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Left to right: M4 Second Severn Crossing Bridge - Gateway to South Wales
St. Brides Major; Village Pond; Pont-y-Brown
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In 1920 Glamorgan County Council granted permission to divide the Parish into three Wards (St. Brides Major, Ogmore-by-Sea, Southerndown) which is why our Web Site Banner names these three villages.  However, we have not forgotten other areas, villages and hamlets in the Parish such as Castle-upon-Alun, Heol-y-Mynydd, Norton, Ogmore and Pont-y-Brown.  Following administrative and boundary changes over the years, the Parish now has two Wards (St. Brides Major & Southerndown, and Ogmore-by-Sea) and is in the Vale of Glamorgan Council area. 

We are very lucky to be living in a picturesque part of South Wales with wonderful views, dramatic landscape and beautiful, sandy coastline.  Whilst in the countryside, the area is close to all amenities and is equidistant from the cities of Cardiff and Swansea.  Nearby in Bridgend are major road (M4 motorway & A48) rail (Swansea to London Paddington main line) and bus links (National Express Coach stop).  Cardiff International Airport is only a short distance away at Rhoose. 

The difference between high and low tide in this locality is reputed to be the greatest in Europe and second greatest in the world, with sea levels rising just over 7 metres / 27 ft.  During violent storms the crashing waves at Dunraven cause spray to reach the top of the cliffs – something very hard to imagine when the tide is out as far as Trwyn y Witch (Witches Point).  Mostly, though, the Parish is quite sheltered and enjoys the same weather as across the water in Somerset and Devon.  Rhoose Point, the most southerly point on mainland Wales, is approximately 12 miles away. 

visitors since 1st February 2002