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Carmarthenshire

marthenshire ( or Sir Gâr) is a unitary authority

Subdivisions of Wales

For local government purposes, Wales is divided into 22 unitary authorities, which are responsible for the provision of all local government services, including education, social work, environment and roads services....
in the south west

South West Wales

South West Wales is a loosely-defined region of Wales. A clear definition consisting of all of the unitary authorities of Swansea, Neath Port Talbot, Pembrokeshire and Carmarthenshire is used by a number of government agencies and private organisations....
of Wales

Wales

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and one of thirteen historic counties

Counties of Wales

The counties of Wales may refer to:Current:*Local government in Wales*Preserved counties of WalesHistory:*Historic counties of Wales...
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**Carmarthenshire principal area**

Geography
Area Surface area Surface area is how much exposed area an object has. It is expressed in square units. If an object has flat Face , its surface area can be calculated by adding together the areas of its faces.... - Total - % Water	Ranked 3rd List of Welsh principal areas by area This is a list of subdivisions of Wales ordered by area.... 2,395 km² ? %
County Town	Carmarthen Carmarthen Carmarthen is the county town of Carmarthenshire, Wales. It is sited on the River Towy and lays claim to being the oldest town in Wales. In 2001, the combined population of the town's three wards was 13,760....
Largest Town	Llanelli Llanelli Llanelli , pron. [?a'n??i], the largest town in the county of Carmarthenshire, in South West Wales Wales, sits on the Loughor estuary on the West Wales coast, approximately west-north-west of Swansea and south-east of the county town, Carmarthen....
ISO 3166-2 ISO 3166-2:GB ISO 3166-2:GB is an International Organization for Standardization standard which defines geocodes: it is the subset of ISO 3166-2 which applies to the United Kingdom....	GB-CMN
ONS code ONS coding system The Office for National Statistics coding system is a hierarchical code used in the United Kingdom for tabulating census and other statistical data....	00NU
Demographics
Population Population File:Population density.pngIn biology, a population is the collection of inter-breeding organisms of a particular species; in sociology, a collection of human beings.... : - Total - Density Density The density of a material is defined as its mass per unit volume. The symbol of density is ....	Ranked List of Welsh principal areas by population This is a list of subdivisions of Wales ordered by population.The figures are mid-year estimates for 2007 from the Office for National Statistics.... Ranked List of Welsh principal areas by population density This is a List of Subdivisions of Wales by population density in the United_Kingdom_Census_2001.... / km²
Ethnicity	99.4% White
Welsh language Welsh language Welsh ]], is a member of the Brythonic branch of Celtic languages spoken natively in Wales, in England by some along the Welsh Marches and in the Welsh settlement in Argentina in the Chubut Valley in Argentina Patagonia.... - Any skills	Ranked 3rd List of Welsh principal areas by percentage Welsh language This is a List of Subdivisions of Wales by the percentage of those professing some skills in the Welsh language in Wales in the United_Kingdom_Census_2001.... 63.6%
Politics
Carmarthenshire County Council Carmarthenshire County Council Carmarthenshire County Council is the administrative authority for the county of Carmarthenshire, Wales, providing a range of services under the control of elected county councillors that include education, planning, transport and streetscene, social services and public safety.... http://www.carmarthenshire.gov.uk/
Control
MPs	Nick Ainger Nick Ainger Nicholas Richard Ainger is a United Kingdom Labour Party Member of Parliament for the constituency of Carmarthen West and Pembrokeshire South .... Nia Griffith Nia Griffith Nia Rhiannon Griffith is a United Kingdom politician. She is the Labour Party Member of Parliament for Llanelli in Wales.... Adam Price Adam Price Adam Price is a politician in Wales, and Plaid Cymru Member of Parliament for Carmarthen East and Dinefwr . He was elected to Parliament in the United Kingdom general election, 2001....
AMs Members of the National Assembly for Wales The National Assembly for Wales is composed of 60 members known as AMs or Assembly Members ....	Angela Burns Angela Burns Angela Burns is a United Kingdom businesswoman and politician who was elected as Conservative Party member for Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire to the National Assembly for Wales in May 2007.... (Con Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative and Unionist Party, more commonly known as the Conservative Party, is a conservative political party in the United Kingdom.... ) (Carmarthen W. & S. Pembrokshire) Helen Mary Jones Helen Mary Jones Helen Mary Jones is a Plaid Cymru politician and member of the National Assembly for Wales.... (Plaid Plaid Cymru Plaid Cymru is a political party in Wales. It advocates the establishment of an independent Welsh state within the European Union.Plaid Cymru was formed in 1925 and won its first seat in 1966.... ) (Llanelli) Rhodri Glyn Thomas Rhodri Glyn Thomas Rhodri Glyn Thomas Member of the National Assembly for Wales is a Wales politician. He has been the Plaid Cymru National Assembly for Wales Member for Carmarthen East and Dinefwr since National Assembly for Wales election, 1999.... (Plaid) (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr)
MEPs Member of the European Parliament A Member of the European Parliament is the English name for a person who has been elected to the European Parliament, of of the the European Union's two legislative bodies....	Wales European Parliament election, 2004 (UK) The European Parliament election, 2004 was the UK part of the European Parliament election, 2004. It was held on 10 June. It was the first European election to be held in the United Kingdom using postal-only voting in four areas....

