The Narberth Road and Maenclochog Railway was a Welsh light railway company in Pembrokeshire. [1] Services started in January 1876. [2]
The Narberth Road and Maenclochog Railway was a Welsh light railway company in Pembrokeshire. [1] Services started in January 1876. [2]
The 8.5-mile-long (13.7 km) line ran from Clynderwen (formerly Narberth Road) on the Great Western Railway via Maenclochog to Rosebush in the Preseli Mountains. Its terminus at Rosebush served large slate quarries.
The company was purchased by the North Pembrokeshire and Fishguard Railway in May 1894.
The Preseli Mountains, also known as the Preseli Hills, or just the Preselis, is a range of hills in western Wales, mostly within the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park and entirely within the county of Pembrokeshire.
South Pembrokeshire was one of six local government districts of Dyfed, Wales from 1974 to 1996.
The A478 road is a major road in Wales. The route is from its junction with the A487 at Cardigan, Ceredigion, to Tenby, Pembrokeshire. It crosses the Preseli Hills and winds through farmland for almost all of its route. The road just touches the very west of Carmarthenshire.
The West Wales lines are a group of railway lines from Swansea through Carmarthenshire to Pembrokeshire, West Wales. The main part runs from Swansea to Carmarthen and Whitland, where it becomes three branches to Fishguard, Milford Haven and Pembroke Dock.
Clynderwen is a rural linear village and community, historically in Carmarthenshire in Wales, but administered as part of Pembrokeshire. It lies on the A478 Tenby to Cardigan road south of the village of Llandissilio and north of the town of Narberth.
Clunderwen railway station serves the village of Clynderwen in Pembrokeshire, Wales. The station is unmanned. It is a request stop.
Rosebush is a small village in the community of Maenclochog, Pembrokeshire, southwest Wales, UK. It lies in the southern slopes of the Preseli Hills, about 1 mile (1.6 km) north west of the village of Maenclochog. Slate was extensively quarried nearby, and was exported by the Narberth Road and Maenclochog Railway, which was later extended towards Fishguard. Today, Rosebush is a centre for exploring the Preseli Hills. Rosebush is the highest village in Pembrokeshire, at 264m above sea level.
Maenclochog is a village, parish and community in Pembrokeshire, south-west Wales. It is also the name of an electoral ward comprising a wider area of four surrounding communities. Maenclochog Community includes the small settlement of Llanycefn and the village of Rosebush.
The North Pembrokeshire and Fishguard Railway was a railway company in south-west Wales, incorporated to extend the moribund Narberth Road and Maenclochog Railway, with a view to developing a port on Fishguard Bay and ferry services to Rosslare in Ireland.
The Clarbeston Road and Letterston Railway was a small railway company formed to give the Great Western Railway a more direct route to the port at Fishguard Harbour.
The office of High Sheriff of Dyfed was established in 1974 as part of the creation of the county of Dyfed in Wales following the Local Government Act 1972, and effectively replaced the shrievalties of the amalgamated counties of Cardiganshire, Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire. Since 1996 Dyfed has a purely ceremonial meaning, having been broken up for administrative purposes.
Greenway, also referred to as New Inn is a hamlet on the southern slopes of the Preseli Mountains in Pembrokeshire, Wales. It sits on the crossroads between the B4329 old Cardigan to Haverfordwest turnpike and the B4313 road between Fishguard and Narberth and is the site of a former inn serving travellers on these routes, now a private dwelling. Greenway is in the parish of Morvil and the community of Puncheston, and the nearest village is Rosebush.
The Great Western Railway was a railway company that was dominant in West Wales, in the United Kingdom.
Beag Fair Siding railway station served the village of Clynderwen, Pembrokeshire, Wales, from 1878 to 1949 on the Narberth Road and Maenclochog Railway.
Llanycefn railway station, also known as Llan-y-cefn railway station, served the hamlet of Llanycefn, Pembrokeshire in the parish of Maenclochog, Wales, from 1876 to 1949 on the Narberth Road and Maenclochog Railway.
Maenclochog railway station served the village of Maenclochog, Pembrokeshire, Wales, from 1876 to 1949 on the Narberth Road and Maenclochog Railway.
Rosebush railway station served the village of Rosebush, Pembrokeshire, Wales, from 1876 to 1949 on the Narberth Road and Maenclochog Railway.
Tafarn Sinc is a pub in Rosebush, Pembrokeshire, Wales.
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