With panoramic views of the Bristol Channel and Gower Peninsula, The Prince Of Wales Inn is open throughout the year and is the ideal place for great food, great beer, and good times. The Inn itself dates from around the 15th century. Its location within the ancient Borough of Kenfig is both of historical and commercial value to the locality throughout the ages. Previously called Ty Newydd (New Ho
use) Tavern, it was renamed in its present form during the late 18th Century in honour of George, Prince of Wales, who, in 1820, was crowned George IV. The Inn itself is the present Town Hall which replaced the old Guild Hall of the ancient Borough of Kenfig which once stood in the old medieval town and is the focal point of the Borough both within its present and former transitions. The upstairs room at the Prince of Wales Inn was the Guild Hall, now known as the Town Hall and is accessed via an external stairway to the main building. Its long room has been in continuous usage for centuries and it was within this very room that the Burgesses exercised their rights granted by the Kenfig Charters. It was here that they held their own courts, controlled trade, established commercial and public behaviour standards and enforced sanitation regulations. The festival of Gwyl Mabsant (Dancing Festival) was held in this upper room and on many occasions it has also served as a mortuary for shipwrecked mariners. The Borough Mace and a copper measure found in the original safe built into the wall of the Upper Court Room, are now held in the Welsh Folk Museum at St Fagan’s. A replica of the Mace of the Borough of Kenfig remains in the wall safe in the Prince of Wales Inn. The Prince of Wales is thought to be one of the most haunted Public Houses in Wales!
