Porthcawl Museum
Porthcawl Museum is a museum in Porthcawl. Its operator is Porthcawl Museum and Historical Society. Top of the 19 other places within 15 km is Ogmore Castle, 6.4 km off.
Museum in Porthcawl
Inside Porthcawl
Porthcawl Museum is inside Porthcawl’s built-up area, with 1 more place to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Seasons and weather
If warmth matters, go June to September: Porthcawl reaches 19–21°C.
Porthcawl Museum
Museum in Porthcawl, Wales, United Kingdom.
It is run by Porthcawl Museum and Historical Society.
In Porthcawl, inside the town’s built-up area.
- Type
- Museum
- Run by
- Porthcawl Museum and Historical Society
- Town
- in Porthcawl
- Official site
- porthcawlmuseum.com
Its place on the map
The map centres on Porthcawl Museum, in orange, with nearby places numbered.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Porthcawl’s built-up area. · ONS built-up area 2022
Which town is nearest
Of these 4 towns, the largest is Porthcawl (15,797 people). Closest first, each of these towns names it on its page.
Porthcawl
South Cornelly
Pyle
Ogmore-by-Sea
Compare the 4 towns
| Town | Where Porthcawl Museum is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Porthcawl | It’s in town | 15,797 | 7 |
| South Cornelly | 3.1 km north of it | 398 | 5 |
| Pyle | 4.3 km north of it | 14,075 | 9 |
| Ogmore-by-Sea | 4.7 km east of it | 1,356 | 4 |
Places to add to Porthcawl Museum
Within 15 km you can add 6 castles, a theme park and an abbey or priory.
Castle · CadwOgmore Castle6.4 km away2
CastleKenfig Castle6.1 km away3
CastleCandleston Castle5.4 km away4
Castle · CadwY Castell Newydd9.1 km away5
Theme parkConey Beach Funfair600 m away6
Castle · CadwCastell Coety12 km away7
CastleMargam Castle9.6 km away8
Abbey or prioryMargam Abbey9.6 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Questions before you go
Where is Porthcawl Museum?
Porthcawl Museum is in Porthcawl, Mid Glamorgan, inside the town’s built-up area.
What is Porthcawl Museum?
Museum in Porthcawl, Wales, United Kingdom.
Who runs Porthcawl Museum?
Porthcawl Museum and Historical Society.
When is the best time to visit Porthcawl Museum?
June to September are the warmest months in Porthcawl, with afternoon highs of 19–21°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
What else is there to see near Porthcawl Museum?
Within 15 km: Ogmore Castle (6.4 km), Kenfig Castle (6.1 km), Candleston Castle (5.4 km) and Y Castell Newydd (9.1 km).
Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the ONS 2022 built-up area (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.
Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (8)
- Ogmore Castle: Ewan Topping from Amsterdam, Netherlands, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kenfig Castle: Hywel Williams, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Candleston Castle: Thruxton, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Y Castell Newydd: Alan Hughes, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Coney Beach Funfair: WillMcC at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Castell Coety: kenneth rees, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Margam Castle: Robert Davies, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Margam Abbey: Archangel12, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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