Visit Kenfig Places

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The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Kenfig

  

Kenfig Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Kenfig

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Kenfig history

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The original Bronze Age settlement was situated around Kenfig Castle, but the encroaching sand became difficult for inhabitants around the 13th century. At which time the village was relocated further inland, forming the current village of Kenfig and Marlas. In 1940, work commenced on a calcium carbide plant at Kenfig, built for the Ministry of Supply and operated by British Industrial Solvents. The plant closed in 1966, overtaken by cheaper methods of producing acetylene from the catalytic cracking of oil and foreign competitors lower electricity costs.

Kenfig geography / climate

Kenfig Pool National Nature Reserve is a Site of Special Scientific Interest. The sand dunes are home to a variety of rare and endangered species of plants and animals. It makes up part of the largest active sand dune system in Europe.

You can visit Kenfig places with Walkfo Kenfig to hear history at Kenfig’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Kenfig has 20 places to visit in our interactive Kenfig 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 Kenfig, 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 Kenfig places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Kenfig & the surrounding areas.

“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 20 audio facts unique to Kenfig places in an interactive Kenfig map you can explore.”

Walkfo: Visit Kenfig Places Map
20 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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Kenfig historic spots	Kenfig tourist destinations	Kenfig plaques	Kenfig geographic features
Walkfo Kenfig tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Kenfig

  

Best Kenfig places to visit

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Kenfig has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Kenfig’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Kenfig’s information audio spots:

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.

Sker House Sker House was built as a monastic grange of the Cistercian order over 900 years ago. Little remains of the original structure and it was completely rebuilt in the late sixteenth century. It was made famous as the basis of R. D. Blackmore’s book The Maid of Sker.

Kenfig Kenfig (Welsh: Cynffig) is a village and former borough in Bridgend, Wales. It is situated 1 mile (1.6 km) inland on the north bank of the Bristol Channel.

Pyle Pyle (Welsh: Y Pîl) is a village and community (and electoral ward) in Bridgend county borough, Wales. It lies less than one mile from Junction 37 of the M4 motorway. The built-up area had a population of 13,701 in 2011.

Kenfig Castle Kenfig Castle (Welsh: Castell Cynffig) is a ruined castle in Bridgend County Borough in Wales. It came to prominence after the Anglo-Norman invasion of Wales in the 11th century.

Kenfig Pool Kenfig Pool (Welsh: Pwll Cynffig) is a national nature reserve situated near Porthcawl, Bridgend. At 70 acres the second largest (after Llangorse Lake) freshwater lake in south Wales.

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