Sarn is a village

Village

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 in Bridgend County Borough

Bridgend (county borough)

Bridgend is a county borough in the historic county of Glamorgan, south Wales. The county borough has a total population of 130,000 people, and contains the settlements of Bridgend, after which it is named, Maesteg, and the seaside town of Porthcawl...

, Wales

Wales

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, about 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...

 and which lies just east of the confluence of the Ogmore

River Ogmore

The River Ogmore is a river in South Wales popular with anglers. It runs generally from north to south from the Ogmore Vale and Pentre, past Bridgend and Ogmore...

 and Llynfi rivers. It is located to the east of 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:...

, south of 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:...

, and south-east of 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...

. It is around 15 minutes walk from the M4

M4 motorway

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 and the McArthurGlen Group Bridgend Designer Outlet.

Community

Its population

Population

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 is approximately 2,500. The heart of the community is the community centre and the supermarket

Supermarket

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 (Filco Foods

Filco Foods

Filco Foods is a small grocery chain based in Llantwit Major, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales. Filco has 8 stores, operating as part of the Nisa group, and was founded by Phillip Jones in 1946.-Store locations:*Bryntirion*Caerau*Cowbridge*Llantwit Major...

).

Education

The nearest primary school is Bryncethin primary school and the nearest comprehensive school

Comprehensive school

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is Coleg Cymunedol Y Dderwen, located in neighbouring villages of Ynysawdre and Bryncethin (Y Dderwen currently operates under a split-site basis). The closest welsh-medium school is Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Llangynwyd in Maesteg. Archbishop Mcgrath Catholic School is also located in the village.

External links

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