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Bus Service
Cinemas
Community Transport Dogs on
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Library Local Papers
Places of Interest
Public Transport
Radio Stations
Seasonal Cruises Summer
Algae
Surf Reports
Tide Times Train Stations Vale of Glamorgan
Walks Villages and Towns Nearby
Accommodation:
See our Businesses page
for local establishments.
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Visit Wales website
Public Transport:
Links in left column.
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The bus service is be run jointly by the Vale of
Glamorgan Council and New Adventure Travel. A daily hourly service
number 303 runs from Monday to Saturday from Bridgend to Barry via Ewenny, Ogmore-by-Sea (shop/post office) Southerndown (Three Golden Cups)
St. Brides Major (Farmers Arms) and return. Other villages included
on the journey are: Wick, Broughton,
Llantwit Major, Monknash, Marcross and St. Donats,
Boverton, Eglwys Brewis, St. Athan, East Aberthaw and Rhoose.
A two-hourly service will operate on Sundays and Bank Holidays running
from Bridgend to Barry via Ewenny, Ogmore-by-Sea, Southerndown, Wick, St.
Donat's, Llantwit Major, St. Athan and Rhoose.
Visit Vale
of Glamorgan Council bus time tables and routes page Ring 02920 442040 or
visit New Adventure
Travel website
for more details.
There is a train station in
Llantwit Major (local route) and in Bridgend (Swansea to Paddington,
London, line) which both connect with Cardiff.
Cardiff Airport has
flights to domestic (eg Glasgow) continental (eg Amsterdam) and
international (eg Orlando) destinations.
Greenlinks is a
community transport scheme run by the Vale of Glamorgan Council for residents
and groups in the rural Vale (serving approximately ten villages and towns) to
enable them to visit doctors, dentists, community facilities and local events
for example. This is a membership-based service with volunteer drivers and
the trip needs to be pre-booked.
Ring 0800 2941113 or visit the Vale of Glamorgan Council
website. From Monday, 3rd December, 2012 a regular weekly service
(excluding Bank Holidays and others) from Llantwit Major to Bridgend via St.
Brides Major was introduced.
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Heritage Coast Wardens regularly pick litter from the beaches
and surrounding countryside along the 14 miles of coastline. Other groups
and organisations also undertake this task every few months or so, usually at
Ogmore-by-Sea.
The Marine Conservation Society holds an annual Beachwatch
Big Weekend (third weekend in September) when volunteers undertake beach
clean-ups and litter surveys are carried out.
Apart from the rubbish that is
unfortunately left by visitors, twice a day the tide deposits flotsam and jetsam
on the shoreline. The Bristol Channel is a busy shipping lane and many
items washed overboard are then broken up by the action of the waves
and the rocks. Many streams flow into the River Ogmore on the journey to
the sea and any debris picked up along the way ends up in the estuary and then
on the beaches. All this makes it a never-ending task to keep the
coastline clean. Visit
Keep Wales Tidy website.
Unfortunately, people flush items
such as disposable nappies and wet wipes down toilets and pour substances such as
oil and fat down sinks which can
lead to sewer blockages and potential escape of sewage into the environment and
water courses affecting wildlife, fish, plants and, ultimately, themselves.
Visit Welsh
Water / Dwr Cymru website
In the summer months when it is particularly hot, there can
be an overgrowth of algae which forms a creamy white froth and brown lumpy
material in sea water that is very
often mistaken for pollution or sewage. The algae may cause mild skin
irritation and should not be swallowed but is not known to be harmful; it is
commonly of the species
chaetoceros and phaeocystis.
If you
observe any oil slicks or pollution (ie not algae) this can be reported to
Environment Agency Wales on free-phone 0800 807060.
Some of the more unusual finds washed onto our shores
by severe storms were two rare Kemp's ridley turtles, found at Llantwit Major
beach in December 2011 and January 2012. This species nests on beaches in
Mexico!
Blue Flag flying at Dunraven Bay, Southerndown, in 2005 which was awarded for
clean water and easily accessible beach. In 2012, Southerndown won the
Seaside Award and Ogmore achieved the Green Coast Award from Keep Wales Tidy. In
2013, Southerndown won the Green Coast Award.
Dogs are banned from Southerndown beach,
Dunraven Bay, from
1st May to 30th September.
See our page
with more information from the Vale Council
For tide times,
surf reports,
etc use link in left column for Bridgend Council
or Weather from the BBC (then choose coast & sea) or visit surfing
sites (see our
Clubs/Organisations
page for local groups, use link in right hand column). Tide tables
are also published in local papers and are available from local
fishing tackle and marine stores, as well as tourist information offices and
often at the beach, usually as GMT. Visit Marine Conservation link
for
the Good Beach Guide.
Seasonal
Cruises:
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The
Waverley (the last sea-going paddle steamer) and the historic ship Balmoral, sail from Porthcawl Harbour, Barry, Penarth Pier and other locations on the South Wales
coast. Visit
Waverley Excursions website.
Vale of Glamorgan Walks:
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See our
Clubs/Organisations
page for local walking and Ramblers groups,
use
link in right hand column.
Nearby
Villages & Towns and Other
Places
of Interest:
See our Arts, Crafts & Local
Produce page and Businesses
page, use
links in right hand column.
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Visit
Wick, Vale of
Glamorgan, website
Visit Grand Pavilion,
Porthcawl website
Visit Dyffryn Gardens
website
Visit Brecon Beacons
website (Look out for information on seasonal bus service organised by the
National Park Authority and partly funded by Bridgend County Borough Council)
Visit Penderyn
Welsh Whiskey website
Visit Barry
Tourist Railway website for information on the museum and vintage trains
that operate on special occasions and Bank Holidays between Barry Island Station
and Barry Waterfront.
Cinemas:
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There is an Odeon Cinema near Junction 36 of
the M4 at Sarn, Bridgend; the Theatre Royal is in
Barry; and the Apollo Cinema is on Aberavon Seafront, Port Talbot.
Radio Stations:
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As well as the national broadcasters, we receive Real Radio, Swansea Sound and
Red Dragon FM. Visit
Bridge FM website our local (Bridgend) radio station.
Local Papers
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Visit The Glamorgan
Gazette and The Echo website
Visit The Gem website
Hospitals:
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For Princess of Wales Hospital
(Bridgend), Neath Port
Talbot Hospital and Swansea Hospitals, use ABM Health Board link in left hand
column. For University
Hospital of Wales (Cardiff) and Barry Hospital, use Cardiff and Vale Health
Board link. For more information and to find a doctor or dentist etc use Health
of Wales Information Service link. For an emergency chemist call
NHS Direct on 0845 4647.
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Library
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A
local community library service manned and run by volunteers is held on
Saturdays from 10.00 am to 12.00 noon and on Wednesdays from 3.30 pm until
6.00 pm in St. Brides Major Church Hall.
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