Carmarthenshire is in Wales. This county is known for its majestic mountains, verdant landscapes, golden sand beaches that stretch on forever and ancient old forests. The countryside here is quiet and beautifully picturesque with great biking trails alongside clear rivers, endless walks with hamlet pubs just waiting for travellers and miles of empty beaches where you can catch prawns or take the kids crabbing!
Walking and rambling trails are a big attraction in Wales and in Carmarthenshire there are loads of great walks for every level of fitness. Angling is another big attraction in the area as the rivers are rich with sea trout and salmon - every fisherman's dream location!
The castles in the area are really old and luckily, most complete and delight visitors with their towers, secret passages and crenellations. Visit the stronghold at Cerreg Cennen Castle or immerse yourself in the legends of King Arthur on a visit to Merlin's Oak.
Why not check beaches nearby as we have 8 beaches in Carmarthenshire, or have a look at our list of Carmarthenshire dog friendly beaches, or even our United Kingdom Blue Flag beach list.
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Every favourite location must be visited for the first time. Want some ideas, why not check out the below small selection of coastal locations, including beaches, activities, things to see and do, places to stay and eat:
- Cefn Sidan is a fine sandy beach backed by dunes that sits at the edge of the Pembrey Burrows and looks out into Carmarthen Bay in South Wales. The beach stretches for nearly 8 miles and at low tide you can have a long walk to the water. The fine sand does make it hard to create large sandcastles.The beach is large and exposed so it can be windy but a geat place to walk and the beach is popular for kite-buggying and kite-mountainboarding.Cefn Sidan forms part of the Pembrey Country Park and is also known as Pembrey Beach.Facilities include car parking, lifeguards (summer only), cafe/restaurant and beach shop.As this is a large beach with large areas of sand dunes it does have some naturism although this is not allowed.
- Morfa Bychan beach near Pendine is a sandy beach with some pebbles, safe bathing and some rock pools to explore. The beach is surrounded by limestone cliffs and caves and looks out over Carmarthen Bay towards Tenby and Gower. There is some parking at the beach but the access road can be bad to access the beach so will need to walk. Options to walk are from Pendine beach at low tide, along with the coast path although this is a hilly walk. No facilities available at the beach but some available at nearby Pendine village. There is a beach called Black Rock Sands that is also known as Morfa Bychan in North Wales.
- Llanstephan Beach or Llansteffan in Welsh is a sandy beach backed by grass areas located on the estuary of the River Tywi 11 km (7 miles) south of Carmarthen. Facilities at the beach include car parking, toilets, children’s play area, beach shop and tea room.
- Burry Port Beach is a sand and pebble beach that sits just either side of the harbour, to the east the sandy shore continues for about a mile backed by low dunes. You can take the coastal path to find some smaller and more remote stretches of sand. You will occasionally get windsurfers and kitesurfers. Car parking, slipway, toilets. The nearest food is a short trip away where you have a small supermarket and pub. We have no dog information for Burry Port beach.
- Pendine Sands beach is an 11 km (7 mile) stretch of flat sand within Carmarthen Bay that stretches from Gilman Point and the village of Pendine in the west to Laugharne Sands in the east. The beach can have some parts closed due to MoD restrictions. Due to the beaches length and flat firm sand, it was used for speed record attempts, with Malcolm Campbell (1924), J. G. Parry-Thomas (1926 & 27), Forresti in Djelmo (1927), Donald Campbell in 2000 and Guy Martin’s bicycle record. The size and flat nature of the beach make this beach very popular with land yachting, kite-buggying, power kiting and horse riding. Just to the West, you have the small bay of Morfa Bychan which is well worth the short walk. Facilities at the beach and in the village include parking, toilets, cafe, pubs, beach shops and seasonal lifeguards.
