Burry Port
Burry Port is a town on the outskirts of Llanelli in Carmarthenshire, Wales, pushing the Loughor estuary (Moryd Llwchwr). The community's population was 4,209 in the 2001 census as well as 4,240 in 2012. The town is residence to a harbour and is where Amelia Earhart landed as the initial woman to fly across the Atlantic Sea. The Pembrey Burrows sand dune and also marsh system, house to a nation park as well as the Cefn Sidan sands, exist close by. The community additionally has a happy musical heritage and is also house to Burry Port Opera, Male Choir and Burry Port Town Band. Burry Port exists 5 miles west of Llanelli town centre, yet remains in reality still encompassed by Llanelli Town. It rests at the mouth of the Loughor estuary, looking southern towards the picturesque Gower peninsula. West of the town's shoreline is Pembrey Burrows, a big area of burrow and also marshland which historically inhabited many square miles of land, much of which has actually later been reclaimed. To the north of the town is capital Mynydd Pembrey, or Pembrey Mountain. Additional north exist the Gwendraeth Valleys. The Gwendraeth Fawr runs north easterly from Kidwelly for about twelve miles (19 kilometres). The land around the valley itself has large quantities of coal as well as sedimentary rock. The Gwendraeth Fawr moves the length of the valley as well as joins its sis river the Gwendraeth Fach west of Kidwelly before streaming into Carmarthen Bay.
