Ammanford
Ammanford is a Town in the county of Carmarthenshire.
Ammanford postcode: SA18 3DN
There are great places to visit near Ammanford including some great caves, nature reserves, towns, castles, villages, ruins, gardens, historic buildings, ancient sites and rivers and streams.
Ammanford has some unmissable caves nearby like Ogof Twn Siôn Cati, and Carreg Cennen Castle Caves.
There are a number of nature reserves near to Ammanford including RSPB Gwenffrwd-Dinas Nature Reserve.
The area around Ammanford features a number of interesting towns including Llandovery, and Carmarthen.
The area around Ammanford features a number of interesting castles including Llandovery Castle - Castell Llanymddyfri, Carreg Cennen Castle, and Carmarthen Castle.
The area around Ammanford features a number of interesting villages including Castell, and Bethlehem.
Carreg Cennen Castle, Carreg Cennen Limekiln, and Carmarthen Castle are great places to visit near Ammanford if you like ruins.
Don't miss National Botanic Garden of Wales's gardens if visiting the area around Ammanford.
The area around Ammanford's best historic buildings can be found at Middleton Hall Ice House.
There are a number of ancient sites near to Ammanford including Garn Goch Y Gaer Fach.
Don't miss Rivery Towy (Tywi) at Carmarthen's rivers and streams if visiting the area around Ammanford.
Ammanford History
There are some historic monuments around Ammanford:
Places to see near Ammanford
History of Ammanford
Ammanford took its current name on 20 November 1880. The community that existed then and now known as Ammanford dates back to around the early 19th century. At that time the main highways went through the area, not to it. The north–south road from Llandeilo and Llandybie went to Betws, and the east–west road from the Amman Valley went to Penybanc and Tycroes, and further afield, both converging at a crossroads (now Ammanford Square). This in turn led to the development of coaching inns or staging inns and taverns catering for the needs of the traveller. The area eventually became identified by the name of one of these hostelries – Cross Inn.
The community of Cross Inn centred on the activity of the cross road, along with a small group of low-grade cottages sited in the vicinity of Carregaman Isaf which became known as Pentrefacas. Betws was a larger hamlet with the parish church, St David’s, as its focal point. All the area to the west of the River Amman fell within the parish of Llandybie.
