Brynmenyn is a small village located at the confluence of theGarw andOgmore rivers in southWales, around 4 miles north ofBridgend, and it also in theBridgend County Borough council area. The village has its own primary school.[1]
TheA4065 road runs through the village; to the west this leads toTondu, and to the east it heads toAbergarw andBryncethin. TheA4064 road starts in the village and heads north towardsLlangeinor. Adisused railway runs through the village, and the village formerly had arailway station. The nearest operational station isTondu on theMaesteg Line.
Bryngarw Country Park is situated on the north-western boundary of the village.
Memories of Sarah Jane Howell: A Welsh story of the greatest Heroine by Roger G K Penn. 'The story of Sarah Jane Howell, eldest daughter of George and Jennet Howell, Abergarw Farm, Brynmenyn. Sarah Jane was assistant mistress at Brynmenyn Council School who died, aged 21, in the Llynfi river near Bridgend whilst rescuing one of her pupils from drowning on the 19th of December 1911.'ISBN 978-0993131301 Published 2014
