Laugharne
Laugharne is a town in Carmarthenshire, Wales, lying on the estuary of the River Tâf. It is known for having been the home of Dylan Thomas from 1949 until his death in 1953, and is thought to have been an inspiration for the fictional town of Llareggub in Under Milk Wood.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Town with 817 residents
- Description: town in Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK
- Also known as: “Talacharn”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Laugharne Castle and Dylan Thomas Boathouse.
Laugharne Castle
Castle
Photo: Garth Newton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Laugharne Castle is in Laugharne, Carmarthenshire, Wales. The castle, located on the estuary of the River Tâf, was originally established in 1116. It was rebuilt as a Norman stronghold.
Dylan Thomas Boathouse
Museum
Photo: LinguisticDemographer, Public domain.
The Boathouse in Laugharne, Wales, was where Dylan Thomas lived with his family during his last four years between 1949 and 1953. The house is set in a cliff overlooking the Tâf estuary and is where he wrote many of his major pieces.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Llansteffan and St Clears.
Llansteffan
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Llansteffan, is a village and community situated on the south coast of Carmarthenshire, Wales, lying on the estuary of the River Tywi, 7 miles south of Carmarthen.
St Clears
Photo: Humphrey Bolton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Clears is a town on the River Taf and a community in Carmarthenshire, Wales. At the 2011 census, the population was 2,995. The community includes the small settlements of Bancyfelin and Pwlltrap.
Ferryside
Photo: Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ferryside is a village in the community of St Ishmael, Carmarthenshire, Wales. It is 8.5 miles south of Carmarthen near the mouth of the River Tywi. Originally a ferry crossing, then becoming a fishing village, it has developed as a holiday and retirement area.
Laugharne
- Category: locality
- Location: Carmarthenshire, South Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.77° or 51° 46′ 12″ northLongitude
-4.4647° or 4° 27′ 53″ westPopulation
817Elevation
56 feet (17 metres)Open location code
9C3QQGCP+24OpenStreetMap ID
node 296104896OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
2644816Wikidata ID
Q1965490
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“Laugharne” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Laugharne”
- Basque: “Laugharne”
- Breton: “Talacharn”
- Bulgarian: “Ларн”
- Chinese: “拉恩”
- Czech: “Laugharne”
- Dutch: “Laugharne”
- French: “Laugharne”
- Galician: “Laugharne”
- Galician: “Talacharn”
- German: “Laugharne”
- Irish: “Talacharn”
- Italian: “Laugharne”
- Japanese: “ラーン”
- Japanese: “ラファーン”
- Persian: “لارن”
- Polish: “Laugharne”
- Russian: “Лохарн”
- Scots: “Laugharne”
- Slovak: “Laugharne”
- Slovenian: “Laugharne”
- Spanish: “Laugharne”
- Swedish: “Laugharne”
- Welsh: “Talacharn”
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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 Wikivoyage page “Laugharne”. Photo: Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 4.0.