Pyle railway station is a minor station in Pyle in Bridgend county borough, south Wales. The station is located at street level at Beach Road in Pyle, 196 miles 40 chains from the zero point at London Paddington, measured via Stroud. Pyle railway station is situated 1 mile southwest of Goricon Substation.

Kenfig Castle

Castle

Photo: Hywel Williams, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Kenfig Castle is a ruined castle in Bridgend County Borough in Wales that came to prominence after the Anglo-Norman invasion of Wales in the late 11th century. Kenfig Castle is situated 2 miles west of Goricon Substation.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kenfig Hill and Pyle.

Kenfig Hill

Village

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Kenfig Hill is a village in Bridgend County Borough, South Wales. It is bordered by Pyle to the south-west, Cefn Cribwr to the north-east, North Cornelly to the south and Moel Ton-Mawr mountain to the north.

Pyle

Town

Photo: John Lord, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Pyle is a village and community in Bridgend county borough, Wales. This large village is served by the A48 road, and lies less than one mile from Junction 37 of the M4 motorway, and is therefore only a half-hour journey from the capital city of Wales, Cardiff.

North Cornelly

Village

Photo: Jaggery, CC BY-SA 2.0.

North Cornelly is a moderately sized village in Bridgend County Borough, Wales. It is four miles from the seaside resort of Porthcawl and six miles from the town of Bridgend.

Goricon Substation

Type: Electrical substation
Category: industry
Location: Pyle, County Borough of Bridgend, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.53519° or 51° 32′ 7″ north

Longitude

-3.68034° or 3° 40′ 49″ west

Operator

National Grid Electricity Distribution

Open location code

9C3RG8P9+3V

OpenStreetMap ID

node 13306149370

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