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Ogmore-by-Sea ( - Aber Mouth + Ogwr River Ogmore) is a seaside village in the Vale of Glamorgan
Vale of Glamorgan

The Vale of Glamorgan is an exceptionally rich agricultural area in the southern part of Glamorgan, Wales. It has a rugged coastline, but its rolling countryside is quite atypical of Wales as a whole....
, Wales
Wales

native_name = Cymru|conventional_long_name = Wales|common_name = Wales|image_flag = Flag of Wales 2.svg|national_motto = ...
. It lies on the western limit of the Glamorgan Heritage Coastline of south Wales
South Wales

South Wales is an area of Wales bordered by England and the Bristol Channel to the east and south, and Mid Wales and West Wales to the north and west....
. It has, along with neighbouring Southerndown
Southerndown

Southerndown is a village in Wales and suburb of Bridgend, close to St Brides Major, Llantwit Major and Ogmore-by-Sea, mostly known for its beach , which is a popular tourist destination during the summer months....
 one of the most spectacular locations for a residential area anywhere on the Celtic seaboard
Celtic Sea

The Celtic Sea is the area of the Atlantic Ocean off the south coast of Ireland. It is bounded to the east by Saint George's Channel, the Bristol Channel and the English Channel, as well as adjacent portions of Wales, Cornwall, Devon, and Brittany....
, and is visually very similar to Bude
Bude

Bude is a small seaside resort town in North Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, at the mouth of the River Neet. Bude is twinned with Ergué-Gabéric, France....
 and Widemouth Bay
Widemouth Bay

Widemouth Bay is a bay and beach on the Atlantic Ocean coast of Cornwall, England, UK, approximately 3 miles south of Bude. This stretch of coast is steeped in the smuggling history of times before, and not far south of Widemouth Bay can be found many little inlets and coves....
 in Cornwall
Cornwall

Cornwall , constitutional Duchy and palatine, is a metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties of England of England, United Kingdom, located at the tip of the south-western peninsula of Great Britain....
 (this is unsurprising - both locations in Cornwall have the same carboniferous
Carboniferous

The Carboniferous is a geologic period that extends from the end of the Devonian period, about 359.2 ? 2.5 annum , to the beginning of the Permian period, about 299.0 ? 0.8 Ma ...
 cliffs as Ogmore).

Approximately 3 miles from Bridgend
Bridgend

Bridgend is a town in the Bridgend in Wales. It is midway between Cardiff and Swansea. The river crossed by the original bridge which gave the town its name is the River Ogmore but the River Ewenny also passes to the south of the town....
 and about 20 miles west of Cardiff
Cardiff

Cardiff is the Capital , largest city and most populous Unitary authority#Wales in Wales. The city is Wales' chief commercial centre, the base for many national cultural and sport institutions, the Welsh national media, and the seat of Welsh Assembly Government ....
 the village lies in the Vale of Glamorgan
Vale of Glamorgan

The Vale of Glamorgan is an exceptionally rich agricultural area in the southern part of Glamorgan, Wales. It has a rugged coastline, but its rolling countryside is quite atypical of Wales as a whole....
.






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Ogmore-by-Sea ( - Aber Mouth + Ogwr River Ogmore) is a seaside village in the Vale of Glamorgan
Vale of Glamorgan

The Vale of Glamorgan is an exceptionally rich agricultural area in the southern part of Glamorgan, Wales. It has a rugged coastline, but its rolling countryside is quite atypical of Wales as a whole....
, Wales
Wales

native_name = Cymru|conventional_long_name = Wales|common_name = Wales|image_flag = Flag of Wales 2.svg|national_motto = ...
. It lies on the western limit of the Glamorgan Heritage Coastline of south Wales
South Wales

South Wales is an area of Wales bordered by England and the Bristol Channel to the east and south, and Mid Wales and West Wales to the north and west....
. It has, along with neighbouring Southerndown
Southerndown

Southerndown is a village in Wales and suburb of Bridgend, close to St Brides Major, Llantwit Major and Ogmore-by-Sea, mostly known for its beach , which is a popular tourist destination during the summer months....
 one of the most spectacular locations for a residential area anywhere on the Celtic seaboard
Celtic Sea

The Celtic Sea is the area of the Atlantic Ocean off the south coast of Ireland. It is bounded to the east by Saint George's Channel, the Bristol Channel and the English Channel, as well as adjacent portions of Wales, Cornwall, Devon, and Brittany....
, and is visually very similar to Bude
Bude

