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.[1]

Blaen-y-Coed
Blaen-y-Coed Location within Carmarthenshire
Population	See Carmarthen
OS grid reference	SN348271
Community	Cynwyl Elfed
Principal area	Carmarthenshire
Ceremonial county	Carmarthenshire
Country	Wales
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Carmarthen
Postcode district	SA33
Dialling code	01267
Police	Dyfed-Powys
Fire	Mid and West Wales
Ambulance	Welsh
UK Parliament	Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament	Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire
List of places UK Wales Carmarthenshire 51.9158°N 4.4028°W / 51.9158; -4.4028

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.^{[citation needed]}

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