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Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire. Open daily. Free entry.

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Accessibility:

There is ample Pay and Display parking available in the town, with disability spaces also. There are public toilets, with disability toilets accessible with a RADAR key. The town is wheelchair friendly. Guide dogs are welcome. Carmarthen Shopmobility is a scheme which lends scooters and manual wheelchairs to anyone with limited mobility so they can enjoy Carmathen Town Centre: see http://www.carmarthenshopmobilitycaerfyrddin.org.uk/ and

https://seearoundbritain.com/venues/st-catherines-walk-shopping-centre-carmarthen-carmarthenshire

Brief Description:

As the oldest town in Wales, Carmarthen offers the perfect mix of traditional and new. Independent traders sit comfortably alongside major High Street names, and modern shopping centres nestle amongst narrow cobbled streets. Please see https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-60379352

"Former Debenhams store in the St Catherine's Walk shopping centre: after securing a total of £18.5m in funding, the old shop will be turned into a centre for the council, health board and cultural services."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carmarthen

"Carmarthen (/kɑːrˈmɑːrðən/, RP: /kəˈmɑːðən/; Welsh: Caerfyrddin [kɑːɨrˈvərðɪn], "Merlin's fort" or "Sea-town fort") is the county town of Carmarthenshire and a community in Wales, lying on the River Towy. 8 miles (13 km) north of its estuary in Carmarthen Bay.[2][3] The population was 14,185 in 2011, down from 15,854 in 2001,[4] but gauged at 16,285 in 2019.[5] It has a claim to be the oldest town in Wales – Old Carmarthen and New Carmarthen became one borough in 1546.[6] It was the most populous borough in Wales in the 16th–18th centuries, described by William Camden as "chief citie of the country". Growth stagnated by the mid-19th century as new settlements developed in the South Wales Coalfield.[6] The many listed buildings include Carmarthen Guildhall, Capel Heol Awst, Capel Heol Dŵr, Carmarthen Cemetery Chapel, Elim Independent Chapel, English Baptist Church, English Congregational Church, Penuel Baptist Chapel, Christ Church, Eglwys Dewi Sant, Church of St Mary and Eglwys Sant Ioan."

Further Information:

Address:

Carmarthenshire County Council

County Hall

Castle Hill

Carmarthen SA31 1JP

Email:

Available via website https://www.carmarthenshire.gov.wales/

Phone:

See https://www.carmarthenshire.gov.wales/

Website:

http://www.carmarthentown.org.uk/

https://www.carmarthenshire.gov.wales/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carmarthen

Opening hours:

Open daily.

Directions:

Carmarthen town is easily accessible just off the A40 and A48. OS SN 413200. "There is a Park and Ride service running daily from Monday to Saturday from 7.00 to 19.00 between Nantyci, to the west of Carmarthen town, and the town centre.[52] "

"The A40, A48, A484 and A485 converge on Carmarthen. The M4 motorway, which links South Wales with London, terminates at junction 49, the Pont Abraham services, to continue north-west as the dual carriageway A48 and finish at its junction with the A40 in Carmarthen."

Transport:

2023: "Carmarthen is a stop on the Eurolines bus route 890, linking London with a number of cities and towns in Munster and South Leinster in Ireland. The service may be used to destinations in Ireland, but may not be used to other stops in Britain. There is a Park and Ride service running daily from Monday to Saturday from 7.00 to 19.00 between Nantyci, to the west of Carmarthen town, and the town centre.[52] "

There is a regular bus service from Carmarthen. For further travel information in Wales please see: www.traveline.cymru/travel-info

Or call Traveline Cymru on 0800 464 0000

Carmarthen railway station is on the West Wales Line. It opened in 1852. The town has rail links to Cardiff via Swansea to the east and Fishguard Harbour, Milford Haven, Tenby, Pembroke and Pembroke Dock to the west. There are daily direct intercity trains to London. The area suffered a number of rail closures in the 1960s under the Beeching Axe: one to Llandeilo closed in 1963 and one to Lampeter and Aberystwyth in 1965."

Amenities:

There is an ample variety of places to eat, drink and stay in Carmarthen. There is also a wide variety of amenities on around the town."Dyfed–Powys Police headquarters, Glangwili General Hospital and a campus of the University of Wales Trinity Saint David are located in Carmarthen.

The former cattle market in the heart of the town became a new shopping centre, which opened in 2010.[50] It includes a multi-screen cinema, a market hall, restaurants and a multi-storey car park. A new market hall opened in 2009.[51]"

Travel Information

For further travel information in Wales please see: www.traveline.cymru/travel-info

Or call Traveline Cymru on 0800 464 0000

Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire. Open daily. Free entry.

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