Tythegston Landfill Gas Plant

Tythegston Landfill Gas Plant is a power station in Merthyr Mawr, County Borough of Bridgend, Wales. Tythegston Landfill Gas Plant is situated near the forest Pant yr Hyl, as well as near the village Newton.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Candleston Castle and St John the Baptist Church.

Candleston Castle

Castle

Photo: Thruxton, CC BY 3.0.

Candleston Castle is a 14th-century fortified manor house, in ruins since the 19th century. It is 0.75 miles southwest of Merthyr Mawr, Glamorgan, Wales, now Bridgend County Borough and just 0.75 miles northwest of Ogmore Castle, separated by the River Ogmore. Candleston Castle is situated 1½ miles southeast of Tythegston Landfill Gas Plant.

St John the Baptist Church

Church

Photo: David Lewis, CC BY-SA 2.0.

St John the Baptist Church is a medieval church and Grade I listed building in Church Street, Newton, Porthcawl, Wales. It was built in the late twelfth century and has been remodelled several times in the succeeding centuries. St John the Baptist Church is situated 1¼ miles southwest of Tythegston Landfill Gas Plant.

St David’s Church

Church

Photo: Chris Shaw, CC BY-SA 2.0.

St David's Church, Laleston is a Grade I listed church in Laleston, Bridgend County Borough, southern Wales. It is listed Grade 1 as a medieval church with its fabric, including timber roofs, mainly intact, and having group value with the churchyard cross and Cliff Cottage. St David’s Church is situated 1½ miles east of Tythegston Landfill Gas Plant.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tythegston and Newton.

Tythegston

Village

Photo: eswales, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Tythegston is a conservation area village located close to Cardiff and Swansea on the south coast of Bridgend, Wales. It is home to Tythegston Court, a Grade II listed manor house at the centre of the 1,200 acre Tythegston Estate which is designated at Grade II on the Cadw/ICOMOS Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales.

Newton

Village

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Newton is a village located near the seaside resort town of Porthcawl, in Bridgend County Borough, Wales.

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 northwest of Tythegston Landfill Gas Plant.

Tythegston Landfill Gas Plant

Type: Power station
Category: industry
Location: Merthyr Mawr, County Borough of Bridgend, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.4982° or 51° 29′ 54″ north

Longitude

-3.65596° or 3° 39′ 22″ west

Operator

Renewable Power Generation Ltd

Open location code

9C3RF8XV+7J

OpenStreetMap ID

way 956271016

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