Waterston

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Waterston
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Waterston Methodist Chapel with Dragon LNG Terminal beyond
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Waterston
Location within Pembrokeshire
Population335 
OS grid reference SM939063
Community
  • Llanstadwell
Principal area
Country Wales
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Milford Haven
Postcode district SA73
Dialling code 01646
Police Dyfed-Powys
Fire Mid and West Wales
Ambulance Welsh
UK Parliament
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament
List of places
UK
Wales
Pembrokeshire
51°43′N4°59′W / 51.72°N 4.98°W / 51.72; -4.98

Waterston is a village near Milford Haven in Pembrokeshire, Wales, in the community and parish [1] of Llanstadwell. It lies on the B4325 road linking Neyland and Milford Haven. [2]

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Demographics

The built-up area had a population of 335 in 2011. [3]

Features

Waterston Wesleyan Methodist chapel was built in 1836. It was rebuilt in the 1880s in Gothic style. [4]

To the northeast of the village is Scoveston Fort, a Grade II listed structure constructed in the 1860s as part of the defences of Pembroke dockyard. It cost £45,462, and was the only one of its kind built. [5] [6]

Industry

Part of the village now lies within the boundaries of the Dragon LNG terminal. Costing about £35 million and extending to 300 acres (120 ha), the plant was built as an oil refinery in 1997. In 2007 it was redeveloped as a LNG storage facility, and taken over by Dragon in 2009. [7] The plant is expected to process between 10 and 20 percent of the UK's gas supply requirement.[ citation needed ]

A large fire in April 2024 at a car breakers in the village took 7 fire crews to extinguish; nearby residents were evacuated for safety. The cause was found to be accidental, [8] and had been monitored by the close-by Dragon Terminal. [9] There had been a serious fire in January 2024 in the same industrial estate. [10]

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References

  1. "GENUKI: Llanstadwell" . Retrieved 9 March 2016.
  2. Ordnance Survey
  3. "Office for National Statistics: Waterston built-up area" . Retrieved 31 May 2021.
  4. "Waterston English Wesleyan Methodist Chapel (11091)". Coflein. RCAHMW . Retrieved 5 August 2024.
  5. "British Listed Buildings" . Retrieved 4 August 2024.
  6. Cadw. "Scoveston Fort (Grade II) (83214)". National Historic Assets of Wales . Retrieved 4 August 2024.
  7. "Coflein: Dragon LNG Facility" . Retrieved 4 August 2024.
  8. Becky Hotchin (16 April 2024). "Cause of fire at Waterston Car Breakers fire confirmed". Western Telegraph. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
  9. Tom Sinclair (15 April 2024). "Dragon LNG 'monitoring' scrap car blaze in Waterston". Pembrokeshire Herald. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
  10. "Waterston: Fire crews expect major blaze to burn overnight". BBC News. 10 January 2024. Retrieved 4 August 2024.