Newcastle () is an area and

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of the town of

Bridgend Bridgend (; or just , meaning "the end of the bridge on the Ogmore") is a town in the Bridgend County Borough of Wales, west of Cardiff and east of Swansea. The town is named after the Old Bridge, Bridgend, medieval bridge over the River Og ...

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. The area includes the medieval Newcastle Castle. The ward elects councillors to Bridgend Town Council and

Bridgend County Borough Council Bridgend County Borough Council () is the governing body for Bridgend County Borough, one of the principal areas of Wales. History Bridgend County Borough and its council came into effect from 1 April 1996, following the '' Local Government (W ...

Description

Newcastle is located immediately west of Bridgend town centre and either side of Park Street. The area includes Bridgend County Borough Council headquarters next to the

River Ogmore The River Ogmore () is a river in South Wales that is popular with Angling, anglers. It runs generally from north to south from the Ogmore Vale and Gilfach Goch, past Bridgend and Ogmore-by-Sea, Ogmore. The River Ogmore rises at Craig Ogwr (527 m ...

. On Newcastle Hill overlooking the town is Newcastle's parish church, St Illtyds, which is a Grade II*

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originating in the 14th-century. The remains of Newcastle Castle are also at the top of Newcastle Hill, believed to date from 1106. The area also includes Bridgend's

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stadium, the

Brewery Field Dunraven Brewery Field () is an 8,000 (1,100 seated) capacity sports stadium in Bridgend, Wales. It is the home ground of the rugby union team Bridgend Ravens. Bridgend Athletic RFC often use the ground for their home matches, as well as the ...

Electoral ward

The Newcastle

is bounded by the

to the east, Heol-y-Bardd in the south, St Illtyd's Road and Swn Cloch yr Eglwys to the north. As well as the Newcastle area it includes Brynhyfryd, Ystrad Fawr and Bryntirion Hill. According to the

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the population of the ward was 5,421 (with 4,415 aged 18 or over). Newcastle is one of three wards to Bridgend Town Council, electing up to seven of the nineteen town councillors. Newcastle was also a county ward to Bridgend County Borough Council, electing two county councillors. Prior to 1996, Newcastle was a ward to

Mid Glamorgan County Council Mid Glamorgan County Council () was the upper-tier authority for the Welsh county of Mid Glamorgan between its creation in 1974 and its abolition in 1996. History Local government in England and Wales was reorganised in 1974 under the Local Gove ...

and Ogwr Borough Council. A review of the electoral wards of the county borough was launched in January 2019, including the proposal that the Newcastle ward and the neighbouring Morfa ward be merged to form a new three-councillor ward of Bridgend Central. This took effect from the 2022 local elections.

References

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