List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Bridgend County Borough

Map of Bridgend County Borough within Wales

This is a list of the Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs) in the Bridgend Area of Search (AoS).^[1]

History

This Area of Search was formed from parts of the previous AoS of Mid Glamorgan, with one site, Penycastell, coming from West Glamorgan.

Sites

Former sites

Cwm Caner Mawr: the valley of the Nant Caner Mawr, a tributary of the River Ogmore in the community of Coychurch Higher. The valley floor is a mire with flushes.^[2]

References

↑ "County search of SSSIs". Countryside Council for Wales. Archived from the original on 5 March 2014. Retrieved 21 February 2012.
↑ "SSSIs in Glamorgan - a Freedom of Information request to Countryside Council for Wales". 12 July 2009.

[1] "County search of SSSIs". Countryside Council for Wales. Archived from the original on 5 March 2014. Retrieved 21 February 2012.

[2] "SSSIs in Glamorgan - a Freedom of Information request to Countryside Council for Wales". 12 July 2009.

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SSSIs in the United Kingdom, grouped by Area of Search
England	Avon Bedfordshire Berkshire Buckinghamshire Cambridgeshire Cheshire Cleveland Cornwall County Durham Cumbria Derbyshire Devon Dorset East Riding of Yorkshire East Sussex Essex Gloucestershire Greater London Greater Manchester Hampshire Herefordshire Hertfordshire Isle of Wight Kent Lancashire Leicestershire Lincolnshire Merseyside Norfolk North Yorkshire Northamptonshire Northumberland Nottinghamshire Oxfordshire Rutland Shropshire Somerset South Yorkshire Staffordshire Suffolk Surrey Tyne and Wear Warwickshire West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wiltshire Worcestershire
Scotland	Angus and Dundee Annandale and Eskdale Badenoch and Strathspey Banff and Buchan Berwickshire and Roxburgh Caithness Clydesdale and South East Glasgow Cumnock and Kyle Dumbarton and North Glasgow Dunfermline and Kirkcaldy East Perth East Ross and Cromarty Edinburgh and West Lothian Falkirk and Clackmannan Gordon and Aberdeen Inverness Islay and Jura Kincardine and Deeside Kintyre Lorne Mid and East Lothian Mid Argyll and Cowal Moray and Nairn Mull, Coll and Tiree Nithsdale North East Fife North Lochaber North West Sutherland North Wester Ross and Cromarty Orkney Renfrew and Cunninghame Rum and the Small Isles Shetland Skye and Lochalsh South East Sutherland South Lochaber South Perth South Wester Ross and Cromarty Stirling Tweeddale and Ettrick and Lauderdale West Perth Western Isles North Western Isles South Wigtown and Stewartry
Wales	Brecknock Carmarthen & Dinefwr Ceredigion Clwyd East Gwynedd Gwent Mid & South Glamorgan Montgomery Preseli & South Pembrokeshire Radnor West Glamorgan West Gwynedd
Northern Ireland	County Antrim County Armagh County Down County Fermanagh County Londonderry County Tyrone

Bridgend County Borough
Bridgend County Borough Council
Communities	Brackla Bridgend Cefn Cribwr Coity Higher Cornelly Coychurch Higher Coychurch Lower Garw Valley Laleston Llangynwyd Lower Llangynwyd Middle Maesteg Merthyr Mawr Newcastle Higher Ogmore Valley Pencoed Porthcawl Pyle St Bride's Minor Ynysawdre
Towns and villages	Aberkenfig Bettws Blackmill Blaengarw Bridgend Bryncethin Brynmenyn Bryntirion Caerau Cefn Cross Coity Coychurch Coytrahen Cwmfelin Danygraig Garth Heol-y-Cyw Kenfig Kenfig Hill Laleston Litchard Llangan Llangeinor Llangynwyd Maudlam Maesteg Merthyr Mawr Nant-y-moel Newton North Cornelly Nottage Ogmore Vale Pantygog Pantyrawel Pen-y-fai Pencoed Pontycymer Porthcawl Price Town Pyle Sarn South Cornelly Tondu Tythegston Wild Mill Wyndham
Castles	Candleston Castle Coity Castle Ewenny Priory Kenfig Castle Llangynwyd Castle Newcastle Castle
Rivers	Ewenny River River Garw River Llynfi River Ogmore
Topics	Communities Parliamentary constituencies Places Electoral wards Schools Listed buildings Grade I Grade II* Registered parks and gardens SSSIs Scheduled Monuments Lord Lieutenants High Sheriffs Public art

History

Sites

Former sites

See also

References