Pyle

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Pyle

Total population

13,701

Coordinates51.53°, -3.69°

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

Overview

Pyle is a village and community in Bridgend county borough, Wales. This large village is served by the A48 road, and lies less than one mile from Junction 37 of the M4 motorway, and is therefore only a half-hour journey from the capital city of Wales, Cardiff. The nearest town is the seaside resort of Porthcawl. Within the Community, to the northeast of Pyle, is the adjoining settlement of Kenfig Hill, North Cornelly also adjoins Pyle and the built-up area had a population of 13,701 in 2011.

Geography

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

Notable people from here

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

B

Barbara Sidney, Countess of Leicester

English noble (1563-1621)

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
  6.3 mi away · pop. 280
• Wyndham
  8.6 mi away
• Jersey Marine
  10.1 mi away
• Llandough
  12 mi away
• Abergarwed
  12.4 mi away
• Mumbles
  13.3 mi away
• Porth
  13.5 mi away · pop. 14,648
• Pentreclwydau
  14 mi away
• Newton
  14.2 mi away
• Cwmgwrach
  14.3 mi away
• Pontardawe
  14.9 mi away · pop. 12,333
• Glynneath
  15.5 mi away

Browse all places in Wales →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Pyle

Ernie Pyle in England

Ernie Pyle · 1941

Around Kenfig Hill and Pyle (Images of Wales)

Keith E. Morgan · 1995

Property crimes in England and Wales

David J. Pyle · 1982

Bridgend, Maesteg, Porthcawl, Pencoed and Pyle Street Atlas

2006

Streetezee Atlas of Bridgend, Maesteg, Porthcawl, Pyle and Pencoed

1999

Homicide in England and Wales

Derek Deadman · 1989

Compassion

Kathleen J. Edgar · 2003

Search results from Open Library.

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