Backe
St Clears is a town on the River Taf and a community in Carmarthenshire, Wales. At the 2011 census, the population was 2,995. The community includes the small settlements of Bancyfelin, Backe and Pwlltrap.- Type: House
- Description: village in Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK
- Also known as: “Bace” and “Backe, Carmarthenshire”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Parish Church of St Mary Magdalene and Santa Clara Inn.
Parish Church of St Mary Magdalene
Church
Photo: JohnArmagh, Public domain.
Parish Church of St Mary Magdalene is situated 1¼ miles east of Backe.
Santa Clara Inn
Pub
Photo: N Chadwick, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Santa Clara Inn is a pub, which is situated 1¼ miles east of Backe.
Griffith Jones Primary School
School
St Clears is a town on the River Taf and a community in Carmarthenshire, Wales. At the 2011 census, the population was 2,995. The community includes the small settlements of Bancyfelin, Backe and Pwlltrap. Griffith Jones Primary School is situated 1½ miles northeast of Backe.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Llanddowror and Llangynin.
Llanddowror
Village
Photo: Roger Cornfoot, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Llanddowror is a village and community in Carmarthenshire, Wales situated 2 miles from St. Clears. Previously on the trunk road to Pembroke Dock, the village is small, historic and relatively unspoilt.
Llangynin
Village
Photo: Humphrey Bolton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Llangynin is a village and community located in Carmarthenshire, Wales. The population of the community taken at the 2011 census was 284. St Cynin's church is a grade II* listed building which stands some 2 km south of the centre of the village. Llangynin is situated 3 miles north of Backe.
Meidrim
Hamlet
Photo: Ruth Sharville, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Meidrim is a village and community some 8 miles west of Carmarthen and 3.3 miles north of St Clears in Carmarthenshire, Wales. Meidrim and its twin village of Drefach are situated either side of the Afon Dewi Fawr at the point where this small river is crossed by the B4298 road and meets with the B4299 road. Meidrim is situated 3½ miles northeast of Backe.
Backe
- Categories: village, building, and residential building
- Location: St Clears, Carmarthenshire, South Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.8125° or 51° 48′ 45″ northLongitude
-4.52398° or 4° 31′ 26″ westOpen location code
9C3QRF7G+2COpenStreetMap ID
way 935436358OpenStreetMap feature
building=houseWikidata ID
Q4839610
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In Other Languages
From Breton to Welsh—“Backe” goes by many names.
- Breton: “Bace”
- Dutch: “Backe”
- French: “Backe”
- Irish: “Bace”
- Welsh: “Bace”
- Welsh: “Backe”
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