Porthcawl

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Porthcawl

Total population

15,672

Coordinates51.48°, -3.70°

Demographic figures from UK Office for National Statistics. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Porthcawl ( ) is a town and community in the Bridgend County Borough of Wales. It is located on the south coast, 25 miles (40 km) west of Cardiff and 19 miles (31 km) south-east of Swansea.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Aneurin Barnard

Welsh actor (born 1987)

B

Brian Huggett

professional golfer

Simon Richardson

Welsh racing cyclist

J

Jason Hughes

Welsh actor

Howard Marks

Welsh author and drug smuggler (1945-2016)

C

Clive Williams

Welsh rugby union footballer

G

Gareth Morgan

Organizational theorist

H

Helen Morgan

Welsh field hockey player (1966-2020)

R

Robert Wilfort

British actor

Tom Prydie

Welsh rugby union player

A

Alan Edwards

Welsh rugby union and rugby league footballer

A

Arthur Bassett

Welsh rugby union and rugby league footballer

C

Clive Shell

Welsh rugby union player (1947-2012)

D

David Morgan Jenkins

Welsh rugby union and rugby league footballer

D

Dermot Tynan

Irish film producer

Garnon Davies

British actor

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Wales

• Southerndown
  4.4 mi away · pop. 280
• Llandough
  11.3 mi away
• Wyndham
  11.5 mi away
• Jersey Marine
  12.4 mi away
• Mumbles
  14 mi away
• Newton
  15 mi away
• Porth
  15.7 mi away · pop. 14,648
• Abergarwed
  15.8 mi away
• Bishopston
  16.5 mi away
• Kittle
  16.9 mi away
• Dunvant
  17.4 mi away
• Pontypridd
  17.5 mi away · pop. 30,457

Browse all places in Wales →

Recently spotted species

European Crane Fly

Tipula paludosa

Seen 2026-09-22

Rosy Woodlouse

Androniscus dentiger

Seen 2026-09-20

Red-eyed Vireo

Vireo olivaceus

Seen 2026-09-20

Brown Trout

Salmo trutta

Seen 2026-09-18

Parasol

Macrolepiota procera

Seen 2026-09-18

yellow fieldcap

Bolbitius titubans

Seen 2026-09-18

Fox Moth

Macrothylacia rubi

Seen 2026-09-18

red pigweed

Oxybasis rubra

Seen 2026-09-18

scarlet pimpernel

Lysimachia arvensis

Seen 2026-09-18

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Official Identifiers