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Burry Port

Burry Port is a village on the outskirts of Llanelli in Carmarthenshire, Wales, pushing the Loughor tidewater (Moryd Llwchwr). The town'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 initial woman to fly throughout the Atlantic Sea. The Pembrey Burrows dune and also wetland system, residence to a nation park and also the Cefn Sidan sands, lie close by. The community also has a honored musical heritage and is likewise house to Burry Port Opera, Male Choir as well as Burry Port Town Band. Burry Port lies 5 miles west of Llanelli town centre, but is in reality still incorporated by Llanelli Town. It rests at the mouth of the Loughor estuary, looking south in the direction of the attractive Gower peninsula. West of the community's shoreline is Pembrey Burrows, a large area of burrow and also marshland which traditionally occupied many square miles of land, a lot of which has actually later on been recovered. To the north of the community is the hill Mynydd Pembrey, or Pembrey Mountain. Additional north lie the Gwendraeth Valleys. The Gwendraeth Fawr runs north easterly from Kidwelly for around twelve miles (19 km). The land around the valley itself includes big amounts 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 flowing into Carmarthen Bay.