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The Area
 

Low tide Cefn Sidan

Pembrey Forest

Burry Port Harbour

Sunset on the Loughor Estuary

The Pembrey Inn is very much the heart of the village which sits a mile from the historic town of Burry Port with its pretty harbour and 4 miles from the ancient town of Kidwelly with its famous castle. Pembrey and the surrounding area is steeped in history and natural beauty. The Pembrey Country Park and Cefn Sidan Sands are set against the spectacular backdrop of the Gower Peninsula and overlooking the coastal scenery of Carmarthen Bay. The Park is one of Wales’ top visitor attractions providing a unique blend of coast and countryside. Many visitors come to Pembrey to enjoy the freedom to wander around 500 acres of glorious parkland, to take advantage of one of the best beaches in the UK, for the fabulous golf courses, ancient and tranquil villages, monuments steeped with Celtic legends and the famous British Automobile Racing Club "Pembrey Circuit" is just under a 5 minute drive away.

A list of attractions and useful links for the area

Millennium Coastal Park	Pembrey Country Park	Kidwelly Castle	Ashburnham Golf Club
Machynys Golf Club	Pembrey Circuit	Oakwood Theme Park	Llanelli RFC - The Scarlets
Five day weather forecast for Pembrey	Pembrey and Burry Port	National Botanic Garden of Wales	Countryside Council for Wales

Did you know that....

Amelia Earhart

Cefn Sidan

Wing Commander Guy Gibson
12 August 1918 – 19 September 1944

Memorial - Burry Port Harbour

Mount Whitney 1,538 tons came to grief on
Cefn Sidan 30 October 1925

Rt Hon Ian Douglas Smith

Amelia Earhart, the first woman to fly across the Atlantic in a Fokker F7 named Friendship, touched down just outside Burry Port Harbour on 18 June 1928. The pilot thought that they were in Ireland.



 

The Cefn Sidan Sands (English translation: "Silken Back") has been the site of many shipwrecks. Adeline Coqueline, niece to the Consort of Napoleon, Josephine, was travelling aboard La Jeune Emma with her father, when the ship came to grief here in 1828. Both sadly perished and are buried at St Illtyd's Church in Pembrey. In fact, from 1753 to 1996, 14 ships of note came to a tragic end on this stretch of water, carrying cargoes of brandy, rum, sugar and most latterly, an unnamed vessel from Morocco met her demise and was found to be carrying £800,000 of cannabis resin (1996 value). It would be worth well over a million today.

Pembrey had strategic military connections during the Second World War and an RAF station. Amongst the airmen who were stationed there were Wing Commander Guy Gibson VC DSO and Bar DFC and Bar who led the Dambuster Raid and Ian Douglas Smith who later became Prime Minister of Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) from 11 November 1965 to 1 June 1979.