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Cwm Colhuw Beach

A beach in Vale of Glamorgan. By the sand: cafe or food, toilets, parking, bus under 100 m. Excellent water.

On the beach

No. 1,418 of 1,883 as a wild beach, No. 199 for an easy beach day.

Water
Excellent (latest grade), bathing water "Col-Huw Beach (Llantwit Major)"Natural Resources Wales, National Parks, checked 2026-11-01
Within 300 m
Cafe or food, Toilets, Parking, Bus under 100 m · not mapped: lifeguards, showers or waterOpenStreetMap, checked 2026-10-29; stops from NaPTAN and Translink
Name
From Wikidata: the sand is unnamed on the mapWikidata, checked 2026-11-01
Size
About 39 hectares as mappedOpenStreetMap, checked 2026-10-29
Surface
SandOpenStreetMap, checked 2026-10-29
Position
51.3950° N, 3.4964° W
Getting there
Directions in Google Mapswhat3words addressOpen in OpenStreetMap

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