Sker House
Sker House is a historic building in Wales. Originally built as a monastic grange of the Cistercian order over 900 years ago, it is situated just outside the town of Porthcawl, near Bridgend.- Type: Building
- Description: Grade I listed building in Bridgend County Borough.
- Postal code: CF36 3PJ
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Kenfig Castle and Kenfig Pool.
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 north of Sker House.
Kenfig Pool
Photo: Nigel Homer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kenfig Pool is a national nature reserve situated near Porthcawl, Bridgend. Wild storms and huge tides between the 13th and 15th centuries are mainly responsible for creating the Kenfig dunes near Porthcawl, as they threw vast quantities of sand up over the Glamorgan coast. Kenfig Pool is situated 1 mile north of Sker House.
Pyle railway station
Railway station
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 2 miles northeast of Sker House.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kenfig and South Cornelly.
Kenfig
Village
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.
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 1½ miles east of Sker House.
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. North Cornelly is situated 2 miles northeast of Sker House.
Sker House
- Category: house
- Location: Cornelly, County Borough of Bridgend, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.50465° or 51° 30′ 17″ northLongitude
-3.73719° or 3° 44′ 14″ westOpen location code
9C3RG737+V4OpenStreetMap ID
way 274137565OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesWikidata ID
Q7534667
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In Other Languages
“Sker House” goes by many names.
- Welsh: “Tŷ’r Sger”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Royal Porthcawl Golf Club and Kenfig National Nature Reserve Visitor Centre.
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