Newcastle Emlyn

Newcastle Emlyn
  • Welsh: Castellnewydd Emlyn
View across the Teifi valley towards Newcastle Emlyn
Newcastle Emlyn is located in Carmarthenshire
Newcastle Emlyn
Newcastle Emlyn
Location within Carmarthenshire
Population1,184 (2011)[1]
OS grid referenceSN305405
Community
  • Newcastle Emlyn
Principal area
Preserved county
CountryWales
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townNEWCASTLE EMLYN
Postcode districtSA38
Dialling code01239
PoliceDyfed-Powys
FireMid and West Wales
AmbulanceWelsh
UK Parliament
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament
Websitenewcastleemlyntowncouncil.co.uk
List of places
UK
Wales
Carmarthenshire

52°02′N 4°28′W / 52.04°N 4.47°W / 52.04; -4.47


Map of the community

Newcastle Emlyn (Welsh: Castellnewydd Emlyn) is a town on the River Teifi, straddling the counties of Ceredigion and Carmarthenshire in West Wales. It is also a community entirely within Carmarthenshire, bordered by those of Llangeler and Cenarth, also in Carmarthenshire, and by Llandyfriog in Ceredigion. Adpar is the part of town on the Ceredigion side of the River Teifi. It was formerly called Trefhedyn and was an ancient Welsh borough in its own right. The area including Adpar had a population of 1,883 according to the 2011 census.[2]

  1. ^ "Community population 2011". Retrieved 13 April 2015.
  2. ^ UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Newcastle Emlyn built-up (W37000324)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 6 May 2019.