Blaenycoed

{{Short description|Village in Carmarthenshire, Wales}}

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| postcode_district = SA33

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| 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}}

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