Pyle 3254630 215708734 2008-05-29T10:42:22Z Jeremy Bolwell 3483939 {{for|people named Pyle|Pyle (surname)}} '''Pyle''' ({{lang-cy|Y Pîl}}) is a village in [[Bridgend (county borough)|Bridgend county borough]], [[south Wales]]. [[Pyle railway station]] is on the [[London]] - South Wales main line. This large village is served by the [[A48 road]], and lies less than one mile from Junction 37 of the [[M4 motorway]], and is therefore only a half-hour journey from the [[capital city]] of [[Wales]], [[Cardiff]]; in fact it lies approximately equidistant between the capital (Cardiff) and the second city ([[Swansea]]). The nearest town is the seaside resort of [[Porthcawl]]. Pyle contains a [[medieval]] [[parish church]] whose walls are said to contain stones from the ancient borough of [[Kenfig]] which was abandoned after being buried in sandstorms. Pyle was made a [[civil parish|community]] in 2002, when the [[Cynffig]] community was split into two parts (the other being [[Cornelly]]), following a recommendation of the [[Local Government Boundary Commission for Wales]]. <ref>See: [http://www.lgbc-wales.gov.uk/Community/Cynffig/LGBCW%20Cynffig.pdf Boundary commission for Wales]</ref> <ref>See: [http://www.opsi.gov.uk/legislation/wales/wsi2002/20021129e.htm Welsh Statutory Instrument 2002 No. 1129 (W.117): The Bridgend (Cynffig, Cornelly and Pyle Communities) (Electoral Changes) Order 2002]</ref> ==References== <references/> == External Links == *[http://www.geograph.org.uk/search.php?i=2767436 www.geograph.co.uk : photos of Pyle and surrounding area] {{Bridgend-geo-stub}} {{coor title dm|51|31|N|3|42|W|region:GB_type:city}} [[Category:Villages in Bridgend county borough]]