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Bridgend-
Welsh PEN-Y-BONT AR OGWR, town, Ogwr
district, Mid Glamorgan county, Wales, on the Ogmore
River. It has grown up on the site of medieval riverside
twin villages (Oldcastle and Newcastle) with a 12th-century
castle and 15th-century hospice; a stone bridge
was built over the river in about 1435. Historically,
Bridgend has been the market town for the western
Glamorgan lowland and the valleys immediately north.
In addition, the town's industrial base was expanded
after World
War II with the conversion of a wartime ordnance
factory into a large industrial estate, and the
Ford Motor Company opened an automobile engine factory
southeast of the town. Pop. (1981) 31,579.
 Modern
Bridgend boasts great shopping, in the town itself
and in the new designer retail park Macarthur Glen.
When you are tired of shopping Bridgend has plenty
for tourists to enjoy, having a great coastline,
farmland and mountain scenery
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