Carmarthenshire ( or Sir Gâr) is a unitary authority

Subdivisions of Wales

South West Wales

Wales

native_name = Cymru|conventional_long_name = Wales|common_name = Wales|image_flag = Flag of Wales 2.svg|national_motto = ...
and one of thirteen historic counties

Counties of Wales

The counties of Wales may refer to:Current:*Local government in Wales*Preserved counties of WalesHistory:*Historic counties of Wales...
. Its three largest towns are Carmarthen

Carmarthen

Carmarthen is the county town of Carmarthenshire, Wales. It is sited on the River Towy and lays claim to being the oldest town in Wales. In 2001, the combined population of the town's three wards was 13,760....
, Llanelli

Llanelli

Llanelli , pron. [?a'n??i], the largest town in the county of Carmarthenshire, in South West Wales Wales, sits on the Loughor estuary on the West Wales coast, approximately west-north-west of Swansea and south-east of the county town, Carmarthen....
and Ammanford. The county town

County town

A county town is the 'capital' of a county in the United Kingdom or the Republic of Ireland. County towns are usually the location of administrative or judicial functions, or established over time as the de facto main town of a county....
and administrative centre of Carmarthenshire is Carmarthen

Carmarthen

Llanelli

Geography

The county is bounded to the north by Ceredigion

Ceredigion

Ceredigion is a Principal areas of Wales and former kingdom in mid-west Wales. In extent it is more or less identical to the historic county of Cardiganshire, and it was reconstituted as a county under that name in 1996, reverting to Ceredigion a day later....
, to the east by Powys

Powys

Powys is a local-government Principal areas of Wales and preserved counties of Wales in Wales....
, Neath Port Talbot

Neath Port Talbot

Neath Port Talbot is a county borough#Wales and one of the Principal areas of Wales of Wales. Neath Port Talbot is the 8th most List of Welsh principal areas by population in Wales and the third most populous county borough....
and Swansea

Swansea

Swansea is a City status in the United Kingdom and subdivisions of Wales in Wales. Swansea is in the Historic counties of Wales of Glamorgan. Situated on the sandy South West Wales coast, the county area includes the Gower peninsula and the Lliw uplands....
, to the south by the Bristol Channel

Bristol Channel

The Bristol Channel is a major inlet in the island of Great Britain, separating South Wales from Devon and Somerset in South West England, and extending from the lower Severn Estuary of the River Severn to that part of the North Atlantic Ocean known as the Celtic Sea ....
and to the west by Pembrokeshire

