Pyle is a village and community in Bridgend county borough, Wales. This large village is served by the A48 road, and lies less than one mile from Junction 37 of the M4 motorway, and is therefore only a half-hour journey from the capital city of Wales, Cardiff; in fact it lies approximately equidistant between the capital and the second city . The nearest town is the seaside resort of Porthcawl. Within the Community, to the northeast of Pyle, is the adjoining settlement of Kenfig Hill.EtymologyThe name "Pyle" is probably derived from the Welsh word pil, meaning a creek, a term found along the Bristol Channel coast of Glamorgan and Monmouthshire. In this instance it probably refers to the mouth of the River Kenfig, which is tidal for its first mile from the sea. An alternative derivation for the name is the English word "pile", a stake, possibly referring to a boundary marker. This explanation seems less likely; the only settlement in the United Kingdom known to have this derivation is the hamlet of Pyle in the Isle of Wight.
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