Blaenycoed

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Blaen-y-Coed
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Blaen-y-Coed
Location within Carmarthenshire
PopulationSee Carmarthen
OS grid reference SN348271
Community
Principal area
Preserved county
Country Wales
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Carmarthen
Postcode district SA33
Dialling code 01267
Police Dyfed-Powys
Fire Mid and West Wales
Ambulance Welsh
UK Parliament
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament
List of places
UK
Wales
Carmarthenshire
51°54′57″N4°24′10″W / 51.9158°N 4.4028°W / 51.9158; -4.4028
Blaen-y-coed from a drone Blaen-y-coed.jpg
Blaen-y-coed from a drone

Blaenycoed, or Blaen-y-coed is a village situated between Carmarthen and Newcastle Emlyn, Wales, of 17 houses, a Welsh Independents chapel, a postbox and small farms. Blaen-y-coed literally translates to mean "Head-of-the-wood.". Woodland Rise is a camping and caravanning site in the village. [1]

Notable people

Howell Elvet Lewis, the Independent minister, hymn-writer, poet, known as Elfed, was born in 1860. The house where he was born, Y Gangell, is near Blaenycoed and contains a small exhibition of his life. His ashes were also scattered in Blaenycoed chapel graveyard.[ citation needed ]

References

  1. "Woodland Rise Camping and Caravan Park – Camping and Caravan Park for adults and children situated in the West Wales countryside".