Bridgend & the Vale
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Villa Guest House
Villa Guest House is an eleven-bedroom Edwardian townhouse at 27 Mary Street in…
CultureSnowcat Cinema
Snowcat Cinema is an independent film programme with a permanent home at…
WorkshopAdam Jones Antique Furniture Restoration
Adam Jones runs an antique and modern furniture restoration workshop from the…
CounterNo39
No39 occupies a shopfront at 39 High Street in Cowbridge, selling women's…
TableCoffee at 12
Coffee at 12 is an independent coffee shop at 12 Derwen Road in Bridgend town…
LarderChurch Street Bakery
Church Street Bakery is a small bakery and deli on Church Street in old…
Grounds
96 Degrees Coffee & Micro Roastery
Cowbridge, WAL
96 Degrees Coffee & Micro Roastery works out of a unit in Old Masons Yard, tucked behind…
Beat
Bridgend, WAL
A bakehouse and coffee store on Station Hill in Bridgend town, placed for commuters and locals,…
Butchers Arms Coffee Shop
Llantrisant, WAL
A coffee shop and gallery in what was an old coaching inn in the old town of Llantrisant, CF72 8DA.…
Coffi Co
Porthcawl, WAL
One of six Coffi Co sites, this one in the regenerated Jennings Building on Porthcawl Harbour.…
Milano's Coffee
Maesteg, WAL
Independent coffee shop on Talbot Street in Maesteg town centre, serving espresso drinks, tea and…
Red Oak Creek Coffee
Creigiau, Cardiff, WAL
Red Oak Creek Coffee trades from a log cabin on Heol Pant-y-gored in Creigiau, on Cardiff's western…
Rest Bay Cafe Bar
Porthcawl, WAL
Rest Bay Cafe Bar sits about 100 metres from the surf break at Rest Bay Beach, Porthcawl, with…
Welsh Coffee Co shop
Bridgend, WAL
The retail end of Welsh Coffee Co, occupying the Community Hall on Slon Lane at Ogmore by Sea and…
Welsh Coffee Company
Bridgend, WAL
Speciality coffee roasted at the Ewenny roastery on Kingswood Court, Ogmore Road, using green…
Table
Braseria El Prado
Bridgend, WAL
El Prado stands on the High Street at Laleston, west of Bridgend town centre, and is described as…
Coffee at 12
Bridgend, WAL
Coffee at 12 is an independent coffee shop at 12 Derwen Road in Bridgend town centre, run by owners…
Home by James Sommerin
Penarth, WAL
Home is the Penarth restaurant of chef James Sommerin, opened in 2021 at 1 Royal Buildings after…
Morgans Bistro & Cocktail Bar
Bridgend, WAL
Morgans Bistro & Cocktail Bar occupies a restored building on Caroline Street, brought back into…
The Golden Mile
Bridgend, WAL
A country inn in a rural corner of the Vale of Glamorgan, with countryside views. The restaurant…
The Grand Sultan
Margam, WAL
Indian restaurant on the outskirts of Port Talbot, at the Lakeside Golf course in Margam, set in 25…
Whitmore+Jackson
Barry Island, Barry, WAL
An independent cafe on Barry Island's seafront, serving all-day breakfast and brunch from a fully…
Wine Street Coffee
Llantwit Major, WAL
Wine Street Coffee has run from 4 Wine Street in Llantwit Major's old town since the company behind…
Larder
Andrew Garner Family Butcher
Maesteg, WAL
Family-run butcher's counter inside Maesteg indoor market on Talbot Street, selling fresh meat,…
Church Street Bakery
Llantwit Major, WAL
Church Street Bakery is a small bakery and deli on Church Street in old Llantwit Major, selling…
Cocoa & Co
Cowbridge, WAL
Cocoa & Co is a chocolate shop tucked into Verity's Court just off Cowbridge High Street, selling…
Fauvette
Penarth, WAL
Fauvette opened inside Chris Capus, a long-standing former seed merchant's shop on Glebe Street in…
Food For Thought Delicatessen
Barry, WAL
Delicatessen on Barry High Street selling cheese, cured meats, olives and other specialist grocery…
Forage Farm Shop & Kitchen
Penllyn, WAL
Forage Farm Shop & Kitchen opened in 2020 on the Homfray family's Penllyn Estate, which the family…
Home & Colonial Fine Foods
Porthcawl, WAL
Home & Colonial Fine Foods is a delicatessen and bakery on John Street in Porthcawl, established in…
I.G. Nicholas Butchers
Cowbridge, WAL
I.G. Nicholas Butchers trades from 26 High Street in Cowbridge, where Master Butcher Ivor Nicholas…
Peter Wood & Sons Butchers
Bridgend, WAL
Peter Wood & Sons has operated as a family run butchers and delicatessen in Bridgend since 1965.…
Slade Farm Organics
St Brides Major, WAL
An organic farm shop and vegetable-box scheme run from Pitcot Farm by a family growing mixed arable…
Culture
Market Theatre, Cowbridge
Cowbridge, WAL
A sixty-five-seat theatre on The Butts run by the Cowbridge Amateur Dramatic Society, a volunteer…
Memo Arts Centre
Barry, WAL
The Memo Arts Centre occupies Barry's Memorial Hall on Gladstone Road, a building opened in 1932 as…
nantgarw China Works Museum
Taffs Well, WAL
