Burry Port
Burry Port is a small town on the borders of Llanelli in Carmarthenshire, Wales, resting on the Loughor tidewater (Moryd Llwchwr). The town's population was 4,209 in the 2001 census and 4,240 in 2012. The town is house to a harbour and also is where Amelia Earhart landed as the initial woman to fly across the Atlantic Sea. The Pembrey Burrows dune and also wetland system, residence to a country park as well as the Cefn Sidan sands, lie close by. The town additionally has a happy musical heritage and also is also residence to Burry Port Opera, Male Choir and also Burry Port Town Band. Burry Port exists 5 miles west of Llanelli town centre, but is in fact still included by Llanelli Town. It rests at the mouth of the Loughor estuary, looking south in the direction of the stunning Gower peninsula. West of the community's shoreline is Pembrey Burrows, a huge area of burrow and also marshland which traditionally occupied numerous square miles of land, much of which has actually later been recovered. To the north of the community is the hill Mynydd Pembrey, or Pembrey Mountain. Further north lie the Gwendraeth Valleys. The Gwendraeth Fawr runs north easterly from Kidwelly for about twelve miles (19 kilometres). The land around the valley itself consists of big quantities of coal in addition to sedimentary rock. The Gwendraeth Fawr streams the size of the valley and joins its sis river the Gwendraeth Fach west of Kidwelly prior to flowing right into Carmarthen Bay.