with over a third of all plant and insect life of Wales found in these sand dunes. To reach here by foot from Ogmore-by-Sea, you will need to walk up to the castle, pass the stepping stones and ...

Wales was not heavily colonised by Vikings ... Tusker Rock, an island in the Bristol Channel just off the coast at Ogmore-by-Sea, took its name from Tuska, a Danish Viking who inhabited the ...

There are roughly 427 castles in Wales, 100 of which are still standing. Here's a taster of some of them, taken by members of the BBC Wales Nature Flickr group. You can find out more about castles ...

A popular beach in the Vale of Glamorgan is still classed as one of the worst for bathing water quality in the whole of Wales. Ogmore-by-Sea beach and Watch House Bay were given 'poor' ratings for ...