Bryncoch is a village near Neath in Neath Port Talbot County Borough, Wales. The name derives from the Welsh 'red hill' (bryn is hill, coch is red), originally the name of a nearby farm.[1]
Bryncoch is divided into two wards: Bryncoch North and Bryncoch South, and is in the community of Blaenhonddan. The area is not regarded as hugely affluent, but is one of the generally better off areas in the deprived county borough of Neath Port Talbot
Historically the village of Bryncoch was centred on Main Road and a few adjacent streets, but the village expanded considerably in the 1960s with the building of the Furzeland Drive and Elias Drive developments. This area makes up the council ward of Bryncoch North, which has only one small street of social housing at Heol Pant Glas, named after a nearby farm located at the furthest northern corner of the ward. The council ward of Bryncoch South includes the distinct areas of the Rhyddings, Gilfach, Penywern, Leiros Parc, and the large social housing estate of Caewern.
There are two village primary schools: Blaenhonddan and the Bryncoch Church in Wales school. There is also a special school, Ysgol Hendre. The nearest secondary school is Dwr y Felin Comprehensive. Many village children also attend the Welsh-language secondary Ysgol Gyfun at Ystalyfera and the Welsh-language Ysgol Gynradd Gymraeg Castell-nedd.
^Wyn Owen, H. and Morgan, R. (2008) Dictionary of the Place-names of Wales. Llandysul: Gomer
red), originally the name of a nearby farm. Bryncoch is divided into two wards: Bryncoch North and Bryncoch South, and is in the community of Blaenhonddan...
Council. Bryncoch South covers some or all of the following areas: Bryncoch, Caewern and Rhydding in the parliamentary constituency of Neath. Bryncoch South...
Bryncoch North is an electoral ward of Neath Port Talbot county borough, Wales forming part of the parish of Blaenhonddan. Bryncoch North covers some...
Bryncoch Rugby Football Club are a Welsh rugby union club based in the town of Bryncoch in Neath, Wales. The club is a member of the Welsh Rugby Union...
Bryncoch Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Janice Lewis 278 50.7 23.5 Independent Beth Ellis 212 38.7 New Plaid Cymru Sara Thomas 58 10.6 New Majority...
(born 22 September 1949) is a Welsh former rugby union referee. Born in Bryncoch, near Neath, he began refereeing international matches in 1994, and was...
showed a fall or little change in population with the notable exception of Bryncoch South and Margam where the population grew by 47.29% and 41.36% respectively...
7+1⁄2 inches (800 mm). The railway was built to take coal from Dyffryn and Bryncoch to Skewen Wharf via the Skewen Incline. In 1871 the New Neath Abbey Coal...
returned unopposed. Three Independent gains were recorded, including at Bryncoch where Labour lost the seat held by the late J.T. Evans for over forty years...
Villages and suburbs lining the foot of the hill include: Skewen, Birchgrove, Bryncoch, Rhos and Glais. "Mynydd Drumau". hill-bagging.co.uk. Retrieved 23 June...
following areas: Aberdulais, Bryncoch, Cilfrew and Cadoxton. The community covers the electoral wards of Bryncoch North, Bryncoch South and Cadoxton. The population...
Bryncoch North 2004 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Plaid Cymru John Raymond Bryant 484 Labour Richard David Mathews* 359 Liberal Democrats Richard David George...
Cwmavon Bryn and Cwmafan Brynbryddan, Pontrhydyfen Bryncoch North Blaenhonddan* (Bryn-côch North ward) Bryncoch South Blaenhonddan* (Bryn-côch South ward) Cadoxton...
Labour candidates and stood as Independents. A by-election was held in Bryncoch South on 23 November 2017 following the death of Plaid Cymru councillor...
Bryncoch North 1995 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Royston Jones 479 Plaid Cymru Philip Cockwell 444 Majority 35 Turnout 48.4 Labour win (new seat)...
Bryncoch North 1995 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Richard David Matthews 531 Plaid Cymru David Wyn Thomas 321 Liberal Democrats Thomas R. Parkinson...
Bryncoch North 2022 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Plaid Cymru Wyndham Fryer Griffiths* 528 57 Labour Kate Elkins 284 31 Conservative Andrea Moignard 115 12...
Bryncoch North 2012 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Plaid Cymru John Raymond Bryant* 677 Labour Sion Griffiths 178 Majority Turnout 858 45.8 -7.8 Plaid Cymru...
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