St Athan Boys' Village was a village-style holiday camp located in West Aberthaw, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales.
Philanthropist David Davies, 1st Baron Davies of Llandinam and president of the Ocean Coal Company and his Welfare Officer Captain J. Glynn Jones, co-founders of the Boys' Clubs of Wales were first inspired to build a holiday camp for the sons of miners from the South Wales Coalfield in the early 1920s after attending a youth camp in Kent.
[1] Opened on August 8, 1925, the camp offered them an escape from the polluted and unhealthy atmosphere of Valleys industrial towns and a place to play and be free, as well as being close to the nearby beach.
[4][5] In April 2016 a Planning application was made to produce 40% affordable housing by demolishing all buildings and redeveloping the church and caretaker's bungalow.
[7] In 2010, the Welsh post-hardcore band Funeral For A Friend shot the video there to their song "Serpents in Solitude" from their EP Young and Defenceless.
In 2011, the BBC aired a short film, Boys' Village, starring students of Stagecoach Theatre Arts and Cardiff High School on BBC2 (Wales).