Pencarreg

Village and community in Carmarthenshire, Wales From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Pencarreg (Welsh pronunciation) is a village and community located in Carmarthenshire, Wales, 4 miles (6.4 km) to the south-west of Lampeter.

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Pencarreg
Village and community
Pencarreg is located in Carmarthenshire
Pencarreg
Pencarreg
Location within Carmarthenshire
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Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
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Carmarthenshire

52°05′06″N 4°08′22″W


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Settlement is primarily grouped around the A485 road from Lampeter to Carmarthen, the primary settlement being Cwmann. The population in the United Kingdom Census 2001 was 1,120, increasing to 1,169 at the 2011 Census.[1]

In 1930 the Great Western Railway opened Pencarreg Halt which closed in 1965

The community is bordered by the communities of: Llanycrwys; Cynwyl Gaeo; Llansawel; and Llanybydder, all being in Carmarthenshire; and by: Llanwenog; Llanwnnen; Lampeter; and Llanfair Clydogau, all being in Ceredigion.

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