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Bridgend Road closer to Tondu, although some shops have remained there, and some new
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throughout the 20th and 21st centuries, there are a number of religious houses of worship in the village. The village's central and accessible location at the confluence of the two rivers (and the Garw river flows into the Ogmore near
Brynmenyn) and three valleys (Llynfi, Ogmore and Garw) have
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Bridgend county, and relative to its size, Aberkenfig has a large range of commercial activity. It also has a rather diverse commercial sector, with it being home to a licensed sex shop, which is opposite a gun and fishing tackle shop. There are a number of
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the centre of
Aberkenfig and cut traffic off Dunraven Street, which is very narrow. Another bypass (the A4063) was built to bypass Bridgend Road to take valleys traffic for to Bridgend out of the village. This second bypass cut Heol Persondy in two, which was the road from Aberkenfig to
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Chinese (about 0.2%) Also, bucking the national trend for churches to be shut and used for other purposes, the former Lyric Bingo Hall on Pandy Road was turned into a charismatic evangelical church, the Aberkenfig Bible Church.
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historically dictated the development of religious houses of worship (and also benefits commercial development here, rather than any other of the five villages). There is a
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Glamorgan Muslim Community Association. This area has been, and still is (according to the 2001 Census) almost uniformly visibly white, with the next largest
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churches lack their own priests and are served by other parishes. The former
Catholic Church recreational hall in Dunraven Street was sold off, bought and turned into a
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Bridgend. Also it is served by service 63, which goes between Bridgend (following the route of the 32 and 36 services but then goes as far as
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696:"Ward population 2011"
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459:Chinese restaurant
241:UK Parliament
187:Dialling code
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840:Garw Valley
815:Cefn Cribwr
798:Communities
739:11 December
672:rugby union
637:Kenfig Hill
621:supermarket
618:Sainsbury's
505:immigration
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206:South Wales
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1112:Price Town
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1087:Pantyrawel
1037:Llangynwyd
1032:Llangeinor
1002:Heol-y-Cyw
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927:Aberkenfig
701:6 November
682:References
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463:Egon Ronay
408:Governance
386:Bryncethin
362:confluence
318:Aberkenfig
288:51°32′22″N
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1273:Grade II*
1142:Wild Mill
1107:Porthcawl
1092:Pen-y-fai
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982:Coytrahen
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952:Brynmenyn
937:Blackmill
918:Towns and
900:Ynysawdre
885:Porthcawl
676:Tondu RFC
633:Porthcawl
629:Pen-y-fai
577:Transport
451:Cantonese
447:fast food
422:Coytrahen
382:Brynmenyn
338:community
291:3°35′41″W
225:Ambulance
165:Post town
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1022:Litchard
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987:Cwmfelin
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825:Cornelly
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1007:Kenfig
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535:mosque
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201:Police
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997:Garth
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674:club
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322:Welsh
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