Litchard
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Litchard (Welsh: Llidiard) is a village and residential district north of Bridgend, Wales. It is also an electoral ward in the Coity Higher community, as well as a former ward to Bridgend County Borough Council.
The village of Coity lies to the east, Pendre to the south, Wildmill and the River Ogmore to the west. Litchard is described as being in top 10% of most privileged areas of Wales, according to the Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation,[1] with many of its houses privately owned.
According to the 2011 UK Census, the population of the Litchard ward was 2,147.[2]
The village has playing fields, a primary school and a mission church. Wildmill railway station is located at the bottom of Litchard Terrace.
