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Pro
Beautiful seaside location, nice beaches
Con
Funfair area can be very, very busy in School hols!!
In a nutshell
A nice seaside town with a unique promeade
jhorsfield30 Says: Going down to coney beach fun fair for a day out...Good rates available in book buys of tickets and on special wed and friday nights where some rides are half price at certain times.The front shops along the prom have had a recent lick of paint and new dodgems and beach...
Balam Says: You can walk to the ruins of Kenfig Castle from the Countryside Centre or by parking on the road just past the Prince of Wales Pub.The walk over the dunes which covered the old town is quite nice as are the large cows with BIG HORNS that you have to walk past, we had no...
Balam Says: Porthcawl has a nice promanade that was built in 1887 to commemorate Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee it runs along the seafront from Lock's Common on the west to Porthcawl's harbour were it joins the eastern promenade to Coney Beach. it has plenty of seating offering some...
Balam Says: Rest Bay is another sandy Blue Flag beach and is situated in the west of Porthcawl, it is very popular for water sports, especially surfing.It has a lifeguard station and is patroled by lifeguards from May to September
Balam Says: The beach in front of Coney Beach Fairground is known as Sandy Bay because it is (you probably guessed) sandy. It is a large sheltered beach. The water quality is rated as excellent and it is constanty a Blue Flag beach making it very popular with swimmers and surfers. It...
Balam Says: Newton Beach is on the east side of Porthcawl, it is a long sandy and rocky beach that is backed by the Newton Burrows and Merthyr Mawr sand dunes which are great places to explore, the dunes of Merthyr Mawr are designated as a Site of Special Scientific Interest.This great...
Balam Says: The small funfair which is called Coney Beach is a little run down looking but it is still extremely popular, it was originally built to entertain American troops when they were returning from World War I with the park being named in tribute to the world famous New York...
Balam Says: The Porthcawl lighthouse at the end of the breakwater that guards the harbour (Known as The Pier).The lighthouse was built in 1860 and is still in use. It beams a continuous light over the entrance to the harbour with red or green lights to the sides to guide ships. It was...
Balam Says: The lovely Church in the Village of Newton was founded by the Knights of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem (otherwise known as the Knights Hospitalers, Knights of Rhodes and the Knights of Malta) over 800 years ago. It would originally have looked more like a fortress with...
Balam Says: The Sand Dunes that stretch along the back of Newton Beach turning into the great expanse of Merthyr Mawr Dunes is a great plce to go for a walk. These Dunes make an important wildlife habitat and are a site of scientific interest sheltering a rich variety of flora and...
Balam Says: This is a nice pub on the front at Porthcawl, don't be fooled by the drab looking exterior. The interior is really nice and comfortable, we only had a drink here but the food looked lovely with very generous helpings. The menu was ok but but did not make the food sound...
Balam Says: Of course the food is the main thing with any restaurant but you also have to take into account the whole look and feel of the place. Well the Jaipur on the promenade is an average looking Indian restaurant with a reasonable menu that does appear quite limited but they were...
The Watermill: Great location, Great food
Myfanwe Says: The Watermill is located near Ogmore-By-Sea, just a 15 minutes drive away from Porthcawl. It is in an idyllic setting, not far from ogmore Castle and the pretty village of Merthyr Mawr. This really is one of my favourite pubs in this area. They have a great outside eating...
Harbour Lights at the High Tide Inn: Good value - Good Food
Myfanwe Says: The High tide inn is situated right alongside Sandy Bay (Coney Beach) beach in Porthcawl. It is one of the most popular venues in the area for night-time entertainment, it is the hub of the Annual Elvis festival and also has large screens showing the major sporting events....
Balam Says: Isabella's is a lovely Spanish Tapas restaurant on a street just off the promanade, as soon as you walk in you know that you have come somewhere special and the excellent decor with old beams and great decoration really make you comfortable.The choice of food is amzing with...
The Jolly Sailor: Smugglers Haunt
Balam Says: Legend has it that a tunnel runs from the pub to the Nearby church and down to a pub by Newton Point which was called the Red House, The once Landlord was called Frances Turpin and years ago the building was an inn, grocer shop and blacksmiths. They were also smugglers and...
welsh gift and crafts: welsh gifts
emma.tossell Says: When in porthcawl for the day I went into the welsh gift shop based at the top of the town.This shop specialised in welsh gifts and has the largest dispay of welsh lovespoons I have ever seen!!(even bigger than mine and i have a few!!!) Other gifts included welsh money...
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Each year on the last Weekend in September literally thousands of Elvis fans descend on the Town of Porthcawl for what is said to be the largest Elvis Festival in Europe. Fans flock from miles around to enjoy the party atmosphere at the High Tide Inn and go to one of their many free shows whilst others take it a bit more seriously and take part in 'The best festival Elvis' competition which is held in the Grand Pavillion. Over 20 venues within the town take part in the festival, some of the hotels even change their name for one weekend only. The Brentwood Hotel becomes the Heartbreak Hotel and the Blue Seas in Newton becomes the Blue Suede Shoes Hotel. It is a great carnival atmosphere in the town when the festival is on, only in Porthcawl will you see so many people dressed as Elvis in such a small area.
In 2009 the festival attracted over 10,000 people from far and wide. Extra venues were created, the High Tide Inn had non-stop live Elvises in 3 bars which included the new 'Graceland Marquee'. All day long the beer was £2.00 a bottle so needless to say the party atmosphere didn't take long to take off.
Updated Sep 30, 2009
Website: http://www.elvies.co.uk/Thefestival.php?Action=Thefestival
Myfanwe Says: Just outside the Village of Merthyr Mawr you will find the 15th Century Dipping Bridge. Farmers used to dip sheep here by pushing them through the holes so that they fall into the river - poor things!! Legend also has it that Local Innkeepers robbed Pilgrims here leaving...
Myfanwe Says: Ewenny Priory has been described as the best preserved example of a Norman Priory Church in South Wales. It was founded as a cell of the Benedictine Abbey of Gloucester. The historical and Archeological evidence points to William De Londres building Ewenny Priory Church...
A Lively Seaside resort- something for everyone!
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