Pencader Tunnel

Pencader Tunnel is an abandoned railway tunnel on the old trackbed of the Carmarthen to Aberystwyth main line in south-west Wales. It was originally bored for the Llanpumsaint-Pencader section of the Carmarthen and Cardigan Railway.

Photo: Nigel Davies, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Alltwalis and Pencader.

Alltwalis

Village

Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Alltwalis is a village in Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire, Wales. It has a wind farm called Alltwalis Wind Farm. Alltwalis is situated 2 miles southeast of Pencader Tunnel.

Pencader

Village

Photo: Alwyn Williams, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Pencader is a small village in Carmarthenshire, Wales, in the community of Llanfihangel-ar-Arth. It is located around 3 miles south-east of Llandysul and 6.5 miles south-west of Llanybydder, in the valley of the Gwen brook, shortly before the confluence with the River Talog, to form the River Tyweli. Pencader is situated 2 miles northeast of Pencader Tunnel.

Llanpumsaint

Village

Photo: Marion Phillips, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Llanpumsaint is a village and community in Carmarthenshire, Wales. In the 2001 UK Census, Llanpumsaint community had a population of 595. It is not to be confused with Pumsaint, a small village some distance away on the River Cothi. Llanpumsaint is situated 2½ miles south of Pencader Tunnel.

Pencader Tunnel

Type: Tunnel
Description: railway tunnel
Categories: railway tunnel and transportation
Location: Llanfihangel-ar-Arth, Carmarthenshire, South Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.9792° or 51° 58′ 45″ north

Longitude

-4.30206° or 4° 18′ 7″ west

Open location code

9C3QXMHX+M5

OpenStreetMap ID

way 69232125

OpenStreetMap feature

man_made=tunnel

Wikidata ID

Q7162287

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In Other Languages

“Pencader Tunnel” goes by many names.

Welsh: “Twnel Pencader”

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