Five Roads
in Carmarthenshire of Wales, United Kingdom
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Swansea Airport (10 mi) - Haverfordwest Airport (34 mi)
- MOD St. Athan (39 mi)
- Cardiff International Airport (43 mi)
- Bristol International Airport (67 mi)
- Exeter International Airport (76 mi)
- Plymouth City Airport (90 mi)
- Newquay Cornwall Airport (95 mi)
- RAF Fairford (103 mi)
- Liverpool John Lennon Airport (124 mi)
- Blaenavon Industrial Landscape (Unesco heritage, 55 mi)
- Castles and Town Walls of King Edward in Gwynedd (Unesco heritage, 100 mi)
- Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal (Unesco heritage, 101 mi)
- Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape (Unesco heritage, 111 mi)
- Fairwood Park Golf Club (Golf course, 10 mi)
- Earlswood Golf Club (Golf course, 16 mi)
- Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
- 51.726 and -4.189 (Lat./Lng.)
- Coordinates by Time:
- N 51° 43' 35" and W -4° 11' 18"
- Currency and Currency Code:
- Pound - GBP
- Spoken languages:
- English, Welsh, Scottish Gaelic
- Local electricity:
- 230 V - 50 Hz (plugs: G)
- Mobile phone / cellular frequencies (MHz):
- 900 MHz, 1800 MHz, 3G, 4G
- Local Time: 11:47 PM (Friday)
- Timezone: Europe/London
- UTC/GMT offset: 0 hours
- Sunrise and Sunset:
- 7:37 am and 4:25 pm
- Antipode Coordinates:
- -45.817 and 170.717 (Lat./Lng.)
- Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Otakou - References
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Safety Score: 3,0 of 5.0 based on data from 9 authorites. Meaning we advice caution when travelling to United Kingdom.
Travel warnings are updated daily. Source: Travel Warning United Kingdom. Last Update: 2024-08-13 08:21:03
Touring Five Roads
Five Roads in Carmarthenshire (Wales) is a town located in United Kingdom about 175 mi (or 282 km) west of London, the country's capital place.
Time in Five Roads is now 11:47 PM (Friday). The local timezone is named Europe / London with an UTC offset of zero hours. We know of 10 airports nearby Five Roads, of which 5 are larger airports. The closest airport in United Kingdom is Swansea Airport in a distance of 10 mi (or 16 km), South-East. Besides the airports, there are other travel options available (check left side).
There are several Unesco world heritage sites nearby. The closest heritage site in United Kingdom is Blaenavon Industrial Landscape in a distance of 55 mi (or 88 km), East. Also, if you like the game of golf, there are several options within driving distance. Need some hints on where to stay? We compiled a list of available hotels close to the map centre further down the page.
Being here already, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Llanddarog, Kidwelly, Carmarthen, Pennard and Llangain. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 11°C / 52 °F
| Morning Temperature | 7°C / 44 °F |
| Evening Temperature | 8°C / 47 °F |
| Night Temperature | 9°C / 49 °F |
| Chance of rainfall | 0% |
| Air Humidity | 85% |
| Air Pressure | 1028 hPa |
| Wind Speed | Light breeze with 4 km/h (2 mph) from East |
| Cloud Conditions | Overcast clouds, covering 100% of sky |
| General Conditions | Overcast clouds |
Saturday, 16th of November 2024
12°C (53 °F)
9°C (47 °F)
Light rain, gentle breeze, overcast clouds.
Sunday, 17th of November 2024
9°C (49 °F)
7°C (44 °F)
Light rain, moderate breeze, overcast clouds.
Monday, 18th of November 2024
11°C (52 °F)
10°C (50 °F)
Moderate rain, strong breeze, overcast clouds.
Hotels and Places to Stay
Stradey Park
Best Western Diplomat Hotel & Spa
Vista Hotel
Llwyn Hall Country House
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Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
Llanelli (UK Parliament constituency)
Llanelli is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. From 1918 to 1970 the official spelling of the constituency name was Llanelly. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. The Llanelli Welsh Assembly constituency was created with the same boundaries in 1999.
Five Roads
Five Roads is a hamlet in Carmarthenshire, Wales near the town of Llanelli. It is situated on the B4309 Llanelli to Carmarthen road, about five miles from the former and ten miles from the latter. The name of the village comes from the fact that there are five roads leading off what is known as The Square, the central portion of the village centred around the main road.
River Lliedi
The River Lliedi has its source in the hills near Llanelli and Llannon in Carmarthenshire, Wales. The river fills the Swiss Valley reservoir and meets the sea at the Bury estuary at the former Carmarthenshire Dock, Llanelli. The river's flow near the Llanelli coastline has been altered several times over the last 200 years to build docks to serve the large tinplate and coal mining industries of the town.
Llanelli and Mynydd Mawr Railway
This article describes the current heritage railway. For the historical railway see Llanelly and Mynydd Mawr Railway. The Llanelli and Mynydd Mawr Railway is a heritage railway which aims to re-instate as much as possible of the former Llanelly and Mynydd Mawr Railway which closed in 1989.
Llanelli (Assembly constituency)
Llanelli is a constituency of the National Assembly for Wales. It elects one Assembly Member by the first past the post method of election. Also, however, it is one of eight constituencies in the Mid and West Wales electoral region, which elects four additional members, in addition to eight constituency members, to produce a degree of proportional representation for the region as a whole.
Swiss Valley Reservoir
Swiss Valley reservoir, also known as Upper Lliedi reservoir and Lower Lliedi reservoir, feeds water to the towns of Llanelli and Llannon. It gets the water from the River Lliedi. The Swiss Valley Cycle Route, which forms part of National Cycle Route 47, itself part of the Celtic Trail), passes Swiss Valley Reservoir on a traffic free path between Llanelli and Cross Hands.
Cynheidre Colliery
Cynheidre Colliery was a coal mine located in the Gwendraeth valley, in Carmarthenshire, South Wales. Opened in 1954, it closed in 1989. Cynheidre was developed by the National Coal Board as one of the West Wales "super pits" alongside Abernant Colliery in the River Amman valley, a post-World War II investment intend to keep economic coal mining a viable industry in the area.
Pont-henri
Pont-Henri (or Ponthenri) is a small rural village in Wales, located in the centre of the Gwendraeth Valley, halfway between the towns of Carmarthen and Llanelli. Most of the village comes under the Parliamentary constituency of Llanelli and the jurisdiction of Llanelli Rural Council. The rest of the village is represented by Carmarthen East and Dinefwr constituency and Llangendeirne Community Council. The electoral boundary in Pont-Henri follows the course of the Gwendraeth Fawr river.
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