Conwil
Conwil is a historic site in Newchurch and Merthyr, Carmarthenshire, Wales. Conwil is situated nearby to the village Llannewydd, as well as near Blaenycoed.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Danycoed Halt railway station and Llwyfan Cerrig railway station.
Danycoed Halt railway station
Railway station
Photo: Robert Davies, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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 1 mile southeast of Conwil.
Llwyfan Cerrig railway station
Railway station
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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 1¼ miles east of Conwil.
Bronwydd Arms railway station
Railway station
Photo: OLU, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bronwydd Arms railway station, originally a stop on the now closed Carmarthen to Aberystwyth Line, is the headquarters of the preserved Gwili Railway, in Wales, United Kingdom. Bronwydd Arms railway station is situated 2½ miles southeast of Conwil.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cynwyl Elfed and Llannewydd.
Cynwyl Elfed
Village
Photo: John Lord, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cynwyl Elfed is a village and community in the county of Carmarthenshire, Wales. The community includes the villages of Cynwyl Elfed, Blaenycoed and Cwmduad.
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.
Blaenycoed
Village
Photo: Cwmcafit, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Blaenycoed, or Blaen-y-coed is a village situated between Carmarthen and Newcastle Emlyn, Wales, of 17 houses, a Welsh Independents chapel, a postbox and small farms. Blaenycoed is situated 2½ miles west of Conwil.
Conwil
- Type: Historic site
- Also known as: “Cynwyl Elfed”
- Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: Newchurch and Merthyr, Carmarthenshire, South Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.91258° or 51° 54′ 45″ northLongitude
-4.34813° or 4° 20′ 53″ westOpen location code
9C3QWM72+2POpenStreetMap ID
node 1558395154OpenStreetMap feature
historic=railway_station
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