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Our caravan holidays are enjoyed on the beautiful Carmarthen Bay. Overlooking the mouth of the River Gwendraeth, Carmarthen Bay is minutes from the 19th-Century village of Llansaint and just half an hour from the town of Carmarthen.

Carmarthen Bay is an inlet of the South Wales coast, including notable beaches such as Pendine Sands and Cefn Sidan sands. Carmarthen Bay is partially within the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park. The Joint Nature Conservation Committee list Carmarthen Bay and Estuaries as a Special Area of Conservation.

The River Loughor flows into the bay at the Burry estuary, and the rivers Tywi, Taf and Gwendraeth flow into the bay at the Three Rivers Estuary. Caldey Island lies in the bay near Tenby.

Towns and villages in the bay include, from east to west: Llanelli, Burry Port, Pembrey, Kidwelly, Ferryside, Llansteffan, Laugharne, Pendine, Amroth, Wisemans Bridge, Saundersfoot and Tenby.

There are fine beaches at Pendine Sands, Cefn Sidan, Laugharne, Llansteffan and Ferryside.

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Carmarthen is the county town of Carmarthenshire in Wales. It lies on the River Tywi 8 miles (13 km) north of its estuary in Carmarthen Bay. Carmarthen has a claim to be the oldest town in Wales – Old Carmarthen and New Carmarthen became one borough in 1546. Carmarthen was the most populous borough in Wales in the 16th–18th centuries, described by William Camden as "the chief citie of the country". Growth was stagnating by the mid-19th century as new settlements developed in the South Wales Coalfield.

Carmarthen is twinned with the following places:

According to some variants of the Arthurian legend, Merlin was born in a cave outside Carmarthen. Legend also had it that if a certain tree called Merlin's Oak fell, it would bring the downfall of the town. Translated from Welsh, it reads: "When Merlin's Oak comes tumbling down, down shall fall Carmarthen Town." To obstruct this, the tree was dug up when it died; pieces of it remain in the town museum.

Kidwelly

Kidwelly is a town in Carmarthenshire, southwest Wales, approximately 7 miles (11 km) northwest of the most populous town in the county, Llanelli. It lies on the River Gwendraeth above Carmarthen Bay. The town itself is ancient, established by written records at around 1106 AD.

Kidwelly grew significantly during the industrial revolution, as did many other towns in southern Wales. The town was home to a large brickworks and tinworks. Little evidence now exists of such activities since the closure of the industrial works, with the exception of Kidwelly Industrial Museum.

Local attractions include Kidwelly Castle, founded in 1106; a fourteenth-century bridge and gate; the former quay (now a nature reserve); a Norman parish church, and an industrial museum.

Kidwelly Carnival is an annual event held on the second Saturday of July. Previous carnivals have featured aerial displays.

The town is twinned with French village Saint-Jacut-de-la-Mer on the north coast of Brittany

Carmarthen

Llansaint

Llansaint is a village of farmsteads and cottages that is located in Carmarthenshire, Wales. It includes a cluster of 19th century stone-built houses around the church and it is surrounded by farmsteads and modern residential development.

The village of Llansaint developed around a cemetery in the 5th and 6th centuries. The holy well of Ffynnonsaint, close to the current location of the Tabor chapel and Jinni Will well in the Cwm valley, indicates an early Christian settlement. The church was built in the 12th century and a tower was added in the 14th century. Two early Christian monuments of Ogham stones are embedded in the south eastern external wall and commemorate two 6th century Irish priests named Cimestle Avicat and Vennestl.

During World War II, Llansaint was one of the villages that took in evacuated children from London and other areas

Llansaint is well-known for its tradition of cockling. In 1900, the author H. C. Tierney wrote: "Llansaint... a place inhabited for generations by a somewhat primitive and exceedingly hardy race of people who live by gathering shellfish, especially cockles.

Llanelli

Llanelli is the largest town in Carmarthenshire, the "Garden of Wales", and in the preserved county of Dyfed, Wales. Located on the Loughor estuary, 10.5 miles (16.9 km) north-west of Swansea and 12 miles (19 km) south-east of the county town, Carmarthen, it was a market town that became industrialised in the early 19th century as the global centre for tinplate production.

The town lies on the River Lliedi, on the north coast of the Loughor Estuary inlet, which opens out into Carmarthen Bay and the Bristol Channel. Llanelli is within the western Welsh county of Carmarthenshire and is situated to the north-west of the city of Swansea and to the south-east of the county town of Carmarthen.

Llanelli played an important role in British industry, with three small docks being established within the town, to export coal along with the copper and tin, which was being produced within the town itself.