Newcastle Higher

Newcastle Higher
Welsh: *Y Castellnewydd ar Ogwr*
Newcastle Higher Welsh: Y Castellnewydd ar Ogwr;
Population	4,046 (2011)
OS grid reference	SS897801
Community	Newcastle Higher;
Principal area	Bridgend;
Preserved county	Mid Glamorgan;
Country	Wales
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	BRIDGEND
Postcode district	CF31
Dialling code	01656
Police	South Wales
Fire	South Wales
Ambulance	Welsh
UK Parliament	Bridgend;
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament	Bridgend;
	List of places UK Wales Bridgend

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

^ 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.
^ "Community population 2011". Retrieved 6 November 2015.

External links

Map showing the community boundaries of Newcastle Higher

[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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