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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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Dollond & Aitchison (Branches)
Tel: 01633 262273 - 15/15a Nolton Street, Bridgend, Vale Of Glamorgan, CF31 1BX
Eye Centre,The
Tel: 01656 768645 - 10 Canolfan, Brackla, Bridgend, Vale Of Glamorgan, CF31 2LL
Optic Shop
Tel: 01656 669999 - 16 Nolton Street, Bridgend, Vale Of Glamorgan, CF31 1DU
Parslow & O'Leary
Tel: 01656 652168 - 10 Derwen Road, Bridgend, Vale Of Glamorgan, CF31 1LH
Specsavers Opticians
Tel: 01656 649127 - 36 Adare Street, Bridgend, Vale Of Glamorgan, CF31 1EJ
Eye Centre,The
Tel: 01656 841844 - 88 High Street, Ogmore Vale, Bridgend, Vale Of Glamorgan, CF32 7AF (2.25 miles)
Eye Centre,The
Tel: 01656 871054 - 50a Oxford Street, Pontycymer, Bridgend, Vale Of Glamorgan, CF32 8DB (2.25 miles)
Rayner
Tel: 01656 742788 - Dyfri Ho Pyle Cross, Pyle, Bridgend, Vale Of Glamorgan, CF33 6PG (3.6 miles)
Parish & Green Opticians
Tel: 01656 861003 - 2 The Square, Pencoed, Bridgend, Vale Of Glamorgan, CF35 5NP (3.75 miles)
Optic Shop
Tel: 01656 784944 - 20 John St, Porthcawl, Vale Of Glamorgan, CF36 3BA (5.49 miles)
Woolfs Opticians
Tel: 01656 782457 - 72 New Road, Porthcawl, Vale Of Glamorgan, CF36 5DG (5.49 miles)
D.L. Woolf F.C. Optom
Tel: 01656 782457 - 122 John Street, Portcawl, Portcawl, CF36 3DT (5.49 miles)
D Randal Davies Opticians
Tel: 01656 732214 - 23 Commercial Street, Maesteg, Vale Of Glamorgan, CF34 9DF (6.74 miles)
Eye Centre,The
Tel: 01656 733088 - 10 Caerau Road, Maesteg, Vale Of Glamorgan, CF34 0PB (6.74 miles)
Gwynns Opticians
Tel: 01656 732477 - 28 Talbot Street, Maesteg, Vale Of Glamorgan, CF34 9DB (6.74 miles)
D J Griffiths & Co
Tel: 01656 730199 - 128a Commercial Street, Maesteg, Vale Of Glamorgan, CF34 9DW (6.74 miles)
Specsavers (maesteg)
Tel: 01656 812060 - 3 Talbot Street, Maesteg, Mid Glamorgan, CF34 9BT (6.74 miles)
Gwyneth Morgan
Tel: 01446 793430 - Gwynfa Boverton Rd, Llantwit Major, Vale Of Glamorgan, CF61 1XZ (7.09 miles)
Chris Williams
Tel: 01446 790590 - Newton Ho East St, Llantwit Major, Vale Of Glamorgan, CF61 1XY (7.09 miles)
Lloyd
Tel: 01446 773191 - 49 High Street, Cowbridge, Vale Of Glamorgan, CF71 7AE (7.58 miles)
O'Sullivan Opticians
Tel: 01446 772719 - London Ho, Eastgate, Cowbridge, South Glamorgan, CF71 7AA (7.58 miles)
O'Sullivan Opticians
Tel: 01446 772719 - London Ho, Eastgate, Cowbridge, South Glamorgan, CF71 7AA (7.58 miles)
Davies & Jones
Tel: 01443 775899 - 154 Bute Street, Treherbert, Treorchy, Vale Of Glamorgan, CF42 5PE (8.59 miles)
Davies & Jones Optometrists
Tel: 01443 773879 - 14 High Street, Treorchy, Vale Of Glamorgan, CF42 6AA (8.59 miles)
Parish & Green Opticians
Tel: 01443 772087 - 138 Bute Street, Treorchy, Vale Of Glamorgan, CF42 6BB (8.59 miles)
Davies Opticians
Tel: 01443 223124 - 58 Talbot Road, Talbot Green, Pontyclun, Vale Of Glamorgan, CF72 8AF (10.81 miles)
C N O'Leary & Partners
Tel: 01443 223712 - 17 Cowbridge Road, Pontyclun, Vale Of Glamorgan, CF72 9EA (10.81 miles)
Parish & Green Opticians
Tel: 01443 222776 - 11 Ely Valley Road, Talbot Green, Pontyclun, Vale Of Glamorgan, CF72 8AL (10.81 miles)
Cranmers Opticians
Tel: 01643 702204 - 12 Park Street, Minehead, Somerset, TA24 5NQ (17.99 miles)
B.R James
Tel: 01643 702983 - 3 The Parks, Minehead, Somerset, TA24 5NF (17.99 miles)
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