Foelgastell
Foelgastell is a village and community in the county of Carmarthenshire, west Wales. The village has seen much new building of comparatively expensive housing over the past two decades and is within the electoral ward of Gorslas to the west of the social housing area of Cefneithin.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Alan Hughes, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Smiths Arms and Llyn Llech Owain.
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. Llyn Llech Owain is situated 1½ miles east of Foelgastell.
National Botanic Garden of Wales
Garden
The National Botanic Garden of Wales is a botanical garden located in Llanarthney in the River Tywi valley, Carmarthenshire, Wales. The garden is both a visitor attraction and a centre for botanical research and conservation, and features the world's largest single-span glasshouse, measuring 110 m long by 60 m wide. National Botanic Garden of Wales is situated 2 miles northwest of Foelgastell.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cefneithin and Maesybont.
Cefneithin
Village
Cefneithin is a village and community in Carmarthenshire, Wales, in the Carmarthenshire coalfield area. It lies just off the A48 road, 7 miles north west of Ammanford and 9 miles north of Llanelli.
Maesybont
Village
Photo: John Duckfield, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Maesybont is a small village near Gorslas in Carmarthenshire, West Wales. The community consists of a Welsh chapel with graveyard and several homes. The houses are widely dispersed, with an average of 1-acre of land apiece. Maesybont is situated 2 miles northeast of Foelgastell.
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 2 miles southeast of Foelgastell.
Foelgastell
- Type: Village
- Description: village in Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK
- Category: locality
- Location: Gorslas, Carmarthenshire, South Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.81448° or 51° 48′ 52″ northLongitude
-4.11813° or 4° 7′ 5″ westElevation
538 feet (164 metres)Open location code
9C3QRV7J+QPOpenStreetMap ID
node 280195607OpenStreetMap feature
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In Other Languages
From Breton to Welsh—“Foelgastell” goes by many names.
- Breton: “Foelgastell”
- Dutch: “Foelgastell”
- French: “Foelgastell”
- Irish: “Foelgastell”
- Welsh: “Foelgastell”
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