Five Roads
Five Roads is a village on the B4309 road in Carmarthenshire, Wales, 5 miles from Llanelli and 10 miles from Carmarthen. The name comes from the fact that there are five roads leading off Y Sgwar; the central part of the village on the main road.Photo: Pan Dodd-Noble, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Village
- Description: village in Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK
- Also known as: “Pum Heol” and “Pum Heol / Five Roads”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Waun Wyllt Inn and Swiss Valley Reservoir.
Swiss Valley Reservoir
Reservoir
Photo: john bristow, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Swiss Valley Reservoir, also known as Upper Lliedi reservoir and Lower Lliedi reservoir, feeds water to the towns of Llanelli and Llannon. It gets the water from the River Lliedi.
Ffos Las racecourse
The Ffos Las Racecourse & Conference Centre is a Welsh horse racing, equestrian sports and conferencing venue situated in Ffos Las, Wales. The Ffos Las racecourse was built at the site of an open cast coal mine after mining operations ceased. Ffos Las racecourse is situated 2 miles west of Five Roads.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Horeb and Carway.
Horeb
Hamlet
Photo: Peter Aylmer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Horeb is a hamlet in Carmarthenshire, Wales, near the town of Llanelli. It is situated east of the village of Five Roads about five miles from Llanelli.
Carway
Village
Photo: John Lord, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Carway is a village situated to the north-west of the town of Llanelli in the county of Carmarthenshire, Wales, in the Gwendraeth Valley. It is part of the community of Llangyndeyrn, and had a population of 1,403 in 2021. Carway is situated 1½ miles west of Five Roads.
Cwmbach
Village
Cwmbach is a small hamlet in Stradey Woods between Llanelli and Trimsaran in Carmarthenshire, Wales. The village was home to a chapel and a public house. Cwmbach is situated 2 miles south of Five Roads.
Five Roads
- Category: locality
- Location: Llanelli Rural, Carmarthenshire, South Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.72723° or 51° 43′ 38″ northLongitude
-4.18839° or 4° 11′ 18″ westElevation
545 feet (166 metres)Open location code
9C3QPRG6+VJOpenStreetMap ID
node 631978402OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Five Roads” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Five Roads”
- Breton: “Pum Heol”
- Dutch: “Five Roads”
- French: “Five Roads”
- Irish: “Pum Heol”
- Swedish: “Five Roads”
- Welsh: “Five Roads”
- Welsh: “Pum Heol”
- Welsh: “Pump Heol”
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