Lower Bight
Lower Bight is a bay in St. Athan, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Rhoose and Cardiff Airport.
Rhoose
Photo: Alunthomas, Public domain.
Rhoose is a village in the Vale of Glamorgan a county of Wales and is the home of the Cardiff Wales International Airport. The adjacent village of Font-y-gary is covered in this article as well.
Cardiff Airport
Aerodrome
Photo: Rob Burke, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cardiff Airport is an airport in Rhoose, Vale of Glamorgan, to the south-west of Cardiff. It is the only airport offering commercial passenger services and cargo services in Wales.
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Llantwit Major and Cowbridge.
Llantwit Major
Photo: Glyn Baker, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Llantwit Major is a town and community in Wales on the Bristol Channel coast. It is one of four towns in the Vale of Glamorgan, with the third largest population after Barry and Penarth, and ahead of Cowbridge.
Cowbridge
Photo: Tony Hodge, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cowbridge is a market town in the Vale of Glamorgan, between Cardiff and Bridgend. It is set in the countryside, about 15 minutes' drive from the Glamorgan Heritage Coast.
Llancarfan
Village
Photo: John Salmon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Llancarfan is a rural village and community in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales. The village, located west of Barry and near Cowbridge, has a well-known parish church, the site of Saint Cadoc's 6th-century clas, famed for its learning.
Lower Bight
- Type: Bay
- Category: body of water
- Location: St. Athan, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.3867° or 51° 23′ 12″ northLongitude
-3.4225° or 3° 25′ 21″ westOpen location code
9C3R9HPG+MXOpenStreetMap ID
node 13148043544OpenStreetMap feature
natural=bay
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