Felinfoel

Felinfoel
Felinfoel
	Felinfoel Brewery
	Felinfoel Location within Carmarthenshire
Population	Not Recorded; See Llanelli Rural
OS grid reference	SN519024
Community	Llanelli Rural;
Principal area	Carmarthenshire;
Preserved county	Dyfed;
Country	Wales
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	LLANELLI
Postcode district	SA14-15
Dialling code	01554
Police	Dyfed-Powys
Fire	Mid and West Wales
Ambulance	Welsh
UK Parliament	Llanelli;
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament	Llanelli;
	List of places UK Wales Carmarthenshire 51°41′53″N 4°08′49″W / 51.698°N 4.147°W

Felinfoel (pronounced /vɛlɪnvɔɪl/) is a small village and electoral ward on the River Lliedi on the northern border of Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, West Wales, with a population of about 2,000.

The Felinfoel Brewery, home of Double Dragon Ale, is the oldest in Wales. It was the first brewery outside the US to sell beer in cans.^[1]

The village is renowned for its close community and ties with many famous names that have starred in past Llanelli RFC line-ups. The rugby union fly-half Phil Bennett, who played for Llanelli, Wales and the British Lions, was one of Felinfoel's most famous residents until his death in 2022.

Felinfoel is part of the Llanelli Rural community. It is generally considered a suburb of the town of Llanelli.

Local amenities

Felinfoel has a butcher's, a bakery, a fish and chip shop, locally produced real ale from the historic Felinfoel Brewery and shop, a Co-op supermarket and a computer shop within the village.

It is a small village with a parish church and Nonconformist chapel. The Diplomat Hotel and Edens Health Spa and Gym health spa also fall within the village's borders.

To the north of the village and on the River Lliedi is a picturesque double reservoir which gives the Swiss Valley area its name.

Felinfoel's main Baptist chapel, Adulam, plays a significant role in the history of that Nonconformist sect, as it is on the site of Ty Newydd, said by some to be the oldest Baptist settlement in Wales. Previously, the outlawed creed held its meetings in secret in Ogof Goetre Wen on the Morlais River some four miles away. Adulam's baptismal pool on the River Lleidi was in use for total immersions until the 1970s. The congregation would sit on the railway sleeper benches, and on the bridge over the river, and sing as the person was raised from the water.

Governance

An electoral ward of the same name exists, sending councillors to Llanelli Rural Council^[2] and Carmarthenshire County Council. The population of this ward falls entirely within the Llanelli Rural community. The total population of the ward taken at the 2011 census was 2,054.^[3]

Transport

Felinfoel has good links with the M4 motorway which leads to Swansea and Cardiff to the east and Carmarthen and Pembrokeshire in the west. The village is also linked by regular local bus services to Llanelli railway station.

References

^ "Felinfoel Brewery beer can". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 23 December 2012.
^ "Members". Llanelli Rural Council. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
^ "Ward population 2011". Retrieved 14 April 2015.

External links

Llanelli History
Adulam Chapel
Felinfoel Brewery
Llanelli Community Heritage Felinfoel Brewery and the first British beer cans
www.geograph.co.uk: photos of Felinfoel and surrounding area

[1] "Felinfoel Brewery beer can". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 23 December 2012.

[2] "Members". Llanelli Rural Council. Retrieved 22 July 2022.

[3] "Ward population 2011". Retrieved 14 April 2015.

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