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Bridgend Sports And Social Clubs
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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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Blaenrhondda Social Club
Tel: 01443 771325 - Brook Street, Bridgend, Vale Of Glamorgan, CF31 1HG
Labour Party Social Club
Tel: 01656 651174 - Labour Party Social Clb Bryn Glas, Bridgend, Vale Of Glamorgan, CF31 4ES
Ogmore Labour Party Social Club
Tel: 01656 656198 - Bridgend, Vale Of Glamorgan, CF31 4ES
Wales Rugby League Development
Tel: 01656 818770 - Tondu Road, Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan, CF31 4JE
Bettws Social Club
Tel: 01656 720043 - Old Village, Bettws, Bridgend, Vale Of Glamorgan, CF32 8TA (2.25 miles)
Cefn Cribbwr Athletic Club
Tel: 01656 740029 - Cefn Cribwr, Bridgend, Vale Of Glamorgan, CF32 0AY (2.25 miles)
Garw Valley Welsh Ex-Service Association Club
Tel: 01656 870244 - London Ho David St, Blaengarw, Bridgend, Vale Of Glamorgan, CF32 8AD (2.25 miles)
Lewistown Athletic Social Club
Tel: 01656 840217 - Lewistown, Bridgend, Vale Of Glamorgan, CF32 7HU (2.25 miles)
Nantymoel Social Club & Institute
Tel: 01656 840416 - The Square Commercial St, Ogmore Vale, Bridgend, Vale Of Glamorgan, CF32 7BL (2.25 miles)
Penrhiwceiber Constitutional Club
Tel: 01656 870328 - Waunbant, Pontycymer, Bridgend, Vale Of Glamorgan, CF32 8LN (2.25 miles)
Sarn Social Club
Tel: 01656 720243 - Bryncoch Road, Sarn, Bridgend, Vale Of Glamorgan, CF32 9NY (2.25 miles)
Ogmore Vale R F C
Tel: 01656 840383 - Tynewydd Rw, Ogmore Vale, CF32 7EH (2.25 miles)
Caerau Athletic Social Club
Tel: 01656 732471 - Humphreys Terrace, Maesteg, Vale Of Glamorgan, CF34 0SG (6.74 miles)
Catholic Social Club
Tel: 01656 732402 - Catholic Hall Ewenny Rd, Maesteg, Vale Of Glamorgan, CF34 9TP (6.74 miles)
Maesteg Celtic Athletic Social Club
Tel: 01656 732030 - Bridgend Road, Maesteg, Vale Of Glamorgan, CF34 0NE (6.74 miles)
Maesteg Sports & Social Club
Tel: 01656 732044 - Bridgend Road, Maesteg, Vale Of Glamorgan, CF34 0AX (6.74 miles)
Caerau Labour Club & Institute
Tel: 01656 732424 - 76 Caerau Road, Maesteg, Mid Glamorgan, CF34 0PG (6.74 miles)
Cowbridge & District Athletic Club
Tel: 01446 772595 - The Pavillion Cricket Fld, Cowbridge, Vale Of Glamorgan, CF71 7DB (7.58 miles)
Treorchy & District Professional & Businessmens Club
Tel: 01443 773103 - 181-183 High Street, Treorchy, Vale Of Glamorgan, CF42 6NU (8.59 miles)
Llanharry Workingmens Club
Tel: 01443 222217 - Elm Road, Llanharry, Pontyclun, Vale Of Glamorgan, CF72 9HR (10.81 miles)
Llantrisant Working Mens Club
Tel: 01443 222257 - 19 Swan Street, Llantrisant, Pontyclun, Vale Of Glamorgan, CF72 8ED (10.81 miles)
Pontyclun Institute & Athletic Club
Tel: 01443 222182 - Castan Road, Pontyclun, Vale Of Glamorgan, CF72 9EH (10.81 miles)
Minehead & District Social Club
Tel: 01643 702306 - North Rd, Minehead, Somerset, TA24 5QW (17.99 miles)
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