Discover 5 hidden attractions, cool sights, and unusual things to do in Kidwelly (United Kingdom). Don't miss out on these must-see attractions: Ffos Las Racecourse, Kidwelly Castle, and Kidwelly Industrial Museum. Also, be sure to include Kidwelly Priory in your itinerary.
Below, you can find the list of the most amazing places you should visit in Kidwelly (Wales).
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Ffos Las Racecourse
Sports venue in Trimsaran, Wales. The Ffos Las racecourse is a Welsh horse racing, equestrian sports and conferencing venue situated in Ffos Las, Wales. The Ffos Las racecourse was built at the site of an open cast coal mine after mining operations ceased.[1]
Kidwelly Castle
Intact Norman castle in a scenic locale. Kidwelly Castle is a Norman castle overlooking the River Gwendraeth and the town of Kidwelly, Carmarthenshire, Wales. The origin of this surname traces back to when it was spelled Cygweli which means "swan."[2]
Address: Castle St, SA17 5BQ Kidwelly
Kidwelly Industrial Museum
Museum in Kidwelly, Wales. The Kidwelly Industrial Museum focuses on the tinplate industry in Kidwelly, as well as area coal mining and brick making. The museum is located near the town of Kidwelly, Carmarthenshire, West Wales, on the site of the former Kidwelly Tinplate Works. The tinplate works was originally established in 1737 and was closed in 1941.
The engine house of the tinplate works was listed as Grade II* in 1998 while the works chimney, boxing room and assorting room are listed as Grade II.[3]
Address: 1 Velindre Cottages, SA17 4LW Kidwelly
Kidwelly Priory
Kidwelly Priory was a Benedictine abbey in Kidwelly, Wales.
Roger, bishop of Salisbury (d.1139), a Norman invader founded the priory of Kidwelly, but it seems to have been a place of Celtic Christian veneration of Saint Cadog for some centuries prior to that.
It was a daughter abbey of Sherborne Abbey, and although well documented in the historical record it appears to have remained small for its extent. It was dissolved 1539, by Henry VIII.
Today the abbey remains a parish church, St Mary's with much of the surviving fabric dates to the fourteenth century, c. 1320.[4]
Church of Saint Mary
Building. The Church of Saint Mary is a Grade I Listed Building in the town of Kidwelly, Carmarthenshire, Wales. The church was listed in December 1963. Founded c. 1114 the church was burnt down in 1223 and most of the existing building dates from c. 1320 when it was a Benedictine priory.
It has been listed as the largest parish church in south west Wales, exceptional for the broach spire and fine decorative 14th-century Gothic detail.[5]