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The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Porthcawl
Visit Porthcawl places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best Porthcawl places to visit. A unique way to experience Porthcawl’s places, Walkfo allows you to explore Porthcawl as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides.
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Porthcawl is situated on a low limestone headland on the South Wales coast overlooking the Bristol Channel. It developed as a coal port during the 19th century, but its trade was soon taken over by other ports such as Barry. Northwest of the town, in the dunes known as Kenfig Burrows, are hidden the last remnants of Kenfig Castle, which were overwhelmed by sand about 1400. When you visit Porthcawl, Walkfo brings Porthcawl places to life as you travel by foot, bike, bus or car with a mobile phone & headphones.
Porthcawl Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Porthcawl
Visit Porthcawl – Walkfo’s stats for the places to visit
With 18 audio plaques & Porthcawl places for you to explore in the Porthcawl area, Walkfo is the world’s largest heritage & history digital plaque provider. The AI continually learns & refines facts about the best Porthcawl places to visit from travel & tourism authorities (like Wikipedia), converting history into an interactive audio experience.
Porthcawl toponymy
Local folk etymology holds the cawl to be a corruption of Gaul. The area was an ancient landing point for Gaulish and Breton, or later Frankish and Norman knights. Porth is a common Welsh element meaning “harbour”
Why visit Porthcawl with Walkfo Travel Guide App?
You can visit Porthcawl places with Walkfo Porthcawl to hear history at Porthcawl’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Porthcawl has 18 places to visit in our interactive Porthcawl map, with amazing history, culture & travel facts you can explore the same way you would at a museum or art gallery with information audio headset. With Walkfo, you can travel by foot, bike or bus throughout Porthcawl, being in the moment, without digital distraction or limits to a specific walking route. Our historic audio walks, National Trust interactive audio experiences, digital tour guides for English Heritage locations are available at Porthcawl places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Porthcawl & the surrounding areas.
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18 tourist, history, culture & geography spots
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Best Porthcawl places to visit
Porthcawl has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Porthcawl’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Porthcawl’s information audio spots:
St John the Baptist Church, Porthcawl
St John the Baptist Church, Porthcawl, Wales, was built in the late twelfth century. Grade I-listed building has been remodelled several times in succeeding centuries.
Porthcawl railway station
Porthcawl railway station closed in 1963. It served the seaside resort in South Wales. It was located on the coast of Wales.
Nottage General Baptist & Unitarian Church
Nottage General Baptist & Unitarian Chapel is a nonconformist chapel in Nottage, Bridgend, Wales. It is shared by General Baptists and Unitarians.
1995 Walker Cup
The 35th Walker Cup Match was played at Royal Porthcawl Golf Club in Wales. Great Britain and Ireland won the event 14 to 10.
Royal Porthcawl Golf Club
Royal Porthcawl Golf Club is a golf club in Wales in the United Kingdom. It has hosted many prestigious tournaments including The Amateur Championship on six occasions, the Walker Cup in 1995, the Curtis Cup in 1964, the British Masters in 1961, and European Tour event, the Welsh Golf Classic in the early 1980s.
Visit Porthcawl plaques
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here Porthcawl has 0 physical plaques in tourist plaque schemes for you to explore via Walkfo Porthcawl plaques audio map when visiting. Plaques like National Heritage’s “Blue Plaques” provide visual geo-markers to highlight points-of-interest at the places where they happened – and Walkfo’s AI has researched additional, deeper content when you visit Porthcawl using the app. Experience the history of a location when Walkfo local tourist guide app triggers audio close to each Porthcawl plaque. Currently No Physical Plaques.
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