Newcastle Higher Explained

Official Name:Newcastle Higher
Label Position:top
Country:Wales
Welsh Name:Y Castellnewydd ar Ogwr
Coordinates:51.535°N -3.597°W
Community Wales:Newcastle Higher
Unitary Wales:Bridgend
Lieutenancy Wales:Mid Glamorgan
Constituency Westminster:Bridgend
Constituency Welsh Assembly:Bridgend
Post Town:BRIDGEND
Postcode District:CF31
Postcode Area:CF
Postcode District1:CF32
Postcode Area1:CF
Dial Code:01656
Os Grid Reference:SS897801
Population:4,416
Population Ref:(2021)

Newcastle Higher is a community in Bridgend County Borough, South Wales. Located north west of Bridgend town centre it is made up of the townships of Pen-y-fai and Aberkenfig and straddles the M4 motorway. The Pen-y-fai community is home to several notable buildings, including the Glanrhyd Hospital (the former Glamorganshire Lunatic Asylum), Court Colman Hotel, Smyrna Baptist Chapel and All Saints Church. Aberkenfig is home to the Len Evans Centre, Aberkenfig Welfare Hall and Aberkenfig Mosque to name but a few. Both communities have war memorials in honour of those local residents who served and lost their lives in WW1 and WW2.

At the 2001 census, the community's population was 3,695,[1] increasing to 4,046 at the 2011 Census.[2]

The population of Aberkenfig according to the 2021 Census was 2384. Latest government statistics can be found here.

Pen-y-fai population according to 2021 Census was 2032. Details can be found here.

Governance

At the local level the community elects twelve community councillors to Newcastle Higher Community Council, 6 each from the community wards of Aberkenfig and Pen-y-fai. For Newcastle Higher Community Council website click here.

Newcastle Higher used to be the name of the county electoral ward, electing one county councillor at the 1995 elections to Bridgend County Borough Council.[3] In 1999, Newcastle Higher Community Council remained in place, but the County Borough elections split Aberkenfig and Pen-y-fai into two separate wards with each area electing their own County Councillor.

Prior to 1996, Newcastle Higher was a ward (from 1987) to Ogwr Borough Council[4] and, from 1989, to Mid Glamorgan County Council.[5]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: John . Davies. John Davies (historian). Nigel . Jenkins . Nigel Jenkins. Baines . Menna. Peredur I. . Lynch. The Welsh Academy Encyclopaedia of Wales . 2008 . University of Wales Press . Cardiff. 609 . 978-0-7083-1953-6.
  2. Web site: Community population 2011. 6 November 2015.
  3. Web site: Bridgend County Borough Council Election Results 1995-2012 . The Elections Centre . 3 April 2019 .
  4. Web site: Ogwr Welsh District Council Election Results 1973-1991 . The Elections Centre . 24 July 2019 .
  5. Web site: Mid Glamorgan County Council Election Results 1973-1993 . The Elections Centre . 24 July 2019 .