Danygraig residents might not be aware that the current bus service into Porthcawl town centre is to cease operating at the end of August. In a bid to save money, Bridgend County Borough Council voted to cut all subsidies for bus services, resulting in the Bus companies deciding to no longer operate certain routes in Bridgend. However, a number of residents have fought for Bridgend County Borough Council to continue providing a bus service. They have…
Do you have bats using your garden? Let us know in the comments section if you have seen bats flying over your garden taking midges, flies, beetles and moths to eat. Different species have different tastes in prey, and so their hunting methods may vary. Whatever insects they eat, flying uses a lot of energy so bats have very large appetites, Pipistrelle bats can eat as many as 3000 insects per night – good for getting…
The Dan-y-Graig estate may have had creative input from one of the UK’s most well known architects, Sir Bertram Clough Williams-Ellis. Although he might be most known as the creator of the Italianate village of Portmeirion in North Wales – notable as “The Village” in the 1960s television show The Prisoner) – he also produced architectural drawings for the Dan-y-Graig estate in Porthcawl. These drawings found in the architect’s archives include a proposed detached house as well as a general layout of the…
This might be a shock, but we have some surprising neighbours living in the surrounding woods at the upper areas of Dan-y-Graig, Porthcawl. They like to keep a low profile, but if you’re lucky you might spot the Dan-y-graig deer. These remarkable photos were taken by a local resident as a deer bravely left its herd and stepped out of the woods onto the farmland located at the end of Dan-y-Graig Avenue. The deer quickly…
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