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 Porthcawl Comprehensive School.
Porthcawl Library
Library
Photo: Jaggery, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Porthcawl Library is situated 1 mile southeast of Box Bay.
Porthcawl Comprehensive School
School
Photo: Jaggery, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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.
All Saints Church, Porthcawl
Church
Photo: Colin Pyle, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Newton and South Cornelly.
Newton
Village
Photo: Martin Ridley, Public domain.
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
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″ northLongitude
-3.72287° or 3° 43′ 22″ westHeight
39 feet (12 metres)Open location code
9C3RF7MG+JVOpenStreetMap ID
node 349046489OpenStreetMap feature
natural=cliff
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