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, ruins, gardens, historic buildings, ancient sites and rivers and streams.
The area around Ammanford boasts some of the best caves including Ogof Twn Siôn Cati, and Carreg Cennen Castle Caves.
Don't miss RSPB Gwenffrwd-Dinas Nature Reserve's nature reserves if visiting the area around Ammanford.
Llandovery, and Carmarthen are great places to visit near Ammanford if you like towns.
There are a several good castles in the Ammanford area like Llandovery Castle - Castell Llanymddyfri, Carreg Cennen Castle, and Carmarthen Castle.
Don't miss Castell, and Bethlehem's villages if visiting the area around Ammanford.
Carreg Cennen Castle, Carreg Cennen Limekiln, and Carmarthen Castle are some of Ammanford best ruins to visit near Ammanford.
Don't miss National Botanic Garden of Wales's gardens if visiting the area around Ammanford.
Don't miss Middleton Hall Ice House's historic buildings if visiting the area around Ammanford.
There are a number of ancient sites near to Ammanford including Garn Goch Y Gaer Fach.
Places near Ammanford feature a number of interesting rivers and streams including Rivery Towy (Tywi) at Carmarthen.
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.
