Bwlchnewydd
Bwlchnewydd is a locality in Newchurch and Merthyr, Carmarthenshire, Wales. Bwlchnewydd is situated nearby to the village Llannewydd, as well as near the locality Trevaughan.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Danycoed Halt railway station and Llwyfan Cerrig railway station.
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 northeast of Bwlchnewydd.
Llwyfan Cerrig railway station
Railway station
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Llwyfan Cerrig is a heritage railway station on the preserved Gwili Railway. The station previously did not exist before the closure of the Carmarthen to Aberystwyth Line in 1965 and was constructed and later opened in 1988 by the Gwili Railway. Llwyfan Cerrig railway station is situated 2½ miles northeast of Bwlchnewydd.
Blaen-y-coed Independent Chapel
Church
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Blaen-y-coed Independent Chapel is a church, which is situated 2½ miles northwest of Bwlchnewydd.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Llannewydd and Ffynnon-ddrain.
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.
Ffynnon-ddrain
Hamlet
Ffynnon-ddrain is a settlement in Carmarthenshire, Wales, one mile north-west of the town of Carmarthen, 24 miles north-west of the major city of Swansea, 56 miles north-west of Cardiff, and 182 miles west of London. Ffynnon-ddrain is situated 2 miles southeast of Bwlchnewydd.
Abernant
Hamlet
Photo: Dylan Moore, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Abernant is a hamlet and community in Carmarthenshire, Wales. The population taken at the 2011 census was 297. Abernant is situated 2 miles west of Bwlchnewydd.
Bwlchnewydd
- Type: Locality
- Location: Newchurch and Merthyr, Carmarthenshire, South Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.89055° or 51° 53′ 26″ northLongitude
-4.36597° or 4° 21′ 58″ westElevation
436 feet (133 metres)Open location code
9C3QVJRM+6JGeoNames ID
3345219
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