A blue sign with a diagram showing a branch off the road ahead and the following text.
Forward destinations: Caerdydd; Cardiff; Pen-y-bont; Bridgend.
Exit destinations: Pîl; Pyle; Porthcawl; A4229.
Junction number: 37.
South Wales is blessed with some incredible beaches. Enormous ones, used to set early land speed records, are further west in Pembrokeshire, but if you want beaches with dramatic rocks to explore, Porthcawl is the seaside town for you.