St. Nicholas ( cy, Sain Nicolas) is a small village in the

Vale of Glamorgan The Vale of Glamorgan ( cy, Bro Morgannwg ), often referred to as The Vale, is a county borough in the south-east of Wales. It borders Bridgend County Borough to the west, Cardiff to the east, Rhondda Cynon Taf to the north, and the Bristol ...

, South Wales. It lies 2 miles west of the

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and 7 miles from its city centre. St. Nicholas is the highest elevation village in the Vale of Glamorgan. The population was 417 in 2011. It is in the community of

St Nicholas and Bonvilston St Nicholas and Bonvilston is a community in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales. Formed in 1982, it includes the villages of St Nicholas, Bonvilston, and four properties in Dyffryn. In August 2020, St Nicholas had 294 dwellings and 451 electors. B ...

Amenities & History

The

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divides the village in half, with a

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an
primary school
north of it and housing south of it. However there are no shops or

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s in the village, the nearest being in

Bonvilston Bonvilston ( cy, Tresimwn) is a village in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales. The village is situated on the A48 about four miles east of Cowbridge and near the Welsh capital city of Cardiff. The population in 2011 was 392. History It is named af ...

Culverhouse Cross Culverhouse Cross ( cy, Croes Cwrlwys) is a district straddling the boundary between Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, in the community of Wenvoe. The district is centred on a major traffic roundabout that links West Cardiff to the M4 mo ...

. The A4226 (Five Mile Lane) connects it to nearby

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from the A48. The village lacks a pub and in 2017 the Church Hall was sold. On October 6, 2016, a controversial planning application by Redrow Homes was granted, adding 100 dwellings to the village. A further 17 were added by Waterstone Homes. Building began in the summer of 2017, and on completion doubled the size of the village. It is served by public transport by the

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X2 service westbound to

Cowbridge Cowbridge ( cy, Y Bont-faen) is a market town in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, approximately west of the centre of Cardiff. The Cowbridge with Llanblethian community and civil parish elect a town council. A Cowbridge electoral ward exists for ...

Bridgend Bridgend (; cy, Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr or just , meaning "the end of the bridge on the Ogmore") is a town in Bridgend County Borough in Wales, west of Cardiff and east of Swansea. The town is named after the medieval bridge over the River Og ...

and

Porthcawl Porthcawl (, ) is a town and community on the south coast of Wales in the county borough of Bridgend, west of the capital city, Cardiff and southeast of Swansea. Historically part of Glamorgan and situated on a low limestone headland on the S ...

, and eastbound to

, Ely, Canton and

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Gallery

File:St Nicholas Vale of Glamorgan 2.jpg, Presbyterian church File:The Three Tuns, St Nicholas, January 2021 1.jpg, The former pub, The Three Tuns File:St Nicholas Vale of Glamorgan 5.jpg, Primary school File:St Nicholas Vale of Glamorgan 6.jpg, St. Nicholas War Memorial St Nicholas Church Hall, St Nicholas, January 2021.jpg, The former church hall - now Church Hall House and Tinkenswood Hall File:Cory family tomb, Church of St Nicholas, January 2021 05.jpg, The Cory family tomb in St. Nicholas churchyard File:3 Smith's Row, St Nicholas, January 2021 1.jpg, Smith's Row of thatched cottages

References

External links and Extra Information

Further information:
St. Nicholas Village Website St Nicholas Church in Wales Primary SchoolPhotos of St. Nicholas and surrounding area on geograph.org.uk
Villages in the Vale of Glamorgan {{ValeofGlamorgan-geo-stub