Limpert Bay
Aberthaw Beach / Gileston Beach | |
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| Coordinates: 51°23′13″N 3°24′54″W / 51.387°N 3.415°W | |
| Country | Wales |
| County borough | Vale of Glamorgan |
| Village | St Athan |
| Historic county | Glamorgan |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (GMT) |
| Post codes | CF62 |
| Area codes | 01446 |
Limpert Bay (Welsh: Bae Limpert)[1] is a beach on the Bristol Channel which connects to Watch House Beach to the East, the line of division is the run-off of the River Thaw and Summerhouse Bay to the West.
The beach is rock with some sand.[2] There is a guest house[3] and a free car park next to some cottage ruins.[4] An information stand at the beach gives the history of the area, provided by the Heritage Cost.[5]
The Wildlife Trust for Wales has helped record over one thousand species at this location, sixty-two of which are of principal concern to the conservation to the biodiversity of Wales.[6]
- ^ "Traeth Aberddawan | Ymweld â'r Fro". cy.visitthevale.com (in Welsh). Retrieved 19 August 2022.
- ^ "Limpert Bay. Aberthaw Beach, a great family day out, in Bro Morgannwg / the Vale of Glamorgan". Archived from the original on 9 September 2011.
- ^ "Limpert Bay Guest House".
- ^ "Limpert Bay on Blue Sea Surf". Archived from the original on 16 May 2016. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
- ^ "Heritage Coast Document". Retrieved 30 June 2015.
- ^ "Aberthaw".