Bwlchygroes

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OSgridreferenceSN240360
Community
  • Clydau
Post townLlanfyrnach
Bwlchygroes
Grassy area with gravestones and grey-rendered chapel beyond
Bwlchygroes Chapel
Bwlchygroes is located in Pembrokeshire
Bwlchygroes
Bwlchygroes
Location within Pembrokeshire
OS grid referenceSN240360
Community
  • Clydau
Principal area
CountryWales
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townLlanfyrnach
Postcode districtSA35
Dialling code01239
PoliceDyfed-Powys
FireMid and West Wales
AmbulanceWelsh
List of places
UK
Wales
Pembrokeshire
51°59′42″N 4°33′50″W / 51.995°N 4.564°W / 51.995; -4.564

Bwlchygroes (Welsh pronunciationⓘ; sometimes spelled Bwlch-y-groes) is a small upland rural village in the community and parish of Clydau, north Pembrokeshire, Wales, 5 miles (8 km) SW of Newcastle Emlyn and the same distance east of Crymych.

plain tarmac road passing to the right of a large dark-rendered chapel with two-storey house to the side
Bwlchygroes crossroads from the SE

Bwlchygroes Community Hall occupies part of the former village school, which closed in 2000. Clydau School, in Tegryn, now serves pupils from Bwlchygroes. School records for 100 years to 1967 are held at the Pembrokeshre Record Office.[1] The village post office closed in 2008.[2] Bwlch-y-Groes Women's Institute papers 1964-2009 are held by Pembrokeshire Record Office.[3]

Chapel

There is a Calvinist Methodist chapel in the village, dating from 1777;[4] date stones bear several later dates.[5]

Amenities

There is an agricultural merchant in the village as well as holiday accommodation. The old school is the headquarters of the Green Dragon community bus and scooter scheme, funded by the Welsh Government,[6] and is home to the nursery group (ysgol feithrin).[7]

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