Burry Port
Burry Port is a small town on the borders 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 also is where Amelia Earhart landed as the first woman to fly throughout the Atlantic Sea. The Pembrey Burrows dune and also marsh system, residence to a country park and also the Cefn Sidan sands, exist close by. The community likewise has a honored music heritage and is also home to Burry Port Opera, Male Choir and also Burry Port Town Band. Burry Port exists 5 miles west of Llanelli community centre, yet remains in fact still included 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 town's coastline is Pembrey Burrows, a big location of burrow as well as marshland which historically inhabited numerous square miles of land, much of which has actually later been redeemed. To the north of the community is capital Mynydd Pembrey, or Pembrey Mountain. Further 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 contains large quantities of coal along with sedimentary rock. The Gwendraeth Fawr streams the size of the valley and joins its sibling river the Gwendraeth Fach west of Kidwelly prior to streaming into Carmarthen Bay.
