Ogmore-by-Sea
Ogmore-by-Sea
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 Ogmore-by-Sea in 2008 |
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| Ogmore-by-Sea shown within the Vale of Glamorgan | |
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| Ceremonial county | |
| Country | Wales |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | BRIDGEND |
| Postcode district | CF32 |
| Dialling code | 01656 |
| Police | South Wales |
| Fire | South Wales |
| Ambulance | Welsh |
| EU Parliament | Wales |
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| Welsh Assembly | |
Ogmore-by-Sea (Welsh: Aberogwr, meaning "Mouth of the River Ogmore") is a seaside village in St Brides Major community in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales. Ogmore river probably takes its name from the large caves on the seashore by the river mouth , ogof being the Welsh word for cave. It lies on the western limit of the Glamorgan Heritage Coast of south Wales.
A polished flint axe-head of Seamer type was found at Ogmore Mill in 1976.
Just like its counterparts in Cornwall, Ireland and Brittany, the west-facing beach and coast was notorious as a graveyard for ships during strong on-shore winds (i.e. south-westerly winds from the Atlantic). Many ships in particular were destroyed on Tusker Rock, a brutal reef slightly out to sea that is totally covered at high tide. There are urban legends of organised shipwrecking at Ogmore (and all across the Vale of Glamorgan coastline); similar to tales from Cornwall of the use of false lights so passing ships would mistake a flickering light as a lighthouse or ship at anchor and be lured to destruction, however there is no historical evidence for this.
Ogmore-by-Sea is about 3 miles south of Bridgend and about 20 miles west of Cardiff. The beaches look out on Tusker Rock, and have sand at low-tide and sharp rocks at high-tide.
The River Ogmore estuary is flanked by Ogmore beach on one side and the dunes of Merthyr Mawr on the other. The estuary makes bathing unsafe from most of the beach. The rocky shoreline is well known as a rock climbing location. It is an interesting place geologically with a variety of fossils clearly visible. Many people use the car-park by the estuary to the River Ogmore, which is just as you enter the village, others move on to Southerndown. Ogmore had many beaches and if you walk along the path from the car park you will find Hardies Bay and Horseshoe Bay which are fantastic for bathing. Further on below Brig Y Don hill there are the deeps with cave and secluded coves but you have to watch the tide times here. Also the deeps is favoured for fishing especially at night when the tide is in. Ogmore by Sea is a jewel often missed by tourists because of the parking.
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