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Merlin's Bridge
Haroldstone Chapel
Principal area
Preserved county
CountryWales
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townHAVERFORDWEST
Postcode districtSA61 1XB
Dialling code01437
PoliceDyfed-Powys
FireMid and West Wales
AmbulanceWelsh
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
Wales
Pembrokeshire

Merlin's Bridge is a village and a community to the south of Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, Wales on the road to Milford Haven.

Amenities

The village's football team won The Senior Cup and League double in 2002. The village has a boxing club,[1] a post office, and a creamery[2] as well as Pembrokeshire College.[3]

Pembrokeshire College campus

Worship

The three places of worship in Merlin's Bridge are all buildings noted by the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales (Coflein) - the English Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Emmanuel Christian Centre and St Mark's Chapel.[4]

Merlin's Bridge War Memorial

The marble War Memorial is situated at the end of Magdalen Street and can be viewed from Dredgman Hill. It commemorates the men who died in both world wars.[5] The sculptors were Edwards and Lewis of Haverfordwest.

References

  1. ^ "boxingclubs.com". Retrieved 27 January 2014.
  2. ^ "Haverfordwest Creamery". Pembrokeshire Business. Retrieved 27 January 2014.
  3. ^ "Main Campus". Pembrokeshire College. Retrieved 19 May 2014.
  4. ^ "Coflein: listed buildings". Retrieved 6 March 2016.
  5. ^ West Wales War Memorial Project website; accessed 18 May 2014