Volume Twelve - Pre-Victorian to the Present Day - further aspects - The Bristol Channel District Guide - selected articles - [1934 Edition] . . . .

To the west, fine downs extend for over a mile, covered with springy sward, making a most enjoyable promenade. Porthcawl possesses one of the finest golf links south of the Tweed. P. & A. Campbell's steamers call here at intervals during the season.

Beyond Porthcawl, past Sker Point, and, indeed, around the whole curve of Swansea Bay, now opening out, the prevailing character of the coast is sandy. This is especially the case in the Kenfig district adjoining Porthcawl which has suffered heavily from the sand thrown up by the severe storms.

In the sixteenth century there was an overwhelming inundation, which covered with sand an immense extent of the country near the coast, and destroyed the ancient town of Kenfig.