Penlan
Penlan is a locality in Newcastle Emlyn, Carmarthenshire, Wales. Penlan is situated nearby to the village Adpar, as well as near Aber-arad.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Emlyn Secondary School and Newcastle Emlyn Library.
Emlyn Secondary School
School
Ysgol Gyfun Emlyn is a mixed, community comprehensive school in Newcastle Emlyn, Carmarthenshire, Wales. It has around 520 pupils, catering for all abilities across an age range of 11 to 19 years.
Newcastle Emlyn Castle
Castle
Photo: Steve Chapple, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Newcastle Emlyn Castle is a ruined castle in the market town of Newcastle Emlyn in Carmarthenshire, Wales. It is strategically located on a steep-sided promontory overlooking the River Teifi and was probably built by the Welsh lord Maredudd ap Rhys in about 1240.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Adpar and Aber-arad.
Adpar
Village
Photo: Marion Phillips, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Adpar, formerly Trefhedyn, is a village in Ceredigion, Wales, in the community of Llandyfriog, now considered as a part of Newcastle Emlyn, to which it is joined by a bridge across the River Teifi. In ancient times Adpar was a borough in its own right.
Aber-arad
Village
Aber-arad or Aber-Arad is a village in Carmarthenshire, Wales, which lies less than one mile to the east of Newcastle Emlyn. In 1870–72, John Marius Wilson in the Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Aber Arad as: ABERARAD, a village in the parish of Kenarth, Carmarthen; a mile east of Newcastle-Emlyn.
Pont Ceri
Village
Pont Ceri is a small village in the community of Llandyfriog, Ceredigion, Wales, located where Afon Ceri flows into the River Teifi, two miles northwest of Newcastle Emlyn.
Penlan
- Type: Locality
- Location: Newcastle Emlyn, Carmarthenshire, South Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.03592° or 52° 2′ 9″ northLongitude
-4.47148° or 4° 28′ 17″ westElevation
184 feet (56 metres)Open location code
9C4Q2GPH+9CGeoNames ID
13266152
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