Editing Colwinston (section)

{{Short description|Village and community in Wales}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Use British English|date=May 2025}}
{{Infobox UK place
| country                     = Wales
| welsh_name                  = Tregolwyn
| official_name               = Colwinston
| coordinates                 = {{coord|51.46853|-3.52599|display=inline,title}}
| static_image_name           = Colwinston1.jpg
| unitary_wales               = [[Vale of Glamorgan]]
| lieutenancy_wales           = [[South Glamorgan]]
| constituency_welsh_assembly = [[Vale of Glamorgan]]
| constituency_westminster    = [[Vale of Glamorgan (UK Parliament constituency)|Vale of Glamorgan]]
| post_town                   = Cowbridge
| postcode_district           = CF71
| postcode_area               = CF
| dial_code                   =
| london_distance             = 
| cardiff_distance            = 
| population                  = 447
| population_ref              = (2011)
| os_grid_reference           = SS943755 
| module= [[File:Wales Vale of Glamorgan Community Colwinston map.svg|240px]]<br />Map of the community
}}
'''Colwinston''' (historically sometimes '''Colwinstone'''; {{langx|cy|Tregolwyn}}) is both a village and a [[Community (Wales)|community]] in the [[Vale of Glamorgan]], [[Wales]], approximately {{convert|4|mi}} southeast of the centre of [[Bridgend]] and {{convert|21|mi}} west of the centre of [[Cardiff]]. The village is located within {{convert|1/2|mi}} of the [[A48 road|A48]]. The [[population]] in 2005 was approximately 400<ref name="ONS 2011">{{cite web|title=Area: Colwinston(Parish) |url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=11122226&c=Colwinston&d=16&e=61&g=6494400&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&o=362&m=0&r=1&s=1439561649375&enc=1&dsFamilyId=2491 |publisher=[[Office for National Statistics]] |date=30 January 2013 |accessdate=14 August 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/descriptions/899950|title=Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for VIA JULIA|website=A Vision of Britain Through Time|access-date=3 May 2017}}</ref> but with recent building development, the population is now estimated at over 600 people.

The novelist [[Agatha Christie]] was a frequent visitor, and her descendants still live at the former manor house of [[Pwllywrach]].