Cwmffrwd
Cwmffrwd is a village in Carmarthenshire, Wales, located around two miles south of Carmarthen. Cwmffrwd is mainly a 20th-century settlement dominating the small river Nant Cwmffrwd, with some 19th-century elements.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Gareth Evans, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Village
- Description: village in Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK
- Also known as: “Cwmffwrd”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Carmarthen Castle and Carmarthen railway station.
Carmarthen Castle
Castle
Photo: Llywelyn2000, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Carmarthen Castle is a ruined castle in Carmarthen, West Wales, UK. First built by Walter, Sheriff of Gloucester in the early 1100s, the castle was captured and destroyed on several occasions before being rebuilt in stone during the 1190s. Carmarthen Castle is situated 2 miles northwest of Cwmffrwd.
Carmarthen railway station
Railway station
Photo: Voice of Clam, Public domain.
Carmarthen railway station is a stop on the West Wales Line, serving the town of Carmarthen, Wales. It is sited south of the River Towy, 245 miles 55 chains from London Paddington, on the route via Stroud. Carmarthen railway station is situated 1½ miles northwest of Cwmffrwd.
County Hall
Town hall
Photo: Hywel72, CC BY-SA 3.0.
County Hall is a municipal facility on Castle Hill in Carmarthen, Wales. The building, which is the headquarters of Carmarthenshire County Council, is a Grade II listed building. County Hall is situated 2 miles northwest of Cwmffrwd.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Idole and Llangunnor.
Idole
Village
Photo: Peter Kazmierczak, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Idole is a village in Carmarthenshire, Wales. Within the village is the Ysgol Y Fro school for juniors.
Llangunnor
Suburb
Photo: Nigel Davies, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Llangunnor is a village and community located in Carmarthenshire, Wales. It is the southern suburb of Carmarthen town and consists mainly of suburban housing which has expanded in recent years.
Nantycaws
Hamlet
Photo: Sionk, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Nantycaws or Nant-y-caws is a rural settlement in the community of Llangunnor, Carmarthenshire, Wales. 'Nant y caws' is Welsh for 'River of the cheese' and probably refers to the rich dairy farmland in the area. Nantycaws is situated 2 miles east of Cwmffrwd.
Cwmffrwd
- Category: locality
- Location: Llandyfaelog, Carmarthenshire, South Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.83175° or 51° 49′ 54″ northLongitude
-4.28794° or 4° 17′ 17″ westElevation
190 feet (58 metres)Open location code
9C3QRPJ6+MROpenStreetMap ID
node 993288698OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Czech to Welsh—“Cwmffrwd” goes by many names.
- Czech: “Cwmffrwd”
- Dutch: “Cwmffrwd”
- French: “Cwmffrwd”
- Irish: “Cwm-ffrwd”
- Slovak: “Cwmffrwd”
- Welsh: “Cwm-ffrwd”
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Highlights include Saint Anne’s Church and Black Lion Inn.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". 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 “Cwmffrwd”. Photo: Gareth Evans, CC BY-SA 2.0.