Walks In Wales - South Cornelly (Medieval Villages And Very Big Holes)

A circular walk of South Cornelly near Porthcawl. This was the site of the original village simply called Cornelly.

South Cornelly is only a couple of miles from the centre of Porthcawl and you now bypass the village as you drive from Junction 37 of the M4 to Porthcawl.

It is thought that the village is named after St Cornelius and back in the 12th century the village had a church dedicated to the saint.

From the centre of Cornelly, I head up Lamb Row and across the old Dyffryn Llynfi & Porthcawl Railway route. This brought down coal and iron to Porthcawl docks and took limestone from the local quarries back to the ironworks.

The walk then takes you past the South Cornelly quarries which are still being operated today.

From the quarries, the walk passes across some fields to Heol Y Sheet. This was the route of a Roman Road across South Wales and there has been several Roman finds around Kenfig.

Heol Y Sheet is now a quiet country lane and the M4 motorway cuts through it.

Finally, the circular walk follows Heol Y Sheet to Cornelly Cross and then under the M4 back to South Cornelly.

The South Cornelly walking route.

0:00 Intro

0:40 The Cornelly Name

3:20 Lamb Row

3:52 The Old Railway

6:30 To The Quarries

8:53 Pant Mawr Quarry

10:47 A Big Hole

12:18 Heol Y Sheet

14:39 Ty Tanglwyst

15:56 The M4

16:36 Avro Anson Crash Sitr

17:31 Rainy Heol Y Sheet

18:39 South Cornelly Bypass

‘Walks In Wales - South Cornelly’ - Filmed August 2021
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