Dre-fach Felindre

Dre-fach Felindre
Overlooking Dre-fach Felindre
Dre-fach Felindre is located in Carmarthenshire
Dre-fach Felindre
Dre-fach Felindre
Location within Carmarthenshire
Population1,200 (2001)
OS grid referenceSN354385
Community
Principal area
Preserved county
CountryWales
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townLLANDYSUL
Postcode districtSA44
Dialling code01559
PoliceDyfed-Powys
FireMid and West Wales
AmbulanceWelsh
UK Parliament
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament
List of places
UK
Wales
Carmarthenshire
52°01′16″N 4°24′00″W / 52.021°N 4.400°W / 52.021; -4.400

Dre-fach Felindre is a village in Carmarthenshire, West Wales. It is located four miles south-east of Newcastle Emlyn. It lies at the confluence of three fast-flowing streams, the Nant Bargod, Nant Esgair and Nant Brân, where their steep-sided valleys open out into the Teifi Valley. In the 19th and early 20th century it was an important centre for the woollen industry and was given the epithet, "the Huddersfield of Wales". As the population increased, the villages of Dre-fach (Welsh language, small town) and Felindre (Welsh language, mill town) extended and merged to form the present community.

The Museum of the Welsh Woollen Industry, now the National Woollen Museum, was opened in 1976 in the Cambrian Mill.