Newcastle Higher
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Location within Bridgend | |
Population | 4,046 (2011) |
OS grid reference | SS897801 |
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Principal area | |
Preserved county | |
Country | Wales |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | BRIDGEND |
Postcode district | CF31 |
Postcode district | CF32 |
Dialling code | 01656 |
Police | South Wales |
Fire | South Wales |
Ambulance | Welsh |
UK Parliament | |
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament | |
Newcastle Higher is a community in Bridgend County Borough, south Wales. Located north west of Bridgend town centre it is made up of the townships of Pen-y-fai and Aberkenfig and straddles the M4 motorway. The community is home to several notable buildings, including the Pen-y-fai Hospital (the former Glamorganshire Lunatic Asylum), Court Coleman and All Saints Church.
At the 2001 census, the community's population was 3,695,[1] increasing to 4,046 at the 2011 Census.[2]
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Governance
At the local level the community elects twelve community councillors to Newcastle Higher Community Council, from the community wards of Aberkenfig and Penyfai.[3]
Newcastle Higher was the name of the county electoral ward, electing one county councillor at the 1995 elections to Bridgend County Borough Council.[4] Together with Llangynwyd Lower, Newcastle Higher has been part of the Aberkenfig ward since 1999.
Prior to 1996, Newcastle Higher was a ward (from 1987) to Ogwr Borough Council[5] and, from 1989, to Mid Glamorgan County Council.[6]
References
- ^ Davies, John; Jenkins, Nigel; Menna, Baines; Lynch, Peredur I., eds. (2008). The Welsh Academy Encyclopaedia of Wales. Cardiff: University of Wales Press. p. 609. ISBN 978-0-7083-1953-6.
- ^ "Community population 2011". Retrieved 6 November 2015.
- ^ "Welcome". Newcastle Higher Community Council. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
- ^ "Bridgend County Borough Council Election Results 1995-2012" (PDF). The Elections Centre. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
- ^ "Ogwr Welsh District Council Election Results 1973-1991" (PDF). The Elections Centre. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
- ^ "Mid Glamorgan County Council Election Results 1973-1993" (PDF). The Elections Centre. Retrieved 24 July 2019.