Price Town

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

Overview

Price Town is situated 9 miles north of the County Town of Bridgend on the A4061 road in the upper reaches of the Cwm Ogwr Fawr, Wales. It was developed to provide accommodation for the rapidly increasing work force of the Wyndham and Ocean Western Collieries. Today, Price Town is regarded as part of the village Nantymoel.

Geography

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

Notable people from here

Ryan Day

Welsh snooker player

Richard Price

British philosopher, preacher and mathematician (1723–1791)

Gareth Thomas

Welsh rugby player

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John Lloyd

Welsh rugby union footballer and coach

Griffith J. Griffith

Welsh-born American businessman and philanthropist

Ann Maddocks

Welsh woman forced to marry

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Billy Moore

Welsh rugby union and rugby league footballer

B

Billy Rees

Welsh footballer (1924-1996)

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Dorothy Edwards

Welsh writer (1903–1934)

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Grahame Hodgson

rugby player (1936–2016)

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Gwyn Davies

Welsh rugby union and rugby league footballer (1908–1992)

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Gwyn Richards

Welsh rugby union and rugby league footballer (1905–1985)

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Harold Jones

Welsh rugby union and rugby league footballer (1907-1955)

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Ike Owens

Welsh rugby union and rugby league footballer

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James Llewellyn Davies

recipient of the Victoria Cross (1886–1917)

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Johnny Thomas

Welsh rugby union and rugby league footballer

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

Nearby places in Wales

• Wyndham
  0.5 mi away
• Porth
  5.5 mi away · pop. 14,648
• Pontypridd
  8.3 mi away · pop. 30,457
• Cwmgwrach
  9.2 mi away
• Glynneath
  9.6 mi away
• Pentreclwydau
  9.6 mi away
• Abergarwed
  9.8 mi away
• Pontneddfechan
  9.9 mi away
• Treharris
  10.4 mi away · pop. 12,352
• Southerndown
  11.8 mi away · pop. 280
• Llandough
  12.4 mi away
• Jersey Marine
  14 mi away

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Recently spotted species

House Jumping Spider

Pseudeuophrys lanigera

Seen 2026-09-16

Cross Orbweaver

Araneus diadematus

Seen 2026-09-15

Black Meadowhawk

Sympetrum danae

Seen 2026-09-15

Common Fleabane

Pulicaria dysenterica

Seen 2026-09-15

porcelain mushroom

Oudemansiella mucida

Seen 2026-09-15

Box Tree Moth

Cydalima perspectalis

Seen 2026-09-14

colt's-foot

Tussilago farfara

Seen 2026-09-14

Large White

Pieris brassicae

Seen 2026-09-12

Himalayan honeysuckle

Leycesteria formosa

Seen 2026-09-12

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