wales to the north of Bridgend town. It is in the community of Newcastle Higher.
Tondu
Village
Photo: Chris Shaw, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Tondu is a village in Bridgend County Borough, Wales, located about 3 miles north of the town of Bridgend, in the community of Ynysawdre. Tondu lies on the A4063 from Bridgend to Maesteg, and was established in the late 18th century as a coal mining village servicing the Parc Slip Colliery. Tondu is situated 1½ miles north of Pen-y-fai.
Pen-y-fai
- Category: locality
- Location: Newcastle Higher, County Borough of Bridgend, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.52537° or 51° 31′ 31″ northLongitude
-3.59584° or 3° 35′ 45″ westPopulation
2,450Elevation
243 feet (74 metres)Open location code
9C3RGCG3+4MOpenStreetMap ID
node 5051719121OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
12263311Wikidata ID
Q7162063
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Pen-y-fai” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Pen-y-fai”
- Dutch: “Pen-y-Fai”
- French: “Pen-y-Fai”
- Irish: “Pen-y-fai”
- Welsh: “Pen-y-fai”
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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 “Pen-y-fai”. Photo: Chris Shaw, CC BY-SA 2.0.