Pembrokeshire

Pembrokeshire is a county in the South West Wales of Wales in the United Kingdom....
. Carmarthenshire has a population of approximately 170,000, 55.1% of whom are Welsh speakers. The surface generally is upland and mountainous. Fforest Fawr and Black Mountain extend into the east of the county and the Cambrian Mountains

Cambrian Mountains

The Cambrian Mountains are a series of mountain ranges in Wales, reaching from, and including, the South Wales mountains of the Brecon Beacons, north Carmarthenshire and Ceredigion, to Snowdonia in North Wales....
into the north. The south coast contains many fishing villages and sandy beaches. The highest point is the Fan Brycheiniog

Fan Brycheiniog

|}Fan Brycheiniog is a mountain in the Brecon Beacons National Park in South Wales. The peak is also within the Fforest Fawr Geopark designated in 2005 in recognition of the area's geological heritage....
, 2,525 feet (770 m). Carmarthenshire is the largest historic county by area in Wales.

Principal towns are Ammanford, Burry Port

Burry Port

Burry Port is a small town five miles outside the larger centre of Llanelli in Carmarthenshire, Wales, lying on the River Loughor estuary.The town is home to a harbour and is where Amelia Earhart landed as the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean....
, Carmarthen

Carmarthen

Kidwelly

Kidwelly is a town in Carmarthenshire, west Wales, approximately 10 miles west of the main town of Llanelli.It lies on the River Gwendraeth above Carmarthen Bay....
, Llanelli

Llanelli

Llandeilo

Llandeilo is a town in Carmarthenshire, south-west Wales, situated at the crossing of the River Tywi by the A483 road on an elegant stone bridge....
, Newcastle Emlyn

Newcastle Emlyn

Newcastle Emlyn is a town, straddling the counties of Ceredigion and Carmarthenshire in west Wales , lying on the River Teifi. The part of the town that lies on the Ceredigion side of the River Teifi is Adpar, formerly called Trefhedyn and was an ancient borough in its own right....
and Llandovery

Llandovery

Llandovery is a market town in Carmarthenshire, Wales, lying on the River Tywi and the A40 road.The town is served by Llandovery railway station, where there is a park and ride to Llanelli and Shrewsbury by the railway line....
, Sandy

Sandy, Carmarthenshire

Sandy is an area in the county of Carmarthenshire in south-west Wales, on the western border of Llanelli town, about 5 miles east of Burry Port....
, St. Clears, Whitland

Whitland

Whitland is a small town in Carmarthenshire, south-west Wales, lying on the River T?f. Whitland is home to the elusive "Whitland Trout" noted for its eggs and oily scales....
, Pendine

Pendine

Pendine is a village in Carmarthenshire, Wales, United Kingdom lying on Carmarthen Bay....
. The main rivers are the Tywi

River Tywi

At 108km / 75mi the River Towy is the longest river which entirely runs through Wales.It rises within of the Teifi on the lower slopes of Crug Gynan in the Cambrian Mountains and flows through the Towy Forest forming the border between Ceredigion and Powys....
, the Loughor

River Loughor

The River Loughor in Carmarthenshire, Wales has its source at an underground lake at the Black Mountain . It flows past settlements like Ammanford and Hendy in Carmarthenshire and Pontarddulais in Swansea....
(which forms the eastern boundary with Glamorgan

Glamorgan

Glamorgan or Glamorganshire is one of the thirteen Historic counties of Wales and a former Administrative divisions of Wales of Wales. It was originally an early medieval monarchy of varying names and boundaries until taken over by the Anglo-Norman as a lordship....
), and the Gwendraeth Fawr. The principal industries are agriculture, forestry, fishing and tourism. Although Llanelli

Llanelli

Carmarthen

Government

Carmarthenshire became an administrative county

Administrative county

An administrative county was an administrative division in England and Wales and Ireland used for the purposes of local government. They are now abolished, although in Northern Ireland their former areas are used as the basis for lieutenancy....
with a county council

