Brynmenyn

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Brynmenyn
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Brynmenyn
Location within Bridgend
OS grid reference SS 908 849
Principal area
Preserved county
Country Wales
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Bridgend
Postcode district CF32
Dialling code 01656
Police South Wales
Fire South Wales
Ambulance Welsh
UK Parliament
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament
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UK
Wales
Bridgend
51°33′07″N3°34′34″W / 51.552°N 3.576°W / 51.552; -3.576

Brynmenyn is a small village located at the confluence of the Garw and Ogmore rivers in south Wales, around 4 miles north of Bridgend, and it also in the Bridgend County Borough council area. The village has its own primary school. [1]

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Transport

The A4065 road runs through the village; to the west this leads to Tondu, and to the east it heads to Abergarw and Bryncethin. The A4064 road starts in the village and heads north towards Llangeinor. A disused railway runs through the village, and the village formerly had a railway station. The nearest operational station is Tondu on the Maesteg Line.

The former station in 1962 Brynmenyn Station 1930549.jpg
The former station in 1962

Leisure

Bryngarw Country Park is situated on the north-western boundary of the village.

Book

Memories of Sarah Jane Howell: A Welsh story of the greatest Heroine by Roger G K Penn. 'The story of Sarah Jane Howell, eldest daughter of George and Jennet Howell, Abergarw Farm, Brynmenyn. Sarah Jane was assistant mistress at Brynmenyn Council School who died, aged 21, in the Llynfi river near Bridgend whilst rescuing one of her pupils from drowning on the 19th of December 1911.' ISBN   978-0993131301 Published 2014

References

  1. "Brynmenyn Primary - Home". Archived from the original on 23 May 2009. Retrieved 15 November 2008.