Southerndown
Southerndown is a village in the Vale of Glamorgan, in south Wales.
Southerndown is a village in the Vale of Glamorgan, in south Wales. It is southwest of Bridgend, and within the St Brides Major community, close to Llantwit Major and Ogmore-by-Sea. It is mostly known for its beach which backs Dunraven Bay, which is a popular tourist destination during the summer months and since 1972 has been part of a Heritage Coast and is part of the Southerndown Coast SSSI. When the tide is out there is an expanse of sand and pools. The cliffs are an obvious example of sedimentary rock.
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Worth seeing in and around Southerndown
4 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Ewenny and Pant Quarries
Ewenny and Pant Quarries is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in the Vale of Glamorgan, south Wales, notable for its geological interest. First designated in 1996, both quarries are active, commercial quarries, with no public access.
3.4 km · Site of Special Scientific Interest in Wales · Wikipedia - 02Cnap Twt
Cnap Twt is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in the Vale of Glamorgan, south Wales. Located roughly three miles south of Bridgend near St Brides Major.
3.2 km · Site of Special Scientific Interest in Wales · Wikipedia - 03Coed y Bwl
Coed y Bwl is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in Glamorgan, south Wales. The site is managed by The Wildlife Trust of South and West Wales.
3.1 km · Site of Special Scientific Interest in Wales · Wikipedia - 04Dunraven Castle
Dunraven Castle was a mansion on the South Wales coast near Southerndown. The existing manor house was rebuilt as a castellated hunting lodge in the early 19th century and was extensively remodelled later in the century.
1.4 km · castle near Southerndown, Wales · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
It has been used in the occasional TV production, including on Doctor Who: as Bad Wolf Bay in "Doomsday" and "Journey's End" and as the surface of the alien planet in "The Time of Angels" and "Flesh and Stone" and as the engine room of the ark ship in "Dinosaurs on a Spaceship". It also appeared in Merlin in the first season episode 'The Labyrinth of Gedref'.
- 01Ogmore Castle
From Wikivoyage: Southerndown, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.
Things to do
- 01Southerndown Golf Course
Tucked away on an undulating hillside overlooking the Merthyr Mawr Sand Dunes and Ogmore Castle.
From Wikivoyage: Southerndown, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.
Where to eat
- 01Frolics Restaurant
2 Beach Rd,.
From Wikivoyage: Southerndown, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.
Getting to Southerndown
- Airports
- Cardiff (CWL), 20 km · Bristol (BRS), 63 km · Birmingham (BHX), 169 km
- Bristol → Southerndown70 km · quickest by road, 1h 56m · £9–12
- London → Southerndown241 km · quickest by road, 4h 21m · £25–33
- Birmingham, West Midlands → Southerndown164 km · quickest by road, 3h 15m · £18–24
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Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Southerndown
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Southerndown. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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If you know how people move in Southerndown – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.
Next door to Southerndown
Southerndown is 29 km from Swansea, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Ewennyvillage and community in Vale of Glamorgan, Wales4 km
- St Brides Majorvillage in Wales1.5 km
- Ogmore-by-Seavillage in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, UK1.9 km
- St Brides Major communitycommunity in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales1.5 km
- Ogmorehamlet in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, UK2.8 km