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Bridgend, or Pen-y-bont in Welsh, lies in the county of Glamorgan in South Wales. Bridgend is almost halfway between Cardiff and Swansea, and has the River Ogmore and River Ewenny running by it.
The name of the town is taken from the original bridge that crossed the River Ogmore, as Bridgend had developed alongside a ford that allowed crossing of the River. It was on the main route between east and west Wales.
Bridgend is home to three castles: Coity, Ogmore and Newcastle.
Coity Castle is about two miles from the town centre, Ogmore is seven miles out in Ogmore village, and Newcastle overlooks Bridgend up on Newcastle Hill. The three castles were built to form a defensive triangle from the coast to Coity.
Bridgend developed quickly into an agricultural town and was important to many of the local farmers. It was still a small market town, but became quite significant and remained so until the 20th century.
While it never had a coal mine itself, Bridgend played an important part in the surrounding coal mining industry. The first coal mines opened in the valleys north of Bridgend in the seventeenth century, with the Llynfi valley being the first to be industrialized. Both brickwork and ironwork industries were established at a similar time, but the ironworks declined following the founder’s death, and closed in 1836.
With the arrival of the Great Western Railway, Bridgend was at the junction between the main London to Fishguard line and the branch to the three valleys, where coal were sent down.
The town had its part to play during the Second World War. Bridgend was home to both a Prisoner of War camp as well as a big munitions factory. The Bridgend area was photographed by the Luftwaffe, but never bombed owing to the area’s air pocket that made bombing hazardous for the planes.
Bridgend has continued to develop, with the villages of Merthyr Mawr, Coity, Laleston and Ewenny under threat of being absorbed by the urban sprawl.
Bridgend and surrounding areas are host to Ford Motor Company and Sony factories, and the Securicor run prison, HM Parc Prison, built in the 1990s is the only private prison in Wales.
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Bridgend County Borough Council (Environmental & Planning Services Directorate of, Architectural & Technical Services De
Tel: 01656 643422 - Bridgend, Vale Of Glamorgan, CF31 1LX
Bridgend County Borough Council Environmental & Planning Services,Directorate of Architectural & Tec
Tel: 01656 643438 - Bridgend, Vale Of Glamorgan, CF31 1LX
Bridgend County Borough Council Environmental & Planning Services,Directorate of Architectural & Tec
Tel: 01656 643421 - Bridgend, Vale Of Glamorgan, CF31 1LX
Bridgend County Borough Council Environmental & Planning Services,Directorate of Architectural & Tec
Tel: 01656 643443 - Bridgend, Vale Of Glamorgan, CF31 1LX
Bridgend County Borough Council Environmental & Planning Services,Directorate of Architectural & Tec
Tel: 01656 643439 - Bridgend, Vale Of Glamorgan, CF31 1LX
Bridgend County Borough Council Environmental & Planning Services,Directorate of Planning Department
Tel: 01656 643175 - Bridgend, Vale Of Glamorgan, CF31 1LX
Bridgend County Borough Council Environmental & Planning Services,Directorate of Planning Department
Tel: 01656 643160 - Bridgend, Vale Of Glamorgan, CF31 1LX
Bridgend County Borough Council Environmental & Planning Services,Directorate of Planning Department
Tel: 01656 643155 - Bridgend, Vale Of Glamorgan, CF31 1LX
Bridgend County Borough Council Environmental & Planning Services,Directorate of Planning Department
Tel: 01656 643157 - Bridgend, Vale Of Glamorgan, CF31 1LX
Bridgend County Borough Council Environmental & Planning Services,Directorate of Planning Department
Tel: 01656 643177 - Bridgend, Vale Of Glamorgan, CF31 1LX
Bridgend County Borough Council Environmental & Planning Services,Directorate of Planning Department
Tel: 01656 743386 - Bridgend, Vale Of Glamorgan, CF31 1LX
Bridgend County Borough Council Environmental & Planning Services,Directorate of Planning Department
