Ammanford
Ammanford is a Town in the county of Carmarthenshire.
Ammanford postcode: SA18 3DN
There are great places to visit near Ammanford including some great caves, nature reserves, towns, castles, villages, gardens, historic buildings, ancient sites, ruins and rivers and streams.
There are a number of caves near Ammanford including Ogof Twn Siôn Cati, and Carreg Cennen Castle Caves.
There are a number of nature reserves near to Ammanford including RSPB Gwenffrwd-Dinas Nature Reserve.
The area around Ammanford boasts some of the best towns including Llandovery, and Carmarthen.
The area around Ammanford features a number of interesting castles including Llandovery Castle - Castell Llanymddyfri, Carreg Cennen Castle, and Carmarthen Castle.
Ammanford has some unmissable villages nearby like Castell, and Bethlehem.
The area close to Ammanford boasts some of the best gardens including National Botanic Garden of Wales.
Middleton Hall Ice House is one of Ammanford's best, nearby historic buildings to visit in Ammanford.
The area close to Ammanford boasts some of the best ancient sites including Garn Goch Y Gaer Fach.
There are a number of ruins near Ammanford including Carreg Cennen Castle, Carreg Cennen Limekiln, and Carmarthen Castle.
Rivery Towy (Tywi) at Carmarthen is a great place to visit close to Ammanford if you like rivers and streams.
Ammanford History
There are some historic monuments around Ammanford:
Places to see near Ammanford
History of Ammanford
Ammanford took its current name on 20 November 1880. The community that existed then and now known as Ammanford dates back to around the early 19th century. At that time the main highways went through the area, not to it. The north–south road from Llandeilo and Llandybie went to Betws, and the east–west road from the Amman Valley went to Penybanc and Tycroes, and further afield, both converging at a crossroads (now Ammanford Square). This in turn led to the development of coaching inns or staging inns and taverns catering for the needs of the traveller. The area eventually became identified by the name of one of these hostelries – Cross Inn.
The community of Cross Inn centred on the activity of the cross road, along with a small group of low-grade cottages sited in the vicinity of Carregaman Isaf which became known as Pentrefacas. Betws was a larger hamlet with the parish church, St David’s, as its focal point. All the area to the west of the River Amman fell within the parish of Llandybie.
