Porthcawl
Sign in to savePorthcawl () is a town and community in the Bridgend County Borough of Wales. It is located on the south coast, west of Cardiff and south-east of Swansea.
Key facts
- UK place.country
- Wales
- UK place.constituency_welsh_assembly
- Bridgend
- UK place.official_name
- Porthcawl
- UK place.unitary_wales
- Bridgend
- UK place.lieutenancy_wales
- Mid Glamorgan
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Bridgend
- UK place.post_town
- PORTHCAWL
- UK place.postcode_district
- CF36
- UK place.postcode_area
- CF
- UK place.dial_code
- 01656
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SS825775
- UK place.population
- 16,005
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011)
- UK place.static_image_name
- Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl - geograph.org.uk - 2701004.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl
- UK place.module
- 240pxMap of the community
via Wikipedia infobox
Article
28 sectionsContents
- Toponymy
- Holiday resort
- Local attractions
- Porthcawl promenade
- Harbour Quarter
- Governance
- Education
- Porthcawl Comprehensive School
- St Clare's School
- Nottage Primary School
- West Park Primary School
- Porthcawl Primary School
- Newton Primary School
- Closed school
- St John's School
- Musical establishments
- Beaches
- Scheduled monuments
- Newton village
- Festivals
- Sport
- Regeneration
- Transport
- Notable people
- Air crash
- References
- Further reading
- External links
Porthcawl () is a town and community in the Bridgend County Borough of Wales. It is located on the south coast, west of Cardiff and south-east of Swansea.
Historically part of Glamorgan and situated on a low limestone headland on the South Wales coast, overlooking the Bristol Channel, Porthcawl developed as a coal port during the 19th century, but its trade was soon taken over by more rapidly developing ports such as Barry. North-west of the town, in the dunes known as Kenfig Burrows, lies the remains of Kenfig Castle.