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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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Brackla Baptist Church

Tel: 01656 649800 - Garth Drive Brackla Indust Est, Bridgend, CF31 2AB
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Christian Bookshop

Tel: 01656 655886 - Bryntirion, Bridgend, Vale Of Glamorgan, CF31 4DX
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Church Of Jesus Christ Latter Day Saints

Tel: 01656 655914 - New Meeting Ho Celestial Wy, Maes Y Fedwen, Bridgend, Vale Of Glamorgan, CF31 5DA
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Churches And Other Places of Worship Bridgend

Tel: 01656 650697 - Coychurch Road, Bridgend, Vale Of Glamorgan, CF31 2AP
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Churches And Other Places of Worship (Bridgend, Methodist Church Manses)

Tel: 01656 768182 - Brackla, Bridgend, Vale Of Glamorgan, CF31 2PQ
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Churches And Other Places of Worship Bridgend

Tel: 01656 652034 - St. Marys Vicarage, 39 Ewenny Road, Bridgend, Vale Of Glamorgan, CF31 3HS
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Churches And Other Places of Worship Bridgend

Tel: 01656 668393 - Tondu Road, Bridgend, Vale Of Glamorgan, CF31 4JA
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Covenant Community Church

Tel: 01656 655635 - 8 Heol Tredwr, Waterton, Bridgend, Vale Of Glamorgan, CF31 3AJ
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Gates Of Praise

Tel: 01656 664245 - Australian Terrace, Bridgend, Vale Of Glamorgan, CF31 1LY
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Masonic Halls

Tel: 01656 659636 - Coychurch Road, Bridgend, Vale Of Glamorgan, CF31 2AP
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Parish Of Coity With Nolton Bridgend

Tel: 01656 667690 - 7 Merthyr Mawr Rd Nth, Bridgend, Vale Of Glamorgan, CF31 3NH
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Quakers (Religious Society of Friends) (Meeting Houses)

Tel: 01873 890385 - 42 St. Patricks Drive, Bridgend, Vale Of Glamorgan, CF31 1RP
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St. Illtyd's Church

Tel: 01656 655999 - Newcastle, CF31 4II
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Smyrna Baptist Chapel

Tel: 01656 653863 - Heol Eglwys, Pen-y-Fai, Bridgend, Vale Of Glamorgan, CF31 4LY
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Well Christian Centre,The

Tel: 01656 668870 - Angel Street, Bridgend, Vale Of Glamorgan, CF31 4AD
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Emmanuel Christ Church

Tel: 01656 659103 - Morfa Street, Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan, CF31 1HA
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