Nantgarw China Works Museum, run by the Nantgarw China Works Trust, presents itself as the home of…
Porthcawl Museum
Porthcawl, WAL
Porthcawl Museum occupies the town's former police station on John Street, run entirely by…
Snowcat Cinema
Penarth, WAL
Snowcat Cinema is an independent film programme with a permanent home at Penarth Pier Pavilion on…
Sue McDonagh Artist Studio & Gallery
Cowbridge, WAL
Sue McDonagh works from a studio and gallery in the Old Wool Barn, a converted barn of individual…
Workshop
Adam Jones Antique Furniture Restoration
Cowbridge, WAL
Adam Jones runs an antique and modern furniture restoration workshop from the Old Wool Barn, a…
Anne Morgan Jewellery
Penarth, WAL
Anne Morgan Jewellery occupies a gallery and studio at 10 Glebe Street in Penarth, run by jeweller…
Clay and Craft
Cowbridge, WAL
Clay and Craft is a pottery studio tucked behind the Town Hall in Cowbridge, occupying The Old…
Crafts by the Sea
Ogmore-by-Sea, WAL
A collective of independent makers trading as sole traders from a single shop on Church Close,…
Ewenny Pottery
Ewenny, WAL
Ewenny Pottery has operated in the village of Ewenny near Bridgend since 1610, making it the oldest…
Counter
AJ Guttridge
Porthcawl, WAL
A J Guttridge has been established since 1939 and remains a family-run business, describing itself…
Bardic Vintage Books
Llantwit Major, WAL
Bardic Vintage Books sits on Church Street in Llantwit Major, in a shopfront that previously housed…
Butchers Arms Gallery
Llantrisant, WAL
An old coaching inn in the old town of Llantrisant, now a coffee shop downstairs with a gallery and…
Cross Farm Nursery
Pentre Meyrick, WAL
Cross Farm Nursery has operated for more than 30 years off the A48 at Pentre Meyrick, between…
Ewenny Garden Centre
Ewenny, WAL
Ewenny Garden Centre is a family-run garden centre on Wick Road in the village of Ewenny, just…
No39
Cowbridge, WAL
No39 occupies a shopfront at 39 High Street in Cowbridge, selling women's clothing, accessories,…
The Cowbridge Bookshop
Cowbridge, WAL
The Cowbridge Bookshop has traded from 72 Eastgate since 1984, when it was founded by John and…
Ton Nursery
Merthyr Mawr, Bridgend, WAL
A seasonal nursery near Merthyr Mawr specialising in hand-planted hanging baskets, bedding plants,…
Cellar
AxelJack Brewery
Maesteg, WAL
AxelJack Brewery was founded in Maesteg in May 2023 by Craig Jackson and Ian Axelsen, who brew from…
Nash Point Brewing Company
Sully, WAL
Small brewery operating from a single industrial unit at Atlantic Business Park in Sully, near…
Noble Grape
Cowbridge, WAL
Noble Grape trades from 18 High Street in Cowbridge, a wine merchant set up by Richard Ballantyne,…
Porthcawl Distillery
Kenfig, Bridgend, WAL
A small-batch gin producer distilling on a 50-litre copper still nicknamed Elvis at premises near…
Snug
Gin 64
Penarth, WAL
Gin 64 is a gin bar in the Royal Buildings on Victoria Road in Penarth, stocking more than 150 gins…
Jolly Sailor Inn
Newton, WAL
The Jolly Sailor has stood on Church Street in Newton, on the edge of Porthcawl, since 1818, when…
Little Penybont Arms
Pencoed, WAL
Little Penybont Arms is a micropub on Penybont Road in Pencoed, run by Stacey Roberts and her…
The Garth Inn
Maesteg, WAL
Community pub on Bridgend Road in Garth, on the western edge of Maesteg, serving the terraced…
Vale of Glamorgan Inn
Cowbridge, WAL
A single-roomed traditional free house on Cowbridge High Street, occupying a former coaching inn…
Rest
Butterfly Guest House
Porthcawl, WAL
Butterfly Guest House occupies an Edwardian building on Mary Street in Porthcawl, around 300 yards…
Foam Edge
Porthcawl, WAL
Foam Edge is a small seafront guest house on West Drive in Porthcawl, run by owners Hywel and…
Great House Guest House
Llantwit Major, WAL
Great House Guest House occupies a Grade II*-listed building on the High Street in Llantwit Major,…
Llanerch Vineyard
Pontyclun, WAL
A working vineyard at Hensol in the Vale of Glamorgan combining a boutique hotel, restaurant and…
Olivia House Guest House
Porthcawl, WAL
Guest house on Esplanade Avenue in Porthcawl, offering bed and breakfast rooms a short walk from…
Skyline Isaf
Glyncorrwg, WAL
Skyline Isaf is one of two modernised terraced holiday houses in Glyncorrwg, in the Afan Valley,…
Tremains Guest House
Bridgend, WAL
A family-run guest house a short walk from Bridgend railway station, offering en-suite rooms with…
Ty Skyline House
Glyncorrwg, WAL
One of two self-catering terraced houses in Glyncorrwg, in the Afan Valley, let by Gareth and Mike,…
Villa Guest House
Porthcawl, WAL
Villa Guest House is an eleven-bedroom Edwardian townhouse at 27 Mary Street in Porthcawl, a short…
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