Hundleton | |
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Hundleton village green | |
Location within Pembrokeshire | |
Population | 908 (2011) [1] |
OS grid reference | SM960007 |
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Principal area | |
Country | Wales |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | Pembroke |
Postcode district | SA71 |
Police | Dyfed-Powys |
Fire | Mid and West Wales |
Ambulance | Welsh |
UK Parliament | |
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament | |
Hundleton is a village and a community in Pembrokeshire, Wales, in the parish of Monkton. [2] The community covers the adjacent settlements of West Orielton, Brownslate, Corston and Pwllcrochan.
Hundleton village contains a chapel, a restaurant, a public house and several bed and breakfast houses.
Amenities include a park, playing area and football and cricket area and a mother and toddler group. [3]
An electoral ward in the same name also exists. This ward covers the whole peninsula with a total population taken at the 2011 census of 1,877. [4]
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