Saint Ishmael

St Ishmael is a hamlet and community in Carmarthenshire, Wales. The community population taken at the 2011 census was 1,327. It comprises the villages of Ferryside and Llansaint and the surrounding rural areas.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Church of St Ishmael and Llansteffan Castle.

Church of St Ishmael

Church

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Llansteffan Castle

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Llansteffan Castle is a privately owned castle in Llansteffan, Carmarthenshire, Wales, overlooking the River Towy estuary in Carmarthen Bay. Llansteffan Castle is situated 1½ miles northwest of Saint Ishmael.

Ferryside railway station

Railway station

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Ferryside railway station serves the seaside village of Ferryside, Carmarthenshire, Wales. The station was opened by the South Wales Railway on 11 October 1852 and is now an unstaffed stop.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Llansaint and Ferryside.

Llansaint

Hamlet

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Llansaint is a village of farmsteads and cottages in Carmarthenshire, Wales. It includes a cluster of 19th century stone-built houses around the church, and is surrounded by farmsteads and modern residential development.

Ferryside

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Ferryside is a village in the community of St Ishmael, Carmarthenshire, Wales. It is 8.5 miles south of Carmarthen near the mouth of the River Tywi. Originally a ferry crossing, then becoming a fishing village, it has developed as a holiday and retirement area.

Llansteffan

Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Llansteffan is a village and community situated on the south coast of Carmarthenshire, Wales, lying on the estuary of the River Tywi, 7 miles south of Carmarthen.

Saint Ishmael

Type: Locality
Also known as: “Saint Ishmaels”
Location: St Ishmael, Carmarthenshire, South Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.74627° or 51° 44′ 47″ north

Longitude

-4.37149° or 4° 22′ 17″ west

Elevation

36 feet (11 metres)

Open location code

9C3QPJWH+GC

GeoNames ID

2638782

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