Pen-y-groes
Pen-y-groes is a church in Llandybie, Carmarthenshire, Wales. Pen-y-groes is situated nearby to the church Jerusalem Chapel, as well as near the village Gorslas.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Llyn Llech Owain and Cross Hands Public Hall & Cinema.
Llyn Llech Owain
Reservoir
Photo: Trevor Rickard, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Llyn Llech Owain is a shallow lake with an area of 3.5 hectares which gives its name to the country park in which it sits, it is also a Site of Special Scientific Interest which was designated in 1993.
Cross Hands Public Hall & Cinema
Movie theater
Photo: Alan Hughes, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cross Hands Public Hall & Cinema is a movie theater, which is situated 1½ miles west of Pen-y-groes.
Ammanford railway station
Railway station
Photo: Marion Phillips, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ammanford railway station in Ammanford, Carmarthenshire, Wales, is 12 miles north of Swansea on the Heart of Wales Line. The station opened in 1841 as a temporary terminus of the Llanelly Railway's line to Llandeilo, making it one of the country's earlier railway stations. Ammanford railway station is situated 2½ miles east of Pen-y-groes.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pen-y-groes and Gorslas.
Pen-y-groes
Village
Photo: Hywel Williams, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Pen-y-groes is a village in Carmarthenshire, South Wales which developed as a settlement as a result of the anthracite coal trade. The main colliery was the Emlyn colliery, which opened in 1893 and closed in 1939.
Gorslas
Village
Photo: Nigel Davies, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Gorslas is a village and community in Carmarthenshire, Wales, located on the A476 road northwest of Cross Hands. The village population at the 2011 census was 4,066.
Saron
Village
Photo: Nigel Davies, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Saron is a mining village near the town of Ammanford in Carmarthenshire, Wales. Saron is in the community of Llandybie. It is named after Saron Baptist Chapel which was established around 1810.
Pen-y-groes
- Type: Church
- Denomination: Protestant
- Categories: building, chapel, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Llandybie, Carmarthenshire, South Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.80302° or 51° 48′ 11″ northLongitude
-4.05365° or 4° 3′ 13″ westOpen location code
9C3QRW3W+6GOpenStreetMap ID
way 1425075780OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=chapelOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=protestant
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