Tel: 01656 745940 - Bridgend, Vale Of Glamorgan, CF31 1LX
Bridgend County Borough Council Environmental & Planning Services,Directorate of Planning Department
Tel: 01656 643179 - Bridgend, Vale Of Glamorgan, CF31 1LX
Bridgend County Borough Council Environmental & Planning Services,Directorate of Planning Department
Tel: 01656 643154 - Bridgend, Vale Of Glamorgan, CF31 1LX
Bridgend County Borough Council Environmental & Planning Services,Directorate of Planning Department
Tel: 01656 643170 - Bridgend, Vale Of Glamorgan, CF31 1LX
Bridgend County Borough Council Environmental & Planning Services,Directorate of Planning Department
Tel: 01656 643171 - Bridgend, Vale Of Glamorgan, CF31 1LX
Bridgend County Borough Council Environmental & Planning Services,Directorate of Planning Department
Tel: 01656 643190 - Bridgend, Vale Of Glamorgan, CF31 1LX
Bridgend County Borough Council Environmental & Planning Services,Directorate of Planning Department
Tel: 01656 643162 - Bridgend, Vale Of Glamorgan, CF31 1LX
Bridgend County Borough Council Environmental & Planning Services,Directorate of Planning Department
Tel: 01656 643165 - Bridgend, Vale Of Glamorgan, CF31 1LX
Bridgend County Borough Council Environmental & Planning Services,Directorate of Planning Department
Tel: 01656 643156 - Bridgend, Vale Of Glamorgan, CF31 1LX
Bridgend County Borough Council Environmental & Planning Services,Directorate of Planning Department
Tel: 01656 643163 - Bridgend, Vale Of Glamorgan, CF31 1LX
Bridgend County Borough Council (Environmental & Planning Services Directorate of, Public Protection Department)
Tel: 01656 643408 - Bridgend, Vale Of Glamorgan, CF31 1LX
Bridgend County Borough Council Environmental & Planning Services,Directorate of Public Protection D
Tel: 01656 643406 - Bridgend, Vale Of Glamorgan, CF31 1LX
Bridgend County Borough Council Environmental & Planning Services,Directorate of Public Protection D
Tel: 01656 643260 - Bridgend, Vale Of Glamorgan, CF31 1LX
Bridgend County Borough Council Environmental & Planning Services,Directorate of Public Protection D
Tel: 01656 643442 - Bridgend, Vale Of Glamorgan, CF31 1LX
Bridgend County Borough Council Environmental & Planning Services,Directorate of Public Protection D
Tel: 01656 643278 - Bridgend, Vale Of Glamorgan, CF31 1LX
Bridgend County Borough Council (Environmental & Planning Services Directorate of, Transportation & Engineering Dept Mor
Tel: 01656 642541 - Bridgend, Vale Of Glamorgan, CF31 3BL
Bridgend County Borough Council Environmental & Planning Services,Directorate of Transportation & En
Tel: 01656 667992 - Bridgend, Vale Of Glamorgan, CF31 1LX
Bridgend County Borough Council Environmental & Planning Services,Directorate of Transportation & En
Tel: 01656 642537 - Bridgend, Vale Of Glamorgan, CF31 1LX
Bridgend County Borough Council Environmental & Planning Services,Directorate of Transportation & En
Tel: 01656 642559 - Bridgend, Vale Of Glamorgan, CF31 1LX
Bridgend County Borough Council Environmental & Planning Services,Directorate of Transportation & En
Tel: 01656 642547 - Bridgend Industrial Estate, Bridgend, Vale Of Glamorgan, CF31 3RY
Bridgend County Borough Council Environmental & Planning Services,Directorate of Transportation & En
Tel: 01656 642823 - Bridgend Industrial Estate, Bridgend, Vale Of Glamorgan, CF31 3RY
Bridgend County Borough Council (Education Leisure & Community Services Directorate of, Outdoor Recreation)
Tel: 01656 725155 - Brynmenyn, Bridgend, Vale Of Glamorgan, CF32 8UU (2.25 miles)
Bridgend County Borough Council Environmental & Planning Services,Directorate of Architectural & Tec
Tel: 01656 720213 - Bryncethin, Bridgend, Vale Of Glamorgan, CF32 9YN (2.25 miles)
Wildlife Trust of South & West Wales,The
Tel: 01656 724100 - The Nature Centre Fountain Rd, Tondu, Bridgend, Vale Of Glamorgan, CF32 0EH (2.25 miles)
Bridgend County Borough Council (Environmental & Planning Services Directorate of, Planning Department)
Tel: 01656 643164 - Ton Kenfig, Bridgend, Vale Of Glamorgan, CF33 4PT (3.6 miles)
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