Pontycymer
Sign in to savePontycymer, also spelt Pontycymmer, is a former mining village in Wales. It is situated in the Garw Valley, in Bridgend County Borough, about 7 miles or 11 km north of the town of Bridgend.
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Place details
- Locality
- Pontycymer
- Region
- Cymru / Wales
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 4,288
- Timezone
- Europe/London
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Key facts
- UK place.country
- Wales
- UK place.official_name
- Pontycymer
- UK place.static_image
- Coal loading point at Pontycymer - geograph.org.uk - 841592.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Coal loading point at Pontycymer in 1992
- UK place.population
- 2,499
- UK place.population_ref
- (ward.2011)
- UK place.unitary_wales
- Bridgend
- UK place.lieutenancy_wales
- Mid Glamorgan
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Rhondda and Ogmore
- UK place.post_town
- BRIDGEND
- UK place.postcode_district
- CF32 8
- UK place.postcode_area
- CF
- UK place.dial_code
- 01656
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SS904915
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Pontycymer, also spelt Pontycymmer, is a former mining village in Wales. It is situated in the Garw Valley, in Bridgend County Borough, about 7 miles or 11 km north of the town of Bridgend.
Its attractions include Bridgend Valleys Railway and many woodland trails through forestry and surrounding mountains.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pontycymer” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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