County council

A County council is the elected administrative body governing an area known as a county. This term has slightly different meanings in different countries....
taking over functions from the Quarter Sessions

Quarter Sessions

The Courts of Quarter Sessions or Quarter Sessions were periodic courts held in each county and county borough in England and Wales until 1972, when together with the Assize courts they were abolished by the Courts Act 1971 and replaced by a single permanent Crown Court of England and Wales for England and Wales....
under the Local Government Act 1888

Local Government Act 1888

The Local Government Act 1888 was an Act of Parliament of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which established county councils and county borough councils in England and Wales....
. Under the Local Government Act 1972

Local Government Act 1972

The Local Government Act 1972 is an Act of Parliament in the United Kingdom, that reformed local government in the United Kingdom in England and Wales, on 1 April 1974....
, the administrative county of Carmarthenshire was abolished on 1 April 1974, and the area of Carmarthenshire became three districts within the new county of Dyfed

Dyfed

Dyfed is a Preserved counties of Wales of Wales.Dyfed was created by the Local Government Act 1972 on 1 April 1974. It covered the former counties of Cardiganshire, Carmarthenshire, Pembrokeshire and was divided into districts of Wales as so:...
: Carmarthen

Carmarthen (district)

Carmarthen was one of six districts of Waless of the county of Dyfed, west Wales, from 1974 to 1996. It was formed under the Local Government Act 1972 from the following parts of the administrative county of Carmarthenshire:...
, Dinefwr

Dinefwr

Dinefwr was a districts of Wales of Dyfed, West Wales from 1974 to 1996. It was named after Dinefwr Castle which was the royal capital of the Kingdom of Deheubarth and one of the three principal royal courts of Wales....
and Llanelli

Llanelli (district)

The Borough of Llanelli was one of thirty-seven districts of Wales in Wales from 1974 to 1996. It was the smallest of six districts in the newly-created county of Dyfed, and was formed under the Local Government Act 1972 by a merger of the municipal boroughs of Llanelli and Kidwelly, Burry Port urban district and Llanelli Rural District all...
. Under the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994

Local Government (Wales) Act 1994

The Local Government Act 1994 is an Act of Parliament of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which created the current Local government in Wales structure in Wales of 22 unitary authorities#Wales , and abolished the previous two-tier structure of Counties of Wales and Districts of Wales....
, Dyfed was abolished on 1 April 1996, and the three districts united to form a unitary authority

Unitary authority

A unitary authority is a type of local authority that has a single tier and is responsible for all local government functions within its area or performs additional functions which elsewhere in the relevant country are usually performed by national government or a higher level of sub-national government....
, which had the same boundaries as the original Carmarthenshire

Carmarthenshire

Carmarthenshire is a subdivisions of Wales in the South West Wales of Wales and one of thirteen counties of Wales. Its three largest towns are Carmarthen, Llanelli and Ammanford....
. In 2003, following a local campaign, Clunderwen community council area was transferred to Pembrokeshire

Pembrokeshire

Pembrokeshire is a county in the South West Wales of Wales in the United Kingdom....
.

Schools

Top performing secondary school

Secondary school

Secondary school is a term used to describe an educational institution where the final stage of compulsory schooling, known as secondary education, takes place....
s in Carmarthenshire, (5 GCSEs, grade A-C, according to the latest inspection report from Estyn

Estyn

Estyn is the office of Her Majesty's Inspectorate for Education and Training in Wales. It is funded by the National Assembly for Wales, though is independent from it....
)

75% Ysgol Bro Myrddin
Bro Myrddin Welsh Comprehensive School

Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Bro Myrddin is a Welsh language school in Wales. It is located in Croes-y-Ceiliog, Pibwrlwyd, Carmarthenshire. The name 'Bro Myrddin' means 'Myrddin Borough' in Welsh, since Carmarthen is linked with Myrddin Wyllt....
, Carmarthen
Carmarthen

