Pyle
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| Pyle shown within Bridgend | |
| Population | 7,405 2011 census |
| OS grid reference | SS825825 |
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| Ceremonial county | |
| Country | Wales |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | BRIDGEND |
| Postcode district | CF33 6xx |
| Dialling code | 01656 |
| Police | South Wales |
| Fire | South Wales |
| Ambulance | Welsh |
| EU Parliament | Wales |
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Pyle (Welsh: Y Pîl) 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; in fact it lies approximately equidistant between the capital (Cardiff) and the second city (Swansea). The nearest town is the seaside resort of Porthcawl. Within the Community, to the northeast of Pyle, is the adjoining settlement of Kenfig Hill.
The name "Pyle" is probably derived from the Welsh word pil, meaning a creek, a term found along the Bristol Channel coast of Glamorgan and Monmouthshire. In this instance it probably refers to the mouth of the River Kenfig, which is tidal for its first mile from the sea. An alternative derivation for the name is the English word "pile", a stake, possibly referring to a boundary marker. This explanation seems less likely; the only settlement in the United Kingdom known to have this derivation is the hamlet of Pyle in the Isle of Wight.
Pyle is located about twenty miles west of Cardiff, four miles west of Bridgend and six mile southeast of Port Talbot. It is on the main A48 road from Cardiff to Swansea and is just north of the M4 motorway which has superseded the trunk road for through traffic. Junction 37 on the motorway is one mile south of Pyle. Other communities in the vicinity are South Cornelly, North Cornelly, Kenfig and Porthcawl. Pyle railway station is on the Cardiff to Swansea section of the London to South Wales Main Line.
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