Southerndown
Southerndown is a village in the Vale of Glamorgan. It is mostly known for its beach, which is a popular tourist destination during the summer months and since 1972 has been designated a Heritage Coast and is part of the Southerndown Coast SSSI.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Martin Ridley, Public domain.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Church Of St Bridget and Southerndown Golf Club.
Southerndown Golf Club
Golf course
Photo: eswales, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Southerndown Golf Club is a downland/links golf club in the Vale of Glamorgan, in south-east Wales, near the coast and Ogmore-by-Sea and Southerndown, in proximity to Merthyr Mawr Sand Dunes.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ogmore-by-Sea and Merthyr Mawr.
Ogmore-by-Sea
Village
Photo: David Lewis, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ogmore-by-Sea is a seaside village in St Brides Major community in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales. It lies on the western limit of the Glamorgan Heritage Coast of south Wales. The population in 2011 was 878.
Merthyr Mawr
Village
Photo: Martin Ridley, Public domain.
Merthyr Mawr is a village and community in Bridgend, Wales. The village is about 2+1⁄2 miles from the centre of Bridgend town. The population of the community at the 2011 census was 267. Merthyr Mawr is situated 2 miles north of Southerndown.
Ogmore
Village
Photo: John Goodall, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ogmore is a village in St Bride's Major community in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales on the River Ogmore. It grew around the now ruined Ogmore Castle, built by the Normans.
Southerndown
- Type: Residential area
- Description: village in Wales
- Category: village
- Location: St Brides Major, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.4534° or 51° 27′ 12″ northLongitude
-3.6113° or 3° 36′ 41″ westElevation
200 feet (61 metres)Open location code
9C3RF93Q+9FOpenStreetMap ID
way 422213409OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=residential
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Southerndown” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Southerndown”
- Catalan: “Southerndown”
- Chinese: “紹森當”
- Dutch: “Southerndown”
- French: “Southerndown”
- German: “Southerndown”
- Irish: “Southerndown”
- Japanese: “サウザーンダウン”
- Japanese: “サザンダウン”
- Japanese: “サダンザウン”
- Welsh: “Southerndown”
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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 Wikivoyage page “Southerndown”. Photo: cisko66, CC BY 3.0.