Gelli-wernen Wood

Gelli-wernen Wood is a forest in Llanelli Rural, Carmarthenshire, Wales. Gelli-wernen Wood is situated nearby to the hamlet Clochyrie, as well as near the village Llannon.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Swiss Valley Reservoir and Llangennech Park Mansion.

Swiss Valley Reservoir

Reservoir

Photo: john bristow, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Swiss Valley Reservoir, also known as Upper Lliedi reservoir and Lower Lliedi reservoir, feeds water to the towns of Llanelli and Llannon. It gets the water from the River Lliedi.

Llangennech Park Mansion

Ruins

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Llangennech Park Mansion is a ruins.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Llanelli and Llanedi.

Llanelli is a large town in Carmarthenshire that sums up everything that South Wales was historically about: Rugby Union, religious nonconformity, proud preservation of the Welsh language, metal-bashing of steel for car production and tinplate for tin cans — and brownfield desolation when this industry declined.

Llanedi

Village

Photo: David Medcalf, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Llanedi is a village and community in Carmarthenshire, Wales. Once the name of a parish, Llanedi is now a community taking in the hamlet of Llanedi and the villages of Hendy, Fforest and Tycroes.

Pontarddulais

Town

Photo: Martin Bodman, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Pontarddulais, also spelled Pontardulais, is a town and community in Swansea, Wales. It is 10 miles northwest of the city centre. It is in the Pontarddulais ward of the City and County of Swansea Council.