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Black Path
Bridgend, Wales
Bridgend, Wales

Black Path

Length10.2 mi
Elev. Gain459.2 ft
Est. Steps23000
Forest
River
Quiet place
Wild life
Grassland
Playground
Overgrown
Off trail
Muddy
Rocky
Wading
Private property
Created by Keith

Black Path Introduction

Black Path is a 10.2 mile (23,000-step) route located near Bridgend, Wales. This route has an elevation gain of about 459.2 ft and is rated as medium. Find the best walking trails near you in Pacer App.

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Bridgend

Place
Bridgend (English: ; Welsh: Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr or just Pen-y-bont, meaning "the end (or head) of the bridge on the Ogmore") is a town in Bridgend County Borough in Wales, 20 miles (32 km) west of the capital Cardiff and 20 miles (32 km) east of 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.

Bridgend County Borough

Place
Bridgend (Welsh: Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr) is a county borough in southern Wales, UK. The county borough has a total population of 139,200 people, and contains the town of Bridgend, after which it is named. Its members of the National Assembly for Wales are Carwyn Jones AM, the former First Minister of Wales and Huw Irranca-Davies AM representing the Ogmore Constituency, and its Members of Parliament are Madeleine Moon and Chris Elmore.

Bridgend (UK Parliament constituency)

Place
Bridgend (Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr in Welsh) is a parliamentary constituency created in 1983 represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2005 by Madeleine Moon of the Labour Party.

Brewery Field

Sports
Brewery Field (also known as The Morganstone Brewery Field for sponsorship purposes) is an 8,000 capacity sports stadium in Bridgend, Wales 1,100 of which is seated capacity. It is the home ground of the rugby union team Bridgend Ravens. Bridgend Athletic RFC often use the ground for their Division 1 matches, as well as the Ospreys who sometimes play at the ground, including their age grade teams.

Aberkenfig

Place
Aberkenfig (Welsh: Abercynffig, meaning "mouth of the Kenfig (stream)) is a village located in the County Borough of Bridgend, Wales to the north of Bridgend town. The community population is shown under Newcastle Higher.

Bridgend (Assembly constituency)

Place
Bridgend is a constituency of the National Assembly for Wales. It elects one Assembly Member by the first past the post method of election. Also, however, it is one of seven constituencies in the South Wales West electoral region, which elects four additional members, in addition to seven constituency members, to produce a degree of proportional representation for the region as a whole.

Brynmenyn

Place
Brynmenyn is a small village located at the confluence of the Garw and Ogmore rivers in south Wales, around 4 miles north of Bridgend, and it also in the Bridgend County Borough council area. The village has its own primary school.

Abergarw

Place
Abergarw is a village in Bridgend county. It lies at the confluence of the River Rough and River Ogwr river valleys, about 4 miles (6.4 km) to the north of the town of Bridgend itself, between the villages of Brynmenyn and Bryncethin.

Newcastle Castle, Bridgend

Building
Newcastle Castle (Welsh: Y Castell Newydd) is a medieval castle located on Newcastle Hill, Newcastle, overlooking the town centre of Bridgend in Glamorgan, South Wales. It was originally believed to date from 1106 when a ringwork was created at the site by the Norman baron Robert Fitzhamon. Some of the fine stonework survives, but today the castle is ruinous.

Sarn railway station

Building
Sarn railway station is a railway station serving the village of Sarn, South Wales. It is located on the Maesteg Line from Cardiff via Bridgend.The station was opened by British Rail on 28 September 1992.Passenger services are operated by Transport for Wales as part of the Valley Lines network for local services.
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026

Route Details

Length

10.2 mi

Elev. Gain

459.2 ft

Est. Steps

23000
Created by
Keith
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