Newcastle Emlyn
Newcastle Emlyn is a market town located in both Ceredigion and Carmarthenshire, straddled across the River Teifi, located halfway between the towns of Carmarthen and Cardigan.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Photo: Keith Ruffles, CC BY 3.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Newcastle Emlyn Castle and Newcastle Emlyn Library.
Newcastle Emlyn Castle
Castle
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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.
Ebeneser Independent Chapel
Church
Photo: GeraintTudur2, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ebeneser Independent Chapel is a church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cenarth and Adpar.
Cenarth
Village
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Cenarth is a village, parish and community in Carmarthenshire, on the border between Ceredigion and Carmarthenshire, and close to the border with Pembrokeshire, Wales. Cenarth is situated 2½ miles west of Newcastle Emlyn.
Adpar
Village
Photo: Marion Phillips, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Adpar 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. The village was also known as Trefhedyn and was a borough in its own right.
Troedyraur
Hamlet
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Troedyraur is a small village, wider rural community and electoral ward in Ceredigion, Wales. The community consisting of several small villages, the population as of the 2011 UK Census was 1,310. Troedyraur is situated 3 miles north of Newcastle Emlyn.
Newcastle Emlyn
- Type: Town with 1,180 residents
- Description: town in Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK
- Categories: community and locality
- Location: Carmarthenshire, South Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.039° or 52° 2′ 21″ northLongitude
-4.4689° or 4° 28′ 8″ westPopulation
1,180Elevation
102 feet (31 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB NCYOpen location code
9C4Q2GQJ+JCOpenStreetMap ID
node 29229328OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“Newcastle Emlyn” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Newcastle Emlyn”
- Basque: “Newcastle Emlyn”
- Breton: “Castell Newydd Emlyn”
- Breton: “Dinas Emlyn”
- Bulgarian: “Нюкасъл Емлин”
- Catalan: “Castell Newydd Emlyn”
- Cebuano: “Newcastle Emlyn”
- Chinese: “Newcastle Emlyn”
- Chinese: “紐卡索爾埃姆林”
- Chinese: “纽卡索尔埃姆林”
- Cornish: “Castellnewydd Emlyn”
- Cornish: “Dinas Emlyn”
- Czech: “Newcastle Emlyn”
- Dutch: “Newcastle Emlyn”
- French: “Newcastle Emlyn”
- Irish: “Castellnewydd Emlyn”
- Irish: “Dinas Emlyn”
- Italian: “Newcastle Emlyn”
- Japanese: “ニューカッスル・エムリン”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Newcastle Emlyn”
- Persian: “نیوکاسل املین”
- Polish: “Newcastle Emlyn”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Castellnewydd Emlyn”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Dinas Emlyn”
- Spanish: “Newcastle Emlyn”
- Swedish: “Newcastle Emlyn”
- Welsh: “Castell Newydd Emlyn”
- Welsh: “Castell Newydd yn Emlyn”
- Welsh: “Castell Newydd”
- Welsh: “Castellnewydd Emlyn”
- Welsh: “Dinas Emlyn”
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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 “Newcastle Emlyn”. Photo: Keith Ruffles, CC BY 3.0.