Bude is a small seaside resort town in North Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, at the mouth of the River Neet. Bude is twinned with Ergué-Gabéric, France....
 and Widemouth Bay
Widemouth Bay

Widemouth Bay is a bay and beach on the Atlantic Ocean coast of Cornwall, England, UK, approximately 3 miles south of Bude. This stretch of coast is steeped in the smuggling history of times before, and not far south of Widemouth Bay can be found many little inlets and coves....
 in Cornwall
Cornwall

Cornwall , constitutional Duchy and palatine, is a metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties of England of England, United Kingdom, located at the tip of the south-western peninsula of Great Britain....
 (this is unsurprising - both locations in Cornwall have the same carboniferous
Carboniferous

The Carboniferous is a geologic period that extends from the end of the Devonian period, about 359.2 ? 2.5 annum , to the beginning of the Permian period, about 299.0 ? 0.8 Ma ...
 cliffs as Ogmore).

Approximately 3 miles from Bridgend
Bridgend

Bridgend is a town in the Bridgend in Wales. It is midway between Cardiff and Swansea. The river crossed by the original bridge which gave the town its name is the River Ogmore but the River Ewenny also passes to the south of the town....
 and about 20 miles west of Cardiff
Cardiff

Cardiff is the Capital , largest city and most populous Unitary authority#Wales in Wales. The city is Wales' chief commercial centre, the base for many national cultural and sport institutions, the Welsh national media, and the seat of Welsh Assembly Government ....
 the village lies in the Vale of Glamorgan
Vale of Glamorgan

The Vale of Glamorgan is an exceptionally rich agricultural area in the southern part of Glamorgan, Wales. It has a rugged coastline, but its rolling countryside is quite atypical of Wales as a whole....
. The beaches look out on Tusker Rock
Tusker Rock

Tusker Rock is a rock in the Bristol Channel, situated about 2 miles west of Ogmore-by-Sea, Bridgend_, Wales. It takes its name from Tuska the Viking, a Danes whose fellow Vikings semi-colonized the Vale of Glamorgan just like his fellow Dane Sweyn Forkbeard and his followers founded Swansea and settled in the Gower peninsula....
, have sand at low-tide, and sharp rocks at high-tide. The River Ogmore
River Ogmore

The River Ogmore is a river in South Wales popular with anglers. It runs generally from north to south from the Ogmore Vale and Pentre, past Bridgend and Ogmore....
 estuary is flanked by Ogmore beach on one side and the dunes of Merthyr Mawr
Merthyr Mawr

Merthyr Mawr is a village about 2? miles from the centre of Bridgend in the county borough of Bridgend , Wales....
 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
River Ogmore

The River Ogmore is a river in South Wales popular with anglers. It runs generally from north to south from the Ogmore Vale and Pentre, past Bridgend and Ogmore....
, which is just as you enter the village, others move on to Southerndown
Southerndown

Southerndown is a village in Wales and suburb of Bridgend, close to St Brides Major, Llantwit Major and Ogmore-by-Sea, mostly known for its beach , which is a popular tourist destination during the summer months....
.

Just like its counterparts in Cornwall
Cornwall

Cornwall , constitutional Duchy and palatine, is a metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties of England of England, United Kingdom, located at the tip of the south-western peninsula of Great Britain....
, Ireland
Ireland

Ireland is the List of islands by area in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world. It lies to the north-west of continental Europe and is surrounded by hundreds of islands and islet....
 and Brittany
Brittany

Brittany is a former independent Celtic nations monarchy and duchy, now incorporated into France. It is also, more generally, the name of the cultural area whose limits correspond to the historic province and independent duchy....
, 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
Tusker Rock

Tusker Rock is a rock in the Bristol Channel, situated about 2 miles west of Ogmore-by-Sea, Bridgend_, Wales. It takes its name from Tuska the Viking, a Danes whose fellow Vikings semi-colonized the Vale of Glamorgan just like his fellow Dane Sweyn Forkbeard and his followers founded Swansea and settled in the Gower peninsula....
, a brutal reef slightly out to sea that is totally covered at high tide. Also prevalent at Ogmore (and all across the Vale of Glamorgan
Vale of Glamorgan

The Vale of Glamorgan is an exceptionally rich agricultural area in the southern part of Glamorgan, Wales. It has a rugged coastline, but its rolling countryside is quite atypical of Wales as a whole....
 coastline) was organised shipwrecking; similar to tales in Cornwall where lanterns would be tied to a bull/cow at night resting onto top of a cliff; passing ships would mistake a flickering light as a lighthouse and be lured to destruction.

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