Burry Port (Welsh: Porth Tywyn) is a port town and community in Carmarthenshire, Wales, on the Loughor estuary (Moryd Llwchwr), to the west of Llanelli...
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Burry Port Harbour is a former industrial harbour which mainly served the coal industry, on the Loughor estuary (Moryd Llwchwr). It is now converted into...
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National Wetlands Centre; a championship golf course; and the harbours of Burry Port and Pembrey. The sandy beaches at Llansteffan and Pendine are further...
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The Burry Port and Gwendraeth Valley Railway (BP&GVR) was a mineral railway company that constructed a railway line in Carmarthenshire, Wales, by conversion...
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Burry Port Lighthouse (Welsh: Goleudy Porth Tywyn) is a lighthouse in Burry Port. Burry Port harbour was built between 1830 and 1836 to replace the harbour...
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Several examples were rebuilt with cut-down cabs for working on the Burry Port & Gwendraeth Valley Line, as there were several low bridges on the line...
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transported to Wales to be buried at Jerusalem Independent Chapel in Burry Port, alongside the remains of her father. The song "Send in the Clowns" was...
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the village of Pembrey, Carmarthenshire, 3 miles (4.8 km) northwest of Burry Port and 10.3 miles (16.6 km) south of Carmarthen, Wales. Adjacent to the weapons...
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Pembrey and Burry Port railway station is a railway station on the West Wales line serving Pembrey and Burry Port, in Carmarthenshire, Wales. It is adjacent...
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Pembrey (category Burry Port)
(Welsh: Pen-bre) is a village in Carmarthenshire, Wales, situated between Burry Port and Kidwelly, overlooking Carmarthen Bay, with a population of about 2...
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company's own harbour at Burry Port was completed in 1832. Tramways served a number of collieries to the east of Burry Port. In 1832 engineer James Green...
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Docks, Cardiff Barry Docks, Barry Port of Port Talbot, Port Talbot Swansea Docks, Swansea Burry Port Milford Haven Port, Milford Haven Fishguard Harbour...
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Llanelli (category Ports and harbours of Wales)
stronghold, in which 56 per cent do so in communities such as Llwynhendy and Burry Port. During the 1950s, Trefor and Eileen Beasley campaigned to get Llanelli...
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Burry Port Rugby Football Club is a rugby union team from the village of Burry Port in West Wales. The club is a member of the Welsh Rugby Union and is...
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Burry Port Lifeboat Station (near Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, Wales) was first opened in 1887, the cost of the station defrayed from a legacy bequeathed...
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Leslie Griffiths (redirect from Lord Griffiths of Burry Port)
Leslie John Griffiths, Baron Griffiths of Burry Port FLSW (born 15 February 1942) is a British Methodist minister, politician and life peer who served...
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& Burry Port Sundays, three morning/afternoon Intercity Express Train from London Paddington to Carmarthen, stopping at Llanelli and Pembrey & Burry Port...
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Burry Port is an electoral ward, representing the community of Burry Port, Carmarthenshire, Wales. In 2014, the Burry Port electoral ward had an electorate...
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The Burry Port Urban District was an urban district covering the town of Burry Port in Carmarthenshire between 1903 and 1974, when it was absorbed into...
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Burry Port railway station served the town of Burry Port (Welsh: Porth Tywyn). It continued to serve the inhabitants of the area near Llanelli between...
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(disambiguation) Burri Burry Holms Burry Port Bury (disambiguation) The Burry Man This page lists people with the surname Burry. If an internal link intending...
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Pembrey Burrows stretch from Burry Port's harbour area – a former coal port, now a marina – to Pembrey Country Park, a leisure and nature complex that...
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O2 class 0-6-2T No. 85 built by Neilson, Reid & Co. in 1899, GWR No. 426. Port Talbot Railway 0-6-0ST No. 26 built by Hudswell Clarke in 1900, GWR No. 813...
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with dunes, which form the outer edge of the Pembrey Burrows between Burry Port and Kidwelly, facing southwestwards over Carmarthen Bay in South Wales...
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on the western border of Llanelli town, about 5 miles (8 km) east of Burry Port. The area is home to Sandy Water Park, a large project which has seen...
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Pembrey and Burry Port Town (Welsh: Pen-bre a Phorth Tywyn) is a community located in Carmarthenshire, Wales including the town of Burry Port and the village...
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Towns and villages in the bay include, from east to west: Llanelli, Burry Port (Porth Tywyn), Pembrey (Penbre), Kidwelly (Cydweli), Ferryside (Glanyfferi)...
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John Owen-Jones (category People from Burry Port)
recorded six studio albums. Owen-Jones was born in 1971 and originates from Burry Port in Carmarthenshire. He was educated at Glan-y-Mor Comprehensive School...
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calling at Bridgend, Port Talbot Parkway and Neath of which 5 extend to Carmarthen calling at Gowerton, Llanelli, Pembrey and Burry Port, Kidwelly and Ferryside...
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opened on the Burry Port and Gwendraeth Valley Railway in Carmarthenshire, Wales. Pontyberem station was opened on 2 August 1909 by the Burry Port and Gwendraeth...
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