Blaenycoed
{{Short description|Village in Carmarthenshire, Wales}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Infobox UK place
| country = Wales
| constituency_welsh_assembly = Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire
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| official_name = Blaen-y-Coed
| unitary_wales = Carmarthenshire
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| population_ref = See Carmarthen
| lieutenancy_wales = Carmarthenshire
| constituency_westminster = Caerfyrddin
| post_town = Carmarthen
| postcode_district = SA33
| postcode_area = SA
| dial_code = 01267
| os_grid_reference = SN348271
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Blaenycoed, or Blaen-y-coed is a village situated between Carmarthen and Newcastle Emlyn, Wales, of 17 houses, a Welsh Independents chapel, a postbox and small farms. Blaen-y-coed literally translates to mean "Head-of-the-wood.". Woodland Rise is a camping and caravanning site in the village.{{cite web| url = https://woodland-rise.com/| title = Woodland Rise Camping and Caravan Park – Camping and Caravan Park for adults and children situated in the West Wales countryside.}}
Notable people
Howell Elvet Lewis, the Independent minister, hymn-writer, poet, known as Elfed, was born in 1860. The house where he was born, Y Gangell, is near Blaenycoed and contains a small exhibition of his life. His ashes were also scattered in Blaenycoed chapel graveyard.{{cn|date=April 2022}}