Llangeinor is a small village located in the Garw Valley

River Garw

The River Garw runs for about 12 miles from its source in the hills north of Blaengarw to the confluence with the River Ogmore and the River Llynfi at Aberkenfig...

 around 5 miles north of Bridgend

Bridgend

Bridgend is a town in the Bridgend County Borough in Wales, west of the capital, Cardiff. 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...

 in Bridgend County Borough, Wales

Wales

Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...

. The entire village is now protected as part of a conservation area.

Transport

The A4064 road runs through the village; to the south this leads to Tondu

Tondu

Tondu is a village in Bridgend County Borough, Wales, located about north of the town of Bridgend.Tondu lies on the A4063 from Bridgend to Maesteg, and was established in the late 18th century as a coal mining village servicing the Parc Slip Colliery...

, and to the north it heads to Pontycymer

Pontycymer

Pontycymer is a former mining village in Britain. It is situated in the Garw Valley, in Bridgend County Borough in south Wales. The name, sometimes spelled "Pontycymmer", is Welsh: pont signifies "bridge", while cymer signifies "confluence" of watercourses.Original signs for the village use the...

. The A4093 road starts in the village and heads east over the mountain to the Ogmore Valley

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...

. A disused railway runs through the village.

Sport

Llangeinor AFC

Llangeinor AFC

Llangeinor Athletic Football Club are an association football club based in the village of Llangeinor near Bridgend, Wales. The club currently plays in the Welsh Football League Division Two which is the third tier of the Welsh football league system in South Wales. Llangeinor have a history of...

  play in the Welsh Football League Second Division

Welsh Football League Second Division

The Division Two of the Welsh Football League is a football league and forms the third level of the Welsh football league system in south Wales....

(as of 2008-09). Their ground is located to the west of the A4064 and river, and south-east of the railway level crossing.