Carmarthen is the county town of Carmarthenshire, Wales. It is sited on the River Towy and lays claim to being the oldest town in Wales. In 2001, the combined population of the town's three wards was 13,760....
(Welsh-medium)
69% Ysgol Tre-Gib
Ysgol Tre-Gib

Ysgol Tre-Gib is a bilingual, English language / Welsh language comprehensive school for pupils aged 11 yrs to 18 years based in Ffairfach, Llandeilo in the county of Carmarthenshire, Wales....
, Llandeilo
Llandeilo

Llandeilo is a town in Carmarthenshire, south-west Wales, situated at the crossing of the River Tywi by the A483 road on an elegant stone bridge....
(Bilingual)
69% Ysgol Gyfun Dyffryn Taf, Whitland
Whitland

Whitland is a small town in Carmarthenshire, south-west Wales, lying on the River T?f. Whitland is home to the elusive "Whitland Trout" noted for its eggs and oily scales....
(Bilingual)
68% Ysgol Pantycelyn, Llandovery
Llandovery

Llandovery is a market town in Carmarthenshire, Wales, lying on the River Tywi and the A40 road.The town is served by Llandovery railway station, where there is a park and ride to Llanelli and Shrewsbury by the railway line....
(Bilingual)
64% Ysgol Gyfun Maes yr Yrfa, Cefneithin
Cefneithin

Cefneithin is a village in Carmarthenshire, Wales, in the Carmarthenshire coalfield area. It lies just off the A48 road, 7 miles north west of Ammanford and 9 miles north of Llanelli ....
(Welsh-medium)
61% Ysgol Gyfun Emlyn, Newcastle Emlyn
Newcastle Emlyn

Newcastle Emlyn is a town, straddling the counties of Ceredigion and Carmarthenshire in west Wales , lying on the River Teifi. The part of the town that lies on the Ceredigion side of the River Teifi is Adpar, formerly called Trefhedyn and was an ancient borough in its own right....
(English)
60% Queen Elizabeth High School
Queen Elizabeth High School, Carmarthen

Queen Elizabeth High School is a secondary school for the Carmarthen area.Until 2005 it was two different schools: Queen Eizabeth Maridunum School and Queen Elizabeth Cambria School....
, Carmarthen
Carmarthen

Carmarthen is the county town of Carmarthenshire, Wales. It is sited on the River Towy and lays claim to being the oldest town in Wales. In 2001, the combined population of the town's three wards was 13,760....
(English)
60% Ysgol Gyfun Y Strade, Llanelli
Llanelli

Llanelli , pron. [?a'n??i], the largest town in the county of Carmarthenshire, in South West Wales Wales, sits on the Loughor estuary on the West Wales coast, approximately west-north-west of Swansea and south-east of the county town, Carmarthen....
(Welsh)
59% St John Lloyd Catholic Comprehensive School
Comprehensive school

A comprehensive school is a secondary school and State school for children from the age of 11 to at least 16 that does not select children on the basis of academic achievement or aptitude....
, Llanelli (English)
58% Amman Valley Comprehensive School
Amman Valley Comprehensive School

Ysgol Dyffryn Aman / Amman Valley School , is a bilingual secondary school and VI Form and has about 1700 pupils. It is located at Margaret Street, Ammanford, Carmarthenshire in Wales....
, Ammanford (Bilingual)
44% Bryngwyn School, Llanelli
Llanelli

Llanelli , pron. [?a'n??i], the largest town in the county of Carmarthenshire, in South West Wales Wales, sits on the Loughor estuary on the West Wales coast, approximately west-north-west of Swansea and south-east of the county town, Carmarthen....
(English)
44% Ysgol y Gwendraeth
Ysgol y Gwendraeth

Ysgol Y Gwendraeth is an age 11 years - 18 years secondary school or comprehensive school in the heart of the Gwendraeth valley, Carmarthenshire, Wales....
, Drefach (English)
40% Coedcae School, Llanelli
Llanelli

