Vale of Glamorgan
Glamorgan is a traditional county in Wales. It is home to Cardiff, the Wales' capital city, along with the city of Swansea. The Bristol Channel marks the southern edge of Glamorganshire, which features the 14-mile-long Glamorgan Heritage Coast and the Gower Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.Notable Places in the Area
St Athan Royal Air Force Base
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Ministry of Defence St Athan or MOD St Athan, formerly known as Royal Air Force St Athan, or more simply RAF St Athan, is a large Ministry of Defence unit near the village of St Athan in the Vale of Glamorgan, southern Wales.
East Orchard Castle
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East Orchard Castle is a ruined building near St Athan in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, whose…
St Tathan's Church
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St Tathan's Church is a medieval church in St. Athan, in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales.
Localities in the Area
Llantwit Major
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Llantwit Major is a town and community in Wales on the Bristol Channel coast.
Cowbridge
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Cowbridge is a market town in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, approximately 12 miles west of the centre of Cardiff.
Llancarfan
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Llancarfan is a rural village and community in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales. Llancarfan is situated 3½ km east of Vale of Glamorgan.
Vale of Glamorgan
- Type: principal area of Wales with 133,000 residents
- Description: principal area in south-east Wales, United Kingdom
- Category: district of Wales
- Location: Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.4167° or 51° 25' northLongitude
-3.4167° or 3° 25' westPopulation
133,000Elevation
49 metres (161 feet)Abbreviation
VGLOpen Location Code
9C3RCH8M+M8GeoNames ID
2635028Wikidata ID
Q844784Vale of Glamorgan Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Azerbaijani: Veyl-of-Qlamorqan
- Basque: Vale of Glamorgan
- Belarusian: Вейл-оф-Гламарган
- Belarusian: Даліна Гламоргана
- Bengali: ভেল অব গ্ল্যামারগান
- Breton: Bro Morgannwg
- Bulgarian: Вейл ъф Гламорган
- Catalan: Bro Morgannwg
- Cebuano: Vale of Glamorgan (munisipyo)
- Cebuano: Vale of Glamorgan
- Chinese: Vale of Glamorgan
- Chinese: 格拉摩根谷
- Cornish: Bro Glamour
- Danish: Vale of Glamorgan
- Dutch: Vale of Glamorgan
- English: Bro Morgannwg
- English: County Borough of Vale of Glamorgan
- English: The Vale of Glamorgan
- English: Vale of Glamorgan County Borough
- Estonian: Bro Morgannwg
- Estonian: The Vale og Glamorgan
- Estonian: Vale of Glamorgan
- Finnish: Vale of Glamorgan
- French: Bro Morgannwg
- French: Vale of Glamorgan
- French: Vallée de Glamorgan
- German: GB-VGL
- German: Vale of Glamorgan
- Greek: κοιλάδα του Γκλαμόργκαν
- Gujarati: વેલ ઓફ ગ્લેમોર્ગન
- Irish: Bro Morgannwg
- Italian: Vale of Glamorgan
- Italian: distretto di contea di Vale of Glamorgan
- Japanese: ベール・オブ・グラモーガン
- Japanese: ヴェール・オブ・グラモーガン
- Kannada: ವೇಲ್ ಆಫ್ ಗ್ಲಾಮೊರ್ಗನ್
- Korean: 베일오브글러모건
- Korean: 베일오브글러모건 주
- Ladin: Vale of Glamorgan
- Lithuanian: Glamorgano slėnis
- Manx: Bro Morgannwg
- Manx: Co-chorp Coontae Vro Morgannwg
- Min Nan Chinese: Vale of Glamorgan
- Moksha: Вэйл-оф-Гламорган
- Northern Frisian: Vale of Glamorgan
- Norwegian: Vale of Glamorgan
- Norwegian Bokmål: The Vale of Glamorgan
- Norwegian Bokmål: Vale of Glamorgan
- Norwegian Nynorsk: The Vale of Glamorgan
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Vale of Glamorgan
- Persian: ویل آو گلامورگن
- Polish: Vale of Glamorgan
- Portuguese: Vale of Glamorgan
- Romanian: Vale of Glamorgan
- Russian: Вейл-оф-Гламорган
- Russian: Вэйл-оф-Гламорган
- Russian: Гламорганская долина
- Russian: Долина Гламорган
- Scots: Vale o Glamorgan
- Scottish Gaelic: Bro Morgannwg
- Slovenian: Vale of Glamorgan
- Spanish: Vale of Glamorgan
- Swedish: Vale of Glamorgan
- Tamil: கிளைமோர்கன் வாலி
- Telugu: వేల్ ఆఫ్ గ్లామోర్గాన్
- Ukrainian: Долина Ґламорґан
- Urdu: والی آف جلامورجان
- Urdu: ویل آف گلامورگن
- Welsh: Bro Morgannwg
- Welsh: Dyffryn Morgannwg
- Distretto di contea di Vale of Glamorgan
Other Places Named Vale of Glamorgan
In the Area
Localities
- Eglwys BrewisVillage
- LlanbethêryLocality
- Saint Mary ChurchLocality
- GilestonVillage
- LlanfairLocality
- West AberthawVillage
Landmarks
- CastletonCastle
- Old Beaupre CastleCastle
- Howe Mill EnclosureCastle
- Middlecross RingworkCastle
- Malefant CastleCastle, 3½ km west
- Fonmon CastleCastle, 3½ km southeast
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About Mapcarta. Thanks to Mapbox for providing amazing maps. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, excluding photos, directions and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page Vale of Glamorgan. Photo: fionamcallisterphotography, CC BY 2.0.