Bryncethin is a small village

Village

A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...

 located just north of the M4

M4 motorway

The M4 motorway links London with South Wales. It is part of the unsigned European route E30. Other major places directly accessible from M4 junctions are Reading, Swindon, Bristol, Newport, Cardiff and Swansea...

, Junction 36 in Bridgend county borough, Wales

Wales

Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...

. Situated approximately 3 miles north of Bridgend

Bridgend

Bridgend is a town in the Bridgend County Borough in Wales, west of the capital, Cardiff. The river crossed by the original bridge, which gave the town its name, is the River Ogmore but the River Ewenny also passes to the south of the town...

, it is surrounded by the villages of Sarn

Sarn, Bridgend

Sarn is a village in Bridgend County Borough, Wales, about 3 miles north of Bridgend and which lies just east of the confluence of the Ogmore and Llynfi rivers. It is located to the east of Aberkenfig, south of Brynmenyn, and south-east of Tondu. It is around 15 minutes walk from the M4 and the...

, Brynmenyn

Brynmenyn

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.-Transport:...

, Aberkenfig

Aberkenfig

Aberkenfig Aberkenfig Aberkenfig (Welsh Abercynffig, meaning mouth of the Kenfig (stream) is a village of around 2,000 people located in the County Borough of Bridgend, Wales to the north of Bridgend town.-Location:...

, Abergarw, Tondu

Tondu

Tondu is a village in Bridgend County Borough, Wales, located about north of the town of Bridgend.Tondu lies on the A4063 from Bridgend to Maesteg, and was established in the late 18th century as a coal mining village servicing the Parc Slip Colliery...

 and Ynysawdre

Ynysawdre

Ynysawdre is a small community located to the east of Aberkenfig in Wales, comprising the two villages of Tondu and Brynmenyn. It also should be noted that the name Ynysawdre is usually used for a small section of Tondu.- Education :...

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Education

There is a large primary school, Bryncethin Primary and a medium sized comprehensive school, Ogmore Comprehensive School

Ogmore School

Ogmore Comprehensive School was a co-educational secondary school situated approximately 1.2 miles from the M4 Junction 36, Bridgend, Wales. It had a population of approximately 710 pupils aged 11–18 in its last year of full service, which made it the smallest secondary state school in Bridgend...

There is also a small nursery called Cylch Meithryn.

Bryncethin Park

The New Bryncethin Park opened a few years ago by the Council after they decided that the old park had become a mess. It is located next to the nursery in the Bryncethin RFC Rugby field.

External links

• www.geograph.co.uk : photos of Bryncethin and surrounding area