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Ogmore By Sea Beach
Beach
👍👍 Great beach, cannot fault it! Lots of parking but gets busy quickly. Parking is £1/hour, £6/>1hour, either cash or card ,(payment by phone will be rejected). Toilets on site, regularly cleaned. Ice cream van and food van also on site. Clean beach with plenty of families, walkers, paddle boarders and...
4.60 (2.4K reviews)
(~6.04 km from centre)
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Newton Beach - Porthcawl
Beach
Dogs are allowed on this narrow stretch of beach offering rock pools & water recreation options.
4.50 (2.2K reviews)
(~6.41 km from centre)
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Kenfig National Nature Reserve
Nature preserve
👍👍 I took my Grandson here on a very cold day. There is plenty of parking, you pay as you leave. There are several routes to follow. We tried to follow the trail that takes you around the lake, but parts of the track weren't passable due to heavy rainfall. We doubled back and took the track that takes...
4.60 (1.7K reviews)
(~8.73 km from centre)
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Coney Beach Porthcawl
Amusement park
👍👍 Amazing beach, we stopped here on the way back to London as we were doing a tour of rural countryside Wales. Really lovely beach, clean and very busy as would be on a weekend. The weather was perfect, the water was not too cold either! Lots to see and do here definitely a great spot for just relaxin...
4.20 (1.5K reviews)
(~7.49 km from centre)
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Bryngarw Country Park
Park
113-acre country park featuring a cycle track, a play area, woods, gardens & the Bryngarw House.
4.60 (1.4K reviews)
(~5 km from centre)
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Ogmore Castle
Castle
Remains of a Norman stone castle, with information boards, dog-friendly footpaths & a car park.
4.60 (1.2K reviews)
(~3.72 km from centre)
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Trecco Bay Beach
Beach
👍👍 Small Beach next to the caravans, perfect for a morning or evening walk and a little swim with the kids, few seating areas and rocks to chill on or by. Alot of freedom away from the busy main Beach near the arcades and rides.
4.60 (1.2K reviews)
(~6.96 km from centre)
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Wiggleys Fun Farm
Animal park
👍👍 Great place for kids. The animals are lovely and well looked after and it's great you can feed them. Entry is affordable and you can spend however long you want here. There is indoor and outdoor activities. My little boy loves it here. Its so much fun and it's very clean. Even hand sanitisers at the...
4.20 (1.2K reviews)
(~4.39 km from centre)
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Porthcawl Rest Bay Beach
Beach
👍👍 Amazing beach location. With surfboards and gear to rent! The surfboard was £10 for 4 hours which is great value and you get secure key storage.
Cafe upstairs is well staffed and the menu is great as well as the fast food van outside. I went Saturday and Sunday over the coronation weekend may 2023....
4.70 (1.1K reviews)
(~8.8 km from centre)
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Porthcawl Sea Front
Beach
👍 Place of contrasts, with the older more traditional end (looking clean and tidy) and at the Eastern end the funfair and pubs and burger bars etc. Make your choice or do both. Sandy beaches at the sides and rocky outlook in the centre.
4.60 (886 reviews)
(~8.27 km from centre)
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Newbridge Fields
Park
👍👍 A great out door space...
Great for sports ,walking the dog or just chilling out..😃😃😃
4.40 (750 reviews)
(~1.8 km from centre)
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Merthyr Mawr Nature Reserve
Nature preserve
👍👍 Awesome beach once you get through the sand dunes, it took us the best part of an hour to get through the dunes from the car park, but we had a real slow 4 Yr old with us, I reckhghon its probably 30 minutes at a decent pace. Beach is huge when tide is out. Car Park was £5 for the day and can pay on...
4.80 (684 reviews)
(~3.97 km from centre)
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Dunraven Castle
Castle
👍👍 Gorgeous place for a walk and picnic. Walled gardens are a treat whether for old or young with plenty of room to run around or just sit and share a picnic. Continuing east along the path is the coastal walk which again is a fine treat. Parking £1 for an hour but is a fiver if you intend staying over...
4.60 (519 reviews)
(~7.8 km from centre)
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Coity Castle
Castle
Visits are offered of the ruins & grounds of an ancient castle built from 1100 to the 14th century.
4.50 (483 reviews)
(~3.55 km from centre)
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Royal Porthcawl Golf Club
Golf club
😠 Following reading and hearing a lot of good reviews about this course, I booked and paid for a round at Royal Porthcawl with my girlfriend.
The excitement of playing such a well thought of course was extremely short lived however, as whilst the scenery was simply stunning and the majority of the co...
4.60 (368 reviews)
(~8.9 km from centre)
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Go Ape Margam
Outdoor activity organiser
Adventure-activity chain venue where groups explore the forest canopy via a treetop rope course.
4.70 (339 reviews)
(~9.83 km from centre)
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Once Upon A Playtime
Indoor playground
👍👍 Normally have very positive things to say about this place, but was very disappointed with the way I was treated by the young girl today. Was overcharged for the food (menu needs updating if I'm being told, "that's what it says on the till"), and then had the spoon thrown to me.
That aside, the gen...
4.00 (245 reviews)
(~2.06 km from centre)
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Candleston Castle
Historical landmark
👍👍 Went to walk the dogs through the dunes onto Merthyr mawr beach. Car park is a gravel car park about 40 minute walk through the dunes to the beach. Car park has 2 electronic pay metres which also use the ring go app. Which are also easy to use. It has one female and one male toilet available for pub...
4.50 (194 reviews)
(~3.8 km from centre)
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Newcastle
Castle
Small medieval castle featuring a surviving three-storey South tower, plus scenic views of town.
4.30 (160 reviews)
(~1.44 km from centre)
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Sadie and Franks (bookings only)
Children's amusement center
🫤 Went here with my friend and our children on Wednesday after seeing very good reviews. I must say I was highly disappointed. I found the place very dated and a lot of the areas need to be revamped.. it needs TLC. Cleanliness gets 1 star. Toilets were awful where I refused to change my childs napp...
4.30 (158 reviews)
(~3.63 km from centre)