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.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Porthcawl is referenced by 513 other articles, and connects out to Blue Flag beach, Bridgend County Borough and Ruth Jones.
The entry is geolocated on the map in landmark, across 12 mapped points.
It is catalogued under topics including Coast of Bridgend County Borough, Communities in Bridgend County Borough and Populated coastal places in Wales.
Its subject is documented across 25 Wikipedia language editions.
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
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- community
- Official name
- Porthcawl
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Bridgend County Borough
- Population
- 15869
- Area
- 1338.79
- Official website
- www.welcometoporthcawl.co.uk
- Image
- Porthcawl promenade (2) - geograph.org.uk - 1490500.jpg
- Dialing code
- 01656
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- OS grid reference
- SS825775
- Commons category
- Porthcawl
- postal code
- CF36
- historic county
- Glamorgan
- P8168
- swallowing
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- P12749
- Elbeg Nigülesügchi Khan
Sources (6)
via Wikidata · CC0
~14 min read
Encyclopedic overview
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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Porthcawl” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
Gallery (10)
On the map
12 mapped locations