Newcastle Higher

Newcastle Higher
  • Welsh: Y Castellnewydd ar Ogwr
Newcastle Higher
Newcastle Higher shown within Bridgend
Population 4,046 (2011)
OS grid reference SS897801
Community
  • Newcastle Higher
Principal area
Ceremonial county
Country Wales
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town BRIDGEND
Postcode district CF31
Dialling code 01656
Police South Wales
Fire South Wales
Ambulance Welsh
EU Parliament Wales
UK Parliament
Welsh Assembly

Newcastle Higher is a community in Bridgend County Borough, south Wales. Located north west of Bridgend town centre it is made up of the townships of Pen-y-fai and Aberkenfig. The community is home to several notable buildings, including the Pen-y-fai Hospital (the former Glamorganshire Lunatic Asylum), Court Coleman, All Saints Church, the Brewery Field and Newcastle, a ruinous Norman castle. At the 2001 census, the community's population was 3,695,[1] increasing to 4,046 at the 2011 Census.[2]

Notes

  1. ↑ Davies, John; Jenkins, Nigel; Menna, Baines; Lynch, Peredur I., eds. (2008). The Welsh Academy Encyclopaedia of Wales. Cardiff: University of Wales Press. p. 609. ISBN 978-0-7083-1953-6.
  2. ↑ "Community population 2011". Retrieved 6 November 2015.
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