Brynmenyn

Brynmenyn
Brynmenyn Brynmenyn shown within Bridgend
OS grid reference	SS89513
Principal area	Bridgend
Ceremonial county	Mid Glamorgan
Country	Wales
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Bridgend
Postcode district	CF32
Dialling code	01656
Police	South Wales
Fire	South Wales
Ambulance	Welsh
EU Parliament	Wales
UK Parliament	Bridgend
Welsh Assembly	Bridgend
List of places UK Wales Bridgend

Coordinates: 51°33′07″N 3°34′34″W / 51.552°N 3.576°W / 51.552; -3.576

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.^[1]

Transport

The A4065 road runs through the village; to the west this leads to Tondu, and to the east it heads to Abergarw and Bryncethin. The A4064 road starts in the village and heads north towards Llangeinor. A disused railway runs through the village, and the village formerly had a railway station. The nearest operational station is Tondu on the Maesteg Line.

The former station in 1962

Leisure

Bryngarw Country Park is situated on the north-western boundary of the village.

Book

Memories of Sarah Jane Howell: A Welsh Heroine by Roger G K Penn. 'The story of Sarah Jane Howell, eldest daughter of George and Jennet Howel, Abergarw Farm, Brynmenyn. Sarah Jane was assistant mistress at Brynmenyn Council School who lost her life, aged 21, in the Llynfi river near Bridgend whilst rescuing one of her pupils from drowning on the 19th of December 1911.' ISBN 978-0993131301 Published 2014

References

↑ http://www.brynmenynprimary.bridgend.gov.uk/home.html

Bridgend County Borough

Bridgend County Borough Council

Communities	Brackla Bridgend Cefn Cribwr Coity Higher Coychurch Higher Coychurch Lower Cornelly Garw Valley Laleston Llangynwyd Lower Llangynwyd Middle Maesteg Merthyr Mawr Newcastle Higher Ogmore Valley Pencoed Porthcawl Pyle St Bride's Minor Ynysawdre

Towns and villages	Aberkenfig Bettws Blackmill Bridgend Bryncethin Brynmenyn Bryntirion Caerau Cefn Cross Coity Coychurch Coytrahen Cwmfelin Danygraig Garth Heol-y-Cyw Kenfig Kenfig Hill Laleston Litchard Llangan Llangeinor Llangynwyd Maudlam Maesteg Merthyr Mawr Nantymoel Newton North Cornelly Nottage Ogmore Vale Pantygog Pantyrawel Pen-y-Fai Pencoed Pontycymer Porthcawl Price Town Pyle Sarn South Cornelly Tondu Tythegston Wild Mill Wyndham

Castles	Candleston Castle Coity Castle Ewenny Priory Kenfig Castle Llangynwyd Castle Newcastle Castle Ogmore Castle

Rivers	Ewenny River River Garw River Llynfi River Ogmore

Topics	Parliamentary constituencies Places Schools Grade I listed buildings Grade II* listed buildings SSSIs Scheduled Monuments Lord Lieutenants High Sheriffs

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