Burry Port
Burry Port is a village on the borders of Llanelli in Carmarthenshire, Wales, pushing the Loughor estuary (Moryd Llwchwr). The community's population was 4,209 in the 2001 census and also 4,240 in 2012. The community is residence to a harbour and is where Amelia Earhart landed as the first lady to fly across the Atlantic Ocean. The Pembrey Burrows dune and wetland system, house to a country park and the Cefn Sidan sands, lie nearby. The community also has a pleased music heritage and also is also residence to Burry Port Opera, Male Choir as well as Burry Port Town Band. Burry Port lies 5 miles west of Llanelli town centre, yet is in reality still included by Llanelli Town. It sits at the mouth of the Loughor tidewater, looking south in the direction of the attractive Gower peninsula. West of the community's coastline is Pembrey Burrows, a huge area of burrow and also marshland which traditionally occupied several square miles of land, much of which has actually later been redeemed. To the north of the community is the hill 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 huge amounts of coal in addition to limestone. The Gwendraeth Fawr streams the length of the valley and also joins its sis river the Gwendraeth Fach west of Kidwelly before moving into Carmarthen Bay.
