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Human settlement in Wales
Porthcawl
Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl
Porthcawl
Location within Bridgend
Population
16,005 (2011)[1]
OS grid reference
SS825775
Principal area
Bridgend
Preserved county
Mid Glamorgan
Country
Wales
Sovereign state
United Kingdom
Post town
PORTHCAWL
Postcode district
CF36
Dialling code
01656
Police
South Wales
Fire
South Wales
Ambulance
Welsh
UK Parliament
Bridgend
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament
Bridgend
Website
porthcawltowncouncil.gov.uk
List of places
UK
Wales
Bridgend
51°29′N3°41′W / 51.48°N 3.69°W / 51.48; -3.69
Porthcawl ([pɔrθˈkaul]ⓘ) is a town and community in the Bridgend County Borough of Wales. It is on the south coast of Wales, 25 miles (40 km) west of Cardiff and 19 miles (31 km) southeast of Swansea.
Historically part of Glamorgan and situated on a low limestone headland on the South Wales coast, overlooking the Bristol Channel, Porthcawl developed as a coal port during the 19th century, but its trade was soon taken over by more rapidly developing ports such as Barry. Northwest of the town, in the dunes known as Kenfig Burrows, are hidden the last remnants of the town and Kenfig Castle, which were overwhelmed by sand about 1400.
^"Town population 2011". Retrieved 7 November 2015.
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