Llantwit Major

Llantwit Major (Welsh: Llanilltud Fawr -- llan church enclosure + Illtud + mawr great) is a small coastal town and community in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, lying on the Bristol Channel coast. It is one of four towns in Vale of Glamorgan and the third-largest by population (13,366 (2001)) after Barry and Penarth, and ahead of Cowbridge, which lies about 4.5 miles to the northeast. The town centre of Llantwit Major lies about 9 miles southeast of the centre of Bridgend, 10 miles west of the centre of Barry, and about 15 miles northwest of the centre of the Welsh capital of Cardiff which lies further to the east beyond Barry. Llantwit Major's name is taken from the Welsh name "Llanilltud Fawr", named after Saint Illtud, who came to the...