Machynys
Machynys, or Machynys Peninsula is a coastal area just to the south of Llanelli in Carmarthenshire, Wales. In the nineteenth century an industrial community lived here working at the brickworks and tinplate works that occupied the site.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Llanelli railway station and Bethel Baptist Chapel.
Llanelli railway station
Railway station
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Llanelli railway station is the railway station serving the town of Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, Wales. It is located on the West Wales line and the Heart of Wales line 225 miles 20 chains from the zero point at London Paddington, measured via Stroud.
Bethel Baptist Chapel
Church
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Bethel Baptist Chapel is a Baptist chapel in the town of Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, Wales. It was built in 1840 and is located on Copperworks Road. It had a larger seating capacity than most Llanelli chapels and in 1905 could seat 850 persons.
Siloah Chapel, Llanelli
Church
Siloah was an Independent chapel in Copperworks Road, Seaside, Llanelli, Carmarthenshire. Services at Siloah were conducted in the Welsh language. The chapel was established in 1841 at a time when Llanelli Docks were rapidly expanding and industrial development was being driven apace by entrepreneurs such as the Nevill family.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sandy and Pemberton.
Sandy
Suburb
Sandy is an area in the county of Carmarthenshire in south-west Wales, on the western border of Llanelli town, about 5 miles east of Burry Port. The area is home to Sandy Water Park, a large project which has seen acres of disused industrial land converted to parkland and a lake. Sandy is situated 1½ miles northwest of Machynys.
Pemberton
Suburb
Pemberton is an area situated east of Llanelli in Carmarthenshire, Wales. It is part of the Llanelli Rural community bordering Llanelli and the villages of Cwmcarnhywel, Dafen, Cefncaeau and the outskirts of Llanelli town. Pemberton is situated 2 miles northeast of Machynys.
Llwynhendy
Suburb
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Llwynhendy, is a village and ward near the town of Llanelli in Carmarthenshire, Wales. The ward, which includes the village, as well as Cefncaeau, parts of Cwmcarnhywel and parts of Bryn and Penceilogi, had a population of 4,276. Llwynhendy is situated 2 miles east of Machynys.
Machynys
- Type: Suburb
- Description: village in Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK
- Categories: village and locality
- Location: Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, South Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.66394° or 51° 39′ 50″ northLongitude
-4.15863° or 4° 9′ 31″ westElevation
43 feet (13 metres)Open location code
9C3QMR7R+HGOpenStreetMap ID
node 4214485899OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Welsh—“Machynys” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Machynys”
- French: “Machynys”
- Irish: “Machynys”
- Welsh: “Machynys”
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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 “Machynys”. Photo: Deborah Tilley, CC BY-SA 2.0.