Kenfig National Nature Reserve
Kenfig Nature Reserve is one of the UK’s most important wildlife conservation sites and it’s a great place for walkers, birdwatchers, photographers and families to explore.
Kenfig Castle & Pools, Kenfig
A walk around Kenfig Castle & Pools, Kenfig, South Wales, UK.
Distance: 5.5 miles. Difficulty. Easy.
Kenfig Dunes. A designated Site if Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) and is part of the largest active sand dune system in Europe. The pool is second largest fresh water lake in Wales.
TV & Film. 'Time Team - Kenfig Castle' and scenes from 'Dr Who - Kill The Moon' filmed here.
Books. 'The Maid of Sker' by R. D. Blackmore inspired by local legend and Sker House.
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The Prince and the Publican (A Visit to Kenfig)
A student project based on my local area. With thanks to Gareth Maund and the Prince of Wales pub.
A History of Kenfig
Promotional film for A History of Kenfig by Mansel Jones
Places to see in ( Porthcawl - UK )
Places to see in ( Porthcawl - UK )
Porthcawl is a town and community on the south coast of Wales in the county borough of Bridgend, 25 miles west of the capital city, Cardiff and 19 miles 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.
Porthcawl is a holiday resort in South Wales and is home to a large static caravan park known as Trecco Bay, which is owned and operated by Parkdean Resorts. It has an extensive promenade and several beaches, two of which are Blue Flag beaches: a tourist-oriented beach at Trecco Bay, at the east end of the town; a sandy beach at Rest Bay, which lies to the northwest of the town; and the quiet and sandy Pink Bay leading out towards Sker Point where a tarmac-covered car park serves a sandy beach.
Porthcawl, like many British resorts, has suffered a decline in its holiday trade over recent years, especially since most of the South Wales Valleys coal pits closed. A major feature of the summer was the miners' fortnight, when large numbers of miners took their annual break.
Built in 1887 to commemorate Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee, Porthcawl's promenade runs along the seafront from Lock's Common in the west to the harbour, before joining the Eastern Promenade and leading to Coney Beach and Griffin Park. Porthcawl Lifeboat Station, purpose-built in 1995, is situated near the harbour.
At the end of Porthcawl Pier stands a white lighthouse built in 1860. The lighthouse is currently in use as a navigational aid. Porthcawl Lighthouse was the last coal and gas-powered lighthouse in the UK. Newton Beach on the eastern edge of Porthcawl is a long sandy and rocky beach, backed by the Newton Burrows and Merthyr Mawr sand dunes, a designated Site of Special Scientific Interest, and ending at the mouth of the River Ogmore at Ogmore-by-Sea.
Trecco Bay is a large, sandy and rocky Blue Flag beach. Trecco Bay holiday park is situated alongside the beach. Sandy Bay, with the area in front of the fairground known as Coney Beach, is a large sheltered and sandy beach.
Seafront Beach, also known as Town Beach, is a rocky beach in the centre of Porthcawl which was partly tarmaced over in the 1980s to repair sea defences. Rest Bay is a sandy Blue Flag beach situated in the west of Porthcawl.
Pink Bay is a quiet beach, 15 minutes walk from Rest Bay that has a steep pebble bank down onto a flat beach edged by a rocky shoreline. Sker Beach is the most westerly beach in Porthcawl and is accessible only by walking from Rest Bay or Kenfig National Nature Reserve.
( Porthcawl - UK ) is well know as a tourist destination because of the variety of places you can enjoy while you are visiting the city of Porthcawl . Through a series of videos we will try to show you recommended places to visit in Porthcawl - UK
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GHOSTS - Kenfig Pub, South Wales
Recordings from a sealed room.
My Green Space, The short stories of Kenfig
Gaina Morgan, the short stories of Kenfig
Bridgend River Ogmore after today's rain March 15th 2019
Video and pics with my mobile, more rain forecast tomorrow, maybe even more water flowing, we see
Merthyr Mawr and Goldeneye
This video is about Merthyr Mawr and Goldeneye on the River Ogmore - Merthyr Mawr Warren
The Merthyr Mawr Warren reserve is situated on the coast between Porthcawl and Ogmore-by-Sea, three miles west of Bridgend. Spread over 323 hectares, with dunes rising to 200 feet -- the second tallest dunes in Europe. The dunes once ran on to join Kenfig dunes, forming part of a huge sandy system that once stretched from the Ogmore river to the Gower peninsula.
Like many old dune systems, many of the plants and animals at Merthyr Mawr are characteristic of those normally found in woodlands, and it was declared a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) for its important invertebrate population and collections of plant life thriving in the area.
Merthyr Mawr Sand Dunes
Discover the History of Bridgend County
Prince @ Kenfig - School
The Prince of Wales has been host to a variety of schools and Sunday schools over the years and originally in the 1670's, the Welsh Trust, formed by Thomas Gouge, established these makeshift schools enabling over 812 children to learn English and study.
Over eight-hundred people given the chance to reach out. To achieve more. For three months of every year, the three worst months of winter when no work could be done on the farms, everybody was given the chance to better themselves. This building helped form the foundations for a better Wales. Don't you see how inspiring that is?
Dji Phantom 4 Drone Rest Bay Porthcawl South Wales
Drone Flight over rest bay Porthcawl
Kenfig Castle 11 10 2015
Drone over Kenfig Castle, I was trying to find the ramparts and the moat. It can be followed for a fair distance if you know where to look.
Harvest mice project at Parc Slip Nature Reserve
Photos and footage of harvest mice with Eloise Neighbour, student at Cardiff University, explaining her harvest mouse project with ourselves at WTSWW
MERTHYR MAWR SAND DUNES! | Caitlin takes us to the coast!
Merthyr Mawr in Ogmore is a beautiful part of the South Wales coast, you need to visit! Find out how you can study on the door step of some of the most beautiful beaches in the UK here:
List of national nature reserves in Wales | Wikipedia audio article
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00:00:12 1 List of national nature reserves
00:00:22 1.1 North Wales
00:01:31 1.2 Isle of Anglesey
00:01:48 1.3 Mid Wales
00:02:20 1.4 South Wales
00:03:43 2 See also
00:04:01 3 External links
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National nature reserves in Wales are administered by Natural Resources Wales (formerly the Countryside Council for Wales). There are 67 reserves.
Time team kenfig dig (comic value)
Taken as it happen,s ancient building footings of kenfig topped off by time team guru Cornish phil.
Merthyr Mawr Sand Dunes | DJI Phantom Drone
Ogmore-by-Sea
Merthyr Mawr Sand Dunes By Drone
Spent a lovely day with the family at Merthyr Mawr, South Wales, U.K.
Flown with my Yuneec Q500 4K.
Glamorgan Heritage Coastline Trip 2001
A trip made by Team 27 to the Glamorgan Heritage Coastline