Box Bay

Box Bay is a cliff in Porthcawl, County Borough of Bridgend, Wales. Box Bay is situated nearby to the government office HM Coastguard Rescue Team, as well as near Porthcawl Town Athletic F.C..

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Porthcawl Library and All Saints Church, Porthcawl.

Porthcawl Library

Library

Photo: Jaggery, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Porthcawl Library is situated 1 mile southeast of Box Bay.

All Saints Church, Porthcawl is a Listed Anglican church in the seaside resort of Porthcawl, South Wales. It is a daughter church of St John's in Newton, despite being considerably larger in size. St John's, founded in the 1180s, proved sufficient for many years to handle the numbers of worshippers. All Saints Church, Porthcawl is situated 4,200 feet southeast of Box Bay.

Porthcawl Comprehensive School

School

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Porthcawl Comprehensive School, on the western side of Porthcawl town in Bridgend County Borough, has approximately 1,500 pupils, ages 11–18 and 80 teaching staff. Porthcawl Comprehensive School is situated 2,800 feet east of Box Bay.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Newton and South Cornelly.

Newton

Village

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Newton is a village located near the seaside resort town of Porthcawl, in Bridgend County Borough, Wales. Newton is situated 2 miles east of Box Bay.

South Cornelly

Village

Photo: Colin Pyle, CC BY-SA 2.0.

South Cornelly is a village in Cornelly, Bridgend county borough, Wales. The village is close to North Cornelly, Pyle and Porthcawl, and junction 37 of the M4 motorway, which runs along its northern side. South Cornelly is situated 2 miles northeast of Box Bay.

Kenfig

Village

Photo: Wikimedia, FAL.

Kenfig is a village and former borough in Bridgend, Wales. It is situated 1 mile inland on the north bank of the Bristol Channel, and just south-west of the M4 motorway. Kenfig is situated 2 miles north of Box Bay.

Box Bay

Type: Cliff
Category: landform
Location: Porthcawl, County Borough of Bridgend, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.48409° or 51° 29′ 3″ north

Longitude

-3.72287° or 3° 43′ 22″ west

Height

39 feet (12 metres)

Open location code

9C3RF7MG+JV

OpenStreetMap ID

node 349046489

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=cliff

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