Pen-y-groes
Pen-y-groes is a village in Carmarthenshire, South Wales which developed as a settlement as a result of the anthracite coal trade. The main colliery was the Emlyn colliery, which opened in 1893 and closed in 1939.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Hywel Williams, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Village
- Description: village in Carmarthenshire, south Wales
- Also known as: “Pen-y-groes, Carmarthenshire”, “Pen-y-groes, Sir Gaerfyrddin”, and “Penygroes”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Llyn Llech Owain and Cross Hands Public Hall & Cinema.
Llyn Llech Owain
Reservoir
Photo: Trevor Rickard, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Llyn Llech Owain is a shallow lake with an area of 3.5 hectares which gives its name to the country park in which it sits, it is also a Site of Special Scientific Interest which was designated in 1993.
Cross Hands Public Hall & Cinema
Movie theater
Photo: Alan Hughes, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cross Hands Public Hall & Cinema is a movie theater, which is situated 1½ miles west of Pen-y-groes.
Ammanford railway station
Railway station
Photo: Marion Phillips, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ammanford railway station in Ammanford, Carmarthenshire, Wales, is 12 miles north of Swansea on the Heart of Wales Line. The station opened in 1841 as a temporary terminus of the Llanelly Railway's line to Llandeilo, making it one of the country's earlier railway stations. Ammanford railway station is situated 2½ miles east of Pen-y-groes.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gorslas and Saron.
Gorslas
Village
Photo: Nigel Davies, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Gorslas is a village and community in Carmarthenshire, Wales, located on the A476 road northwest of Cross Hands. The village population at the 2011 census was 4,066.
Saron
Village
Photo: Nigel Davies, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Saron is a mining village near the town of Ammanford in Carmarthenshire, Wales. Saron is in the community of Llandybie. It is named after Saron Baptist Chapel which was established around 1810.
Cross Hands
Village
Photo: Ben Brooksbank, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cross Hands is a village in Carmarthenshire, Wales, approximately 12 miles from Carmarthen. Cross Hands is notable for its Public Hall, erected in 1920 and designed by an unknown Italian designer in the classic Art Deco Style. Cross Hands is situated 1½ miles southwest of Pen-y-groes.
Pen-y-groes
- Category: locality
- Location: Llandybie, Carmarthenshire, South Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.80346° or 51° 48′ 13″ northLongitude
-4.05281° or 4° 3′ 10″ westElevation
600 feet (183 metres)Open location code
9C3QRW3W+9VOpenStreetMap ID
node 611741116OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Pen-y-groes” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Pen-y-groes”
- Breton: “Pen-y-groes”
- Catalan: “Pen-y-Groes”
- Dutch: “Pen-y-groes”
- French: “Pen-y-groes”
- Spanish: “Pen-y-groes”
- Welsh: “Pen-y-groes, Sir Gaerfyrddin”
- Welsh: “Pen-y-groes”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Pen-y-groes and Penygroes Congregational Chapel.
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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 “Pen-y-groes”. Photo: Hywel Williams, CC BY-SA 2.0.