St Brides Major (community)
St Brides Major is a community on the western edge of the Vale of Glamorgan, South Wales.
St Brides Major is a community on the western edge of the Vale of Glamorgan, South Wales. Its largest settlement is the village of St Brides Major, and also includes the villages of Ogmore-by-Sea and Southerndown, and the hamlets of Ogmore Village, Castle-upon-Alun, Heol-y-Mynydd, Norton and Pont-yr-Brown It is notable for coastal geology and scenery, limestone downlands and fossilised primitive mammals, sea cliffs and beaches, two Iron Age hillforts, three medieval castle sites,, two stepping stone river crossings and a clapper bridge. Three long distance paths cross the community. It is the western limit of the Vale of Glamorgan Heritage Coast, and has a visitor centre and tourist facilities.
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Worth seeing in and around St Brides Major (community)
5 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.
2.1 km · Site of Special Scientific Interest in Wales · Wikipedia - 02Ewenny Priory House
Ewenny Priory House is a privately owned Georgian mansion located immediately to the south of Ewenny Priory church, at Ewenny, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales. Originally built in 1545 it was rebuilt in the early 1800s.
3.6 km · building in Ewenny, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 03Cnap 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.
1.7 km · Site of Special Scientific Interest in Wales · Wikipedia - 04Coed 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.
1.5 km · Site of Special Scientific Interest in Wales · Wikipedia - 05Dunraven 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.
2 km · castle near Southerndown, Wales · Wikipedia
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Getting to St Brides Major (community)
- Airports
- Cardiff (CWL), 19 km · Bristol (BRS), 61 km · Birmingham (BHX), 168 km
- Bristol → St Brides Major (community)72 km · quickest by road, 1h 57m · £9–12
- London → St Brides Major (community)243 km · quickest by road, 4h 22m · £25–33
- Birmingham, West Midlands → St Brides Major (community)164 km · quickest by road, 3h 16m · £18–24
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Next door to St Brides Major (community)
St Brides Major (community) is 29 km from Cardiff, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Ewennyvillage and community in Vale of Glamorgan, Wales2.7 km
- Wickvillage and community in Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, UK3.8 km
- Ogmore-by-Seavillage in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, UK3 km
- Southerndownvillage in Wales2 km
- Ogmorehamlet in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, UK2.5 km
- Corntownvillage in Wales3.5 km