Llanelli , pron. [?a'n??i], the largest town in the county of Carmarthenshire, in South West Wales Wales, sits on the Loughor estuary on the West Wales coast, approximately west-north-west of Swansea and south-east of the county town, Carmarthen....
(English)
37% Glan-y-Mor Comprehensive School
Glan-y-Mor Comprehensive School

Ysgol Glan-y-M?r School is a mixed, community comprehensive school of around 650 pupils, catering for all abilities across an age range of 11 years to 16....
, Burry Port
Burry Port

Burry Port is a small town five miles outside the larger centre of Llanelli in Carmarthenshire, Wales, lying on the River Loughor estuary.The town is home to a harbour and is where Amelia Earhart landed as the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean....
(English)

Places of interest

Historical places

Carreg Cennen Castle
Dinefwr Castle
Dinefwr Castle

Dinefwr Castle is a Welsh castle overlooking the River Tywi near the town of Llandeilo, Carmarthenshire, Wales. It lies on a ridge on the northern bank of the Tywi, with a steep drop of several hundred feet to the river....
Kidwelly Castle
Kidwelly Castle

Kidwelly Castle is an Anglo-Norman castle overlooking the river Gwendraeth and the town of Kidwelly, Carmarthenshire, Wales.The present remains of the castle include work from about 1200 to about 1476....
Laugharne Castle
Laugharne Castle

Laugharne Castle is a castle in the town of Laugharne, Wales in southern Carmarthenshire, Wales. It is located on the estuary of the River T?f....
Llansteffan Castle
Llansteffan Castle

Llansteffan Castle is a castle overlooking the River Tywi as it enters Carmarthen Bay near the village of Llansteffan in Carmarthenshire, Wales....
Talley Abbey
Talley Abbey

Talley Abbey is a former monastery of the Premonstratensians in the village of Talley in Carmarthenshire, Wales, six miles north of the market town of Llandeilo....

Geography

Afon Cywyn
Afon Taf
Afon Teifi
Afon Tywi
Aberglasney House and Gardens
Aberglasney

Aberglasney House and Gardens is a medieval house and gardens set in the River Towy, Carmarthenshire, West Wales Wales....
Brechfa Forest
Brechfa Forest

The Brechfa Forest is an area of forest in Carmarthenshire, south Wales.Much of the planting took place during the 1930s, with work carried out by young unemployed men from a Ministry of Labour work camp....
Carmel National Nature Reserve
Cefn Sidan
Cefn Sidan

Cefn Sidan, roughly translated from Welsh language, means "Silky Back". This long sandy beach and its dunes form the outer edge of the Pembrey Burrows between Burry Port and Kidwelly, looking southwards over Carmarthen Bay in South Wales....
Millennium Coastal Park
Millennium Coastal Park

The Millennium Coastal Park was originally a project undertaken by Llanelli Borough Council to transform a 20km stretch of industrial wasteland on the south Carmarthenshire coast in to green parkland....
, Llanelli
Llanelli

Llanelli , pron. [?a'n??i], the largest town in the county of Carmarthenshire, in South West Wales Wales, sits on the Loughor estuary on the West Wales coast, approximately west-north-west of Swansea and south-east of the county town, Carmarthen....
National Botanic Garden of Wales
National Botanic Garden of Wales

The National Botanic Garden of Wales is situated near Llanarthney in the Towy Valley, Carmarthenshire, West Wales. The garden is both a visitor attraction and a centre for botanical research and conservation, and features the world's largest single-span glasshouse measuring long by wide....
Pembrey Country Park
Pembrey Country Park

Pembrey Country Park is a large country park near the village of Pembrey on the south coast of Carmarthenshire, West Wales, near Llanelli.The Park consists of some 5.2 square kilometres of land, of which 2.02 square kilometres is open to the wandering public....
Pendine Sands
Pendine Sands

