Kidwelly

This article is about the town in Wales. For other uses, see Kidwelly (disambiguation).
Kidwelly
Kidwelly is located in Carmarthenshire
Kidwelly
Kidwelly
Location within Carmarthenshire
Population3,523 (ward 2011)[1]
OS grid referenceSN407067
Community
  • Kidwelly
Principal area
Preserved county
CountryWales
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townKIDWELLY
Postcode districtSA17
Dialling code01554
PoliceDyfed-Powys
FireMid and West Wales
AmbulanceWelsh
UK Parliament
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament
Websitekidwelly.gov.uk
List of places
UK
Wales
Carmarthenshire

51°44′10″N 4°18′25″W / 51.736°N 4.307°W / 51.736; -4.307


Map of the community

Kidwelly (Welsh: Cydweli) is a town and community in Carmarthenshire, southwest Wales, approximately 7 miles (11 km) northwest of the most populous town in the county, Llanelli. In the 2001 census the community of Kidwelly returned a population of 3,289,[2] increasing to 3,523 at the 2011 Census.

It lies on the River Gwendraeth above Carmarthen Bay. The community includes Mynyddgarreg and Llangadog.

  1. ^ "Ward population 2011". Archived from the original on 14 April 2015. Retrieved 14 April 2015.
  2. ^ Davies, John; Jenkins, Nigel; Menna, Baines; Lynch, Peredur I., eds. (2008). The Welsh Academy Encyclopaedia of Wales. Cardiff: University of Wales Press. pp. 436–437. ISBN 978-0-7083-1953-6.