Kenfig Hill

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Kenfig Hill
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Kenfig Hill
Location within Bridgend
OS grid reference SS835835
Principal area
Preserved county
Country Wales
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town BRIDGEND
Postcode district CF33
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°32′18″N3°40′52″W / 51.538341°N 3.681174°W / 51.538341; -3.681174

Kenfig Hill (Welsh : Mynydd Cynffig) is a village in Bridgend County Borough, South Wales. It is bordered by Pyle to the south-west, Cefn Cribwr to the north-east, North Cornelly to the south and Moel Ton-Mawr mountain to the north.[ citation needed ]

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The nearest train station is Pyle on the South Wales Main Line.[ citation needed ] The largest nearby outside connection is the M4 just south of the village that leads from Carmarthenshire to London.[ citation needed ]

Sport and leisure

Bedford Park is a popular park for leisure activities. Kenfig Hill RFC are a rugby union team founded in 1897, and play their home games at Croft Goch Playing Fields. The village is also home to Kenfig Hill AFC, an association football team that competes in the Port Talbot Football League.

Notable buildings

The village of Kenfig Hill has several buildings of note, historical and modern. St Theodore church, began in 1889 and completed in 1891, was designed by Halliday & Anderson, with the south aisle added in 1909 by Cook and Edwards of Bridgend. Moriah Chapel is built in the early 19th century tradition, architect unknown but believed to have been completed in 1850 with the full-width porch a later addition. [1]

Cynffig Comprehensive School, constructed between 1957 and 1961, was designed by Denis Clarke Hall. It has been described as the "most complete expression of post-war Modernism in the county". [1]

Notable residents

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References

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  2. ↑ "Musician's surprise at Asia hit". BBC News. 17 September 2009.
  3. ↑ "Star Wars' Dave Prowse on his 'father-son' friendship with a Welsh musician". 31 January 2017.
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