Pendine Sands is a 7 mile long beach on the shores of Carmarthen Bay on the south coast of Wales. It stretches from Gilman Point in the west to Laugharne Sands in the east....
Usk Reservoir
Usk Reservoir

The Usk Reservoir is located in the upper River Usk, at 1,050 ft above sea level, in Carmarthenshire, south Wales.The reservoir is situated in part of the Brecon Beacons National Park....
WWT National Wetlands Centre
WWT National Wetlands Centre

WWT National Wetlands Centre is one of nine wetland nature reserves managed by the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust, a nature Conservation ethic Charitable organization....
, Llanelli
Llanelli

Llanelli , pron. [?a'n??i], the largest town in the county of Carmarthenshire, in South West Wales Wales, sits on the Loughor estuary on the West Wales coast, approximately west-north-west of Swansea and south-east of the county town, Carmarthen....

Museums

Carmarthenshire County Museum
Carmarthenshire County Museum

Carmarthenshire County Museum is a museum in the old county town of Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire in Wales....
Dolaucothi Gold Mines
Dolaucothi Gold Mines

The Dolaucothi Gold Mines , also known as the Ogofau Gold Mine, are Ancient Rome surface and deep mining located in the valley of the River Cothi, near Pumsaint, Carmarthenshire, Wales....
Dylan Thomas Boathouse
Dylan Thomas Boathouse

Poet Dylan Thomas lived in the Boathouse in Laugharne, Wales with his family between 1949 and 1953, the last four years of his life. It was in this house that he wrote many major pieces including Under Milk Wood....
Kidwelly Industrial Museum
Kidwelly Industrial Museum

The Kidwelly Industrial Museum focuses on the Tinplate industry in Kidwelly. In addition there are exhibits featuring coal mining and brick making....
Pendine Museum of Speed
Pendine Museum of Speed

The Pendine Museum of Speed is dedicated to the use of Pendine Sands for land speed record attempts. It was opened in 1996 and is located in Pendine, Carmarthenshire, south Wales....
(Pendine
Pendine

Pendine is a village in Carmarthenshire, Wales, United Kingdom lying on Carmarthen Bay....
)

Heritage railways

Gwili Railway
Gwili Railway

The Gwili Steam Railway operates a standard gauge heritage railway from Abergwili Junction in South Wales along a short section of the former Carmarthen to Aberystwyth Line railway closed for passenger traffic in 1965 and lifted in 1973....
Teifi Valley Railway
Teifi Valley Railway

The Teifi Valley Railway is a heritage railway operating between Carmarthen and Cardigan, Ceredigion along the River Teifi, south Wales. It is a steam-hauled narrow gauge tourist railway on the built on the trackbed of part of the Carmarthen and Cardigan Railway and later GWR....

Sports venues

Ffos Las
Ffos Las

Ffos Las is a rural area between the villages of Trimsaran and Carway in the River Gwendraeth in Carmarthenshire, Wales. Ffos Las was once the site of an open cast mining operation which operated between 1983 and 1997....
Machynys
Machynys

Machynys, or Machynys Peninsula is a coastal area in south Llanelli that has been transformed beyond recognition since 1960. It is now home to the Machynys Peninsula Golf & Country Club which hosts the Ladies Championship of Europe Welsh Open....
Stradey Park
Stradey Park

Stradey Park was a rugby union stadium located near the centre of the town of Llanelli in Carmarthenshire, Wales. It was the home of the Scarlets region and Llanelli RFC rugby teams....
Parc y Scarlets
Parc y Scarlets

Parc y Scarlets , is a rugby union stadium in Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, that opened in November 2008 as the new home of the Scarlets and Llanelli RFC....

External links

Official site from South West Wales Tourist Board

Carmarthenshire

Geography

Government

Schools

Places of interest

Historical places

Geography

Museums

Heritage railways

Sports venues

See also

External links