Amelia Earhart Monument
Amelia Earhart Monument is a monument in Pembrey and Burry Port Town, Carmarthenshire, Wales. Amelia Earhart Monument is situated nearby to the pub Hope & Anchor, as well as near The Portobello Inn.Photo: IwanThomas, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Monument
- Description: Grade II listed building in Carmarthenshire. Facing Memorial Square and set back from the road in a small fenced enclosure.
- Also known as: “Amelia Earhart” and “Monument to Amelia Earhart”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Pembrey and Burry Port railway station and Burry Port Library.
Pembrey and Burry Port railway station
Railway station
Photo: Rosser1954, Public domain.
Pembrey and Burry Port railway station is a railway station on the West Wales line serving Pembrey and Burry Port, in Carmarthenshire, Wales. It is adjacent to Burry Port's main shopping area. Pembrey and Burry Port railway station is situated 490 feet south of Amelia Earhart Monument.
Burry Port Library
Library
Photo: Ronald John Saunders, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Burry Port Library is situated 1,100 feet west of Amelia Earhart Monument.
Burry Port Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: Vouliagmeni, Public domain.
Burry Port Lighthouse is a lighthouse in Burry Port. Burry Port harbour was built between 1830 and 1836 to replace the harbour at Pembrey, located 400 yards to the west. Burry Port Lighthouse is situated 2,900 feet south of Amelia Earhart Monument.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Burry Port and Pembrey.
Burry Port
Photo: David Lewis, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Burry Port is a town in Carmarthenshire in South Wales, 5 miles to the west of Llanelli. It is a harbour town and is famous for being the landing site of Amelia Earheart in her successful attempt at being the first woman to cross the Atlantic Ocean.
Pembrey
Village
Photo: Llywelyn2000, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Pembrey is a village in Carmarthenshire, Wales, situated between Burry Port and Kidwelly, overlooking Carmarthen Bay, with a population of about 2,154 in 2011.
Pwll
Village
Photo: David Lewis, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Pwll is a small coastal village, located between Llanelli and Burry Port, Carmarthenshire, Wales. Situated on a narrow ledge above the tidal Burry Estuary, the village offers panoramic views across the water to the Gower Peninsula and is traversed by the Millennium Coastal Path, a thirteen-mile traffic-free greenway connecting Bynea to Pembrey. Pwll is situated 2 miles east of Amelia Earhart Monument.
Amelia Earhart Monument
- Category: historic site
- Location: Pembrey and Burry Port Town, Carmarthenshire, South Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.6854° or 51° 41′ 8″ northLongitude
-4.24909° or 4° 14′ 57″ westOpen location code
9C3QMQP2+59OpenStreetMap ID
node 6698857485OpenStreetMap feature
historic=monumentWikidata ID
Q29504837
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In Other Languages
“Amelia Earhart Monument” goes by many names.
- Welsh: “Amelia Earhart Monument”
- Welsh: “Cofeb Amelia Earhart”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Hope & Anchor and The Portobello Inn.
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