Places to visit in and around Carmarthenshire
Even during their earlier stays in Laugharne, Dylan and Caitlin had dreamed of living in the Boat House. It was certainly not the material comfort or the practicality of the house that attracted them. In fact, the house was notoriously cold and damp, and did not boast electricity or running water and a bathroom until after Margaret Taylor had bought it and paid for improvements to be carried out.
Yet this old house, together with its small harbour, is very special. As you approach it, you move into the timeless world of the sinuous curves of the river Tâf, of glinting light on mud and water, of low green hills, of the vast panorama across the estuaries and the sea, and of the wheeling and calling of seabirds.
Click to enter Cerrig Cennen Castle
Crowning a remote crag about 100 meters above the river Cennen in the Breacon Beacons National Park, Carreg Cennen is unmatchable as a wildly romantic Welsh fortress and the most dramatically sited. Sought out by generations of artists and visitors in search of the picturesque, its origin are lost in ancient obscurity. The naturally defensible site may even have been a prehistoric hillfort, and was certainly a stronghold of the Welsh princes.
The County Museum presents many aspects of Carmarthenshire's rich and varied past. Displays include local archaeology, Egyptology, pottery, portraits, landscape paintings, Welsh furniture, costume, a Victorian schoolroom, life on the farm and the homefront in World War 2.
People visit Pembrey Country Park for many different reasons. Some to enjoy the freedom to wander around 202 hectares of glorious parkland, some to take advantage of one of the best beaches in the UK, others to use the host of excellent family attractions found in the Park.