Cynwyl Elfed

Cynwyl Elfed is a village and community in the county of Carmarthenshire, Wales. The community includes the villages of Cynwyl Elfed, Blaenycoed and Cwmduad.

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Type: Village with 1,000 residents
Description: village and community in Carmarthenshire, Wales, United Kingdom
Also known as: “Conwil Elvet”, “Conwil-Elvet”, “Conwil-in-Elvet”, and “Conwyl Elfed”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Conwil railway station and Blaen-y-coed Independent Chapel.

Conwil railway station

Historic site

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Conwil was a railway station near the village of Cynwyl Elfed in Carmarthenshire, Wales, serving the hamlet and the rural locale. It was once a thriving railway station, transporting both passenger traffic and locally produced goods, including wool, livestock, milk and timber.

Blaen-y-coed Independent Chapel

Church

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Blaen-y-coed Independent Chapel is a church, which is situated 1½ miles west of Cynwyl Elfed.

Danycoed Halt railway station

Railway station

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Danycoed Halt, which is Welsh for below the trees, was built by the Gwili Railway in the late 1990s and opened in 2001. It is the current northern terminus of the line, but may become redundant when the preserved railway extends over a mile northwards into the nearby Conwyl station site and then further on up to Llanpumpsaint Station some 2+1⁄2 miles further on. Danycoed Halt railway station is situated 2 miles southeast of Cynwyl Elfed.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Blaenycoed and Llannewydd.

Blaenycoed

Village

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Blaenycoed, or Blaen-y-coed is a village situated between Carmarthen and Newcastle Emlyn, Wales, of 17 houses, a Welsh Independents chapel, a postbox and small farms. Blaenycoed is situated 1½ miles west of Cynwyl Elfed.

Llannewydd

Village

Llannewydd or Newchurch is a parish in Carmarthenshire, Wales. It is 3 miles north of Carmarthen on the banks of the Gwili. The church was rebuilt in 1829. It is in the community of Newchurch and Merthyr. Llannewydd is situated 2 miles south of Cynwyl Elfed.