Afon Brân
The Afon Brân is a tributary of the River Towy in mid Wales. Its headwaters rise in Irfon Forest in the northeastern corner of Carmarthenshire as the Cynnant Fawr and Afon Lwynor and the river assumes the name of Afon Brân at their confluence to the north of the village of Cynghordy.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Stream
- Description: river in the United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Afon Bran” and “River Bran”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Llandovery Castle and Llandovery railway station.
Llandovery Castle
Castle
Photo: Stuart Logan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Llandovery Castle is a late thirteenth-century, Grade II*-listed, castle ruin in the town of Llandovery in Carmarthenshire, Wales. It occupies a knoll overlooking the River Towy and the land surrounding it. Llandovery Castle is situated 2 miles northeast of Afon Brân.
Llandovery railway station
Railway station
Photo: Hywel Williams, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Llandovery railway station serves the market town of Llandovery, Carmarthenshire, Wales. The station is on the Heart of Wales Line 42 miles north east of Swansea and is located at Tywi Avenue. Llandovery railway station is situated 2 miles north of Afon Brân.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Myddfai and Llandovery.
Myddfai
Village
Photo: Shaun Ferguson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Llandovery is an historic market town in Carmarthenshire, on the edge of the Black Mountain, and on the border between Mid Wales and South Wales.
Llandovery
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Llandovery is an historic market town in Carmarthenshire, on the edge of the Black Mountain, and on the border between Mid Wales and South Wales.
Llanwrda
Village
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Llanwrda is a village and community in Carmarthenshire, Wales, 4 miles southwest of Llandovery. It lies on the River Towy. The population in 2011 was 514. Llanwrda is situated 2½ miles west of Afon Brân.
Afon Brân
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Carmarthenshire, South Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“Afon Brân” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Afon Brân”
- Swedish: “Afon Brân”
- Welsh: “Afon Brân”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Cefnrhyddan and Pentir-bach.
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Afon Brân”. Photo: David Sharp, CC BY-SA 2.0.