Pen-y-Fai
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Pen-y-Fai is a village
in the county borough
of Bridgend
, Wales
falling within the Bridgend
electoral ward area.
of about 2,000, one village shop, a chapel and All Saints parish church
(Church in Wales
). It also has a pub, the Pheasant, and was once a village for employees of the Llewellyn estate. There is also a school in the village that takes children from age 4 through to age 11. The school itself is in a poor state of repair and has been earmarked for replacement for many years. However protracted legal action between the Bridgend County Borough Council and certain local landowners, has served to delay the building of a new school.
There are several playing fields in the village, the most recent of which was created as a part of a section 106 agreement between the council and the developers of the Cavendish Park housing. As a result of subsequent development, this field has become "landlocked" between housing estates, with no vehicle access or parking, or indeed any facilities to allow the field to be used by local sports teams.
One other notable feature of the village, is its football (soccer)
club Pen-y-fai FC. The club takes children from 6 to 16 years of age and plays as a member of Bridgend & District Football League. With teams in the mini-football and junior sections. The club has over 200 children within its ranks making it one of the largest mini/junior clubs in the district.
Village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...
in the county borough
County borough
County borough is a term introduced in 1889 in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland , to refer to a borough or a city independent of county council control. They were abolished by the Local Government Act 1972 in England and Wales, but continue in use for lieutenancy and shrievalty in...
of Bridgend
Bridgend (county borough)
Bridgend is a county borough in the historic county of Glamorgan, south Wales. The county borough has a total population of 130,000 people, and contains the settlements of Bridgend, after which it is named, Maesteg, and the seaside town of Porthcawl...
, 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...
falling within the 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...
electoral ward area.
Amenities
It has a populationPopulation
A population is all the organisms that both belong to the same group or species and live in the same geographical area. The area that is used to define a sexual population is such that inter-breeding is possible between any pair within the area and more probable than cross-breeding with individuals...
of about 2,000, one village shop, a chapel and All Saints parish church
Parish church
A parish church , in Christianity, is the church which acts as the religious centre of a parish, the basic administrative unit of episcopal churches....
(Church in Wales
Church in Wales
The Church in Wales is the Anglican church in Wales, composed of six dioceses.As with the primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church, the Archbishop of Wales serves concurrently as one of the six diocesan bishops. The current archbishop is Barry Morgan, the Bishop of Llandaff.In contrast to the...
). It also has a pub, the Pheasant, and was once a village for employees of the Llewellyn estate. There is also a school in the village that takes children from age 4 through to age 11. The school itself is in a poor state of repair and has been earmarked for replacement for many years. However protracted legal action between the Bridgend County Borough Council and certain local landowners, has served to delay the building of a new school.
There are several playing fields in the village, the most recent of which was created as a part of a section 106 agreement between the council and the developers of the Cavendish Park housing. As a result of subsequent development, this field has become "landlocked" between housing estates, with no vehicle access or parking, or indeed any facilities to allow the field to be used by local sports teams.
One other notable feature of the village, is its football (soccer)
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
club Pen-y-fai FC. The club takes children from 6 to 16 years of age and plays as a member of Bridgend & District Football League. With teams in the mini-football and junior sections. The club has over 200 children within its ranks making it one of the largest mini/junior clubs in the district.