A Tour Of Porthcawl “THEN & NOW" - How Does It Compare?

A tour of Porthcawl on the South Wales coast.
How does it look now compared to the way it looked in the past?

Porthcawl Pier and docks were first constructed in the 1860s as a coal and iron port but due to the difficult tides and frequent rough seas lost out to Cardiff and Barry, the docks eventually closed in 1907.

The large pier still remains and pictures of giant waves breaking over the top can be seen in many newspapers and news reports whenever there’s a storm.

Porthcawl then became a popular seaside holiday resort. The first promenade was built in 1887 to commemorate the Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria.

The main shopping street, John Street still has many late Victorian and Edwardian buildings.

The domed Grand Pavilion theatre on the seafront was built in 1932.

The Rest Home overlooking Rest Bay was built as a convalescent hotel in the early 1860s and used as a military hospital during World War I. It has recently been converted into apartments.

The villages of Nottage and Newton date back hundreds of years before Porthcawl town.
A settlement at Nottage village dates back to the days of the Vikings and Newton village dates back to the 12th century. Newton Church was founded by the Knights of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem 800 years ago and was originally built as a fortress.

Coney Beach amusement park opened in the 1920s, it is now just a shadow of its former self

The places in Porthcawl we visited

0:00 Rest Bay Intro

1:40 Porthcawl Pier And Harbour

3:09 Coney Beach

3:33 Porthcawl Promenade

5:42 John Street

6:18 Lias Road

6:30 Station Hill

6:43 John Street

7:18 Gordon Road

7:30 Victoria Avenue

8:05 Rest Bay

8:55 Rest Home

9:15 Nottage Village

9:53 Newton Village

‘A Tour Of Porthcawl Then & Now - How Does It Compare?’ - Filmed November 2020

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