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Pen-y-fai is a village in the county borough of
It has a population of about 2,000, one village shop, a chapel and All Saints parish church (a Church in Wales). It also has a village pub, The Pheasant, which was once an old farmhouse. Pen-y-fai was once a village for employees of the Llewellyn estate. Pen-y-fai primary school takes children from age 3 through to age 11.
There are several playing fields in the village.
The village has a
www.geograph.co.uk : photos of Pen-y-fai and surrounding area
Villages in Bridgend County Borough {{Bridgend-geo-stub
Pen-y-fai is a village in the county borough 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 ...
, Wales within the 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 ...
electoral ward
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area and the community of Newcastle Higher
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 M4, originally the London- ...
. The ward population taken at the 2011 census was 2,447.
Amenities
It has a population of about 2,000, one village shop, a chapel and All Saints parish church (a Church in Wales). It also has a village pub, The Pheasant, which was once an old farmhouse. Pen-y-fai was once a village for employees of the Llewellyn estate. Pen-y-fai primary school takes children from age 3 through to age 11.
There are several playing fields in the village.
The village has a football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular f ...
club, Pen-y-fai FC. It takes children from 6 to 16 years of age and plays as a member of Bridgend & District Football League, with teams in the mini-football and junior sections. Over 200 children are members of the club, making it one of the largest mini/junior clubs in the district.
Court Colman Manor, built in 1776, was the home of the Llewellyn family (of the Llewellyn estate). It eventually became an Edwardian gentlemen's residence, and it was later converted into a hotel.
References
External links
*www.geograph.co.uk : photos of Pen-y-fai and surrounding area
Villages in Bridgend County Borough {{Bridgend-geo-stub