Pembrey Country Park

#5209 among destinations in the United Kingdom

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Pembrey Country Park is a country park on the coast of South Wales, located near the village of Pembrey, Carmarthenshire, and the town of Llanelli. ()

Elevation: 52 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 51°40'52"N, 4°18'18"W

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Pembrey Country Park – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Ffos Las Racecourse, Stradey Park Cricket Ground, Kidwelly Castle, Burry Port Lighthouse.

4.4 miNE
Horse track, Gambling, Sport venue
Ffos Las Racecourse, Kidwelly
113 min walk • Ffos Las Racecourse, nestled in the scenic surroundings of Trimsaran near Kidwelly, Wales, stands as a testament to the region's deep affinity for the sport of horse racing. This modern sports venue, which opened its doors in 2009, has rapidly become a beacon for...
5.6 miE
Sport venue, Sport
Stradey Park Cricket Ground, Llanelli
143 min walk • Stradey Park is a cricket ground in Llanelli, Carmarthenshire. The first recorded match on the ground was in 1861, when Carmarthenshire played Glamorganshire.
4 miN
Intact Norman castle in a scenic locale
Kidwelly Castle, Kidwelly
102 min walk • Kidwelly Castle is a Norman castle overlooking the River Gwendraeth and the town of Kidwelly, Carmarthenshire, Wales.
2.3 miE
Lighthouse, Vernacular architecture
Burry Port Lighthouse, Burry Port
60 min walk • Burry Port harbour was built between 1830 and 1836 to replace the harbour at Pembrey, located 400 yards to the west. Burry Port was once the main coal exporting port for the nearby valleys, but the dock now houses the only marina in Carmarthenshire, and the harbour was dredged especially for this purpose.
6.5 miSE
Forts and castles
Weobley Castle, Swansea
167 min walk • Weobley Castle is a 14th-century fortified manor house on the Gower Peninsula, Wales, in the care of Cadw. The castle overlooks Llanrhidian saltmarshes and the Loughor estuary.
3 miSE
Lighthouse
Whiteford Lighthouse, Gower Peninsula
78 min walk • Whiteford Point Lighthouse is located off the coast at Whiteford Point near Whiteford Sands, on the Gower Peninsula, south Wales.
4.6 miN
Specialty museum, Museum
Kidwelly Industrial Museum, Kidwelly
117 min walk • The Kidwelly Industrial Museum focuses on the tinplate industry in Kidwelly, as well as area coal mining and brick making. The museum is located near the town of Kidwelly, Carmarthenshire, West Wales, on the site of the former Kidwelly Tinplate Works.
1.4 miNE
Ruins, Manor house
Court Farm, Pembrey
37 min walk • Court Farm in Pembrey, Carmarthenshire, Wales, is an ancient and formerly imposing manor house which is now an overgrown ruin, but structurally sound, and capable of repair and restoration.
3.8 miN
Monastery
Kidwelly Priory, Kidwelly
98 min walk • Kidwelly Priory was a Benedictine abbey in Kidwelly, Wales. Roger, bishop of Salisbury, a Norman invader founded the priory of Kidwelly, but it seems to have been a place of Celtic Christian veneration of Saint Cadog for some centuries prior to that.
5.3 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Llanmadoc Hill, Rhossili
134 min walk • Llanmadoc Hill is a 186-metre-high hill at the northwestern corner of the Gower Peninsula west of Swansea in South Wales. The summit at the western end of the east–west aligned ridge is crowned by a trig point; at its eastern end are a series of complex earthworks known as The Bulwark.
2 miNW
Beach
Cefn Sidan
50 min walk • Cefn Sidan, translated from Welsh, means "silky ridge". This long sandy beach and its dunes form the outer edge of the Pembrey Burrows between Burry Port and Kidwelly, facing southwestwards over Carmarthen Bay in South Wales. Cefn Sidan beach is backed by dunes, salt marshes, Pembrey Forest and the Pembrey Country Park.