Cogan, Vale of Glamorgan

Cogan is a suburb of Penarth in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, 2.5 miles (4 km) south of the centre of the Welsh capital city of Cardiff.

The pil (a tidal inlet, used as a harbour) lay within the commote of Dinas Powys and joined the River Ely near today's Pont y Werin footbridge.

Cogan railway station is on the Vale of Glamorgan Line and provides services to Barry, Rhoose, Bridgend and Cardiff.

Dingle Road Halt and Penarth station remain open but the platforms at Cogan were closed when the line was reduced to a single track branchline.

Most of the station buildings still stand and have been used by several private businesses including a shooting range, a garden centre, a second-hand car lot and a marine chandlers.

The area originally covered by the Cogan and Penarth Dock's railway sidings and engine maintenance sheds now contains a large Tesco supermarket.

Conversely Pill Street was a dead end until the 1970s when a connection was driven through, up the slope to the newly built Cowslip Estate housing development.

The Herbert Family Arms; Cogan Pill House was described as "The ancient seat of the Herberts", and the arms are still found in the modern building.
The corner houses with angled facings show where the many shops once stood, the angled wall once containing the shop entrance door
"The Cogan" public house
The Cogan general stores, a rare surviving local shop
Hebron Church, Pill Street
Cogan Coronation Club