Brynmenyn Explained

Country:Wales
Official Name:Brynmenyn
Coordinates:51.552°N -3.576°W
Unitary Wales:Bridgend
Lieutenancy Wales:Mid Glamorgan
Constituency Westminster:Bridgend
Constituency Welsh Assembly:Bridgend
Post Town:Bridgend
Postcode District:CF32
Postcode Area:CF
Dial Code:01656
Os Grid Reference:SS 908 849

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.

Leisure

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

Book

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

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Brynmenyn Primary - Home . 2008-11-15 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090523145345/http://www.brynmenynprimary.bridgend.gov.uk/home.html . 2009-05-23 .