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Kilgetty (Welsh: Cilgeti; Welsh pronunciation) is a village immediately north of Saundersfoot in Pembrokeshire, Wales, at the junction of the A477 between St. Clears and Pembroke Dock and the A478 between Tenby and Cardigan.[1]

Kilgetty
Kilgetty
Location within Pembrokeshire
Population1,207 
Community
  • Kilgetty/Begelly
Principal area
  • Pembrokeshire
Ceremonial county
  • Dyfed
CountryWales
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townKILGETTY
Postcode districtSA68
Dialling code01834
PoliceDyfed-Powys
FireMid and West Wales
AmbulanceWelsh
UK Parliament
  • Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire
List of places
UK
Wales
Pembrokeshire
51.73205°N 4.718113°W / 51.73205; -4.718113

Community


The villages of Kilgetty, Reynalton and Begelly make up the community of Kilgetty/Begelly. In 2011 it had a population of 1,207.[2]


History


Kilgetty, in Narberth Hundred and the parish of St Issel's, was the name of an ancient mansion owned by the Picton family and was already decaying in the 19th century, according to Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of Wales published in 1833.[3]


Coal mining


The last Pembrokeshire coal mine, at Kilgetty, closed in 1950.[4]


Amenities


The village has local shopping facilities with a supermarket, newsagents, chemists, car and bicycle shop, carpet and bed shop, fish and chip shop, Chinese takeaway and Indian restaurant and takeaway.

The pub, which was called the Railway Inn, is now known as the White Horse. There is also a RAOB social club and a local sports club that has a cricket ground.

A Tang Soo Do Karate club who train at the Community centre every Monday from 6pm to 7pm; all ages and abilities are welcome.

There is a local scout group known as 1st Kilgetty. They have Scouts (ages 10.5-14 yrs), Cubs (ages 8–10.5yrs) and Beavers (ages 6–8 yrs).

St Mary's Mission Church in the village[5] closed for worship in the 1990s and is now a private residence.[citation needed]

Kilgetty
Kilgetty

Kilgetty railway station is a request stop on the West Wales Line.


References


  1. Davies, John; Jenkins, Nigel; Menna, Baines; Lynch, Peredur I., eds. (2008). The Welsh Academy Encyclopaedia of Wales. Cardiff: University of Wales Press. p. 437. ISBN 978-0-7083-1953-6.
  2. "Custom report - Nomis - Official Labour Market Statistics".
  3. S. Lewis (1833). Topographical Dictionary of Wales. Retrieved 14 February 2019.
  4. "Pembrokeshire Virtual Museum - Coal Mining". Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 29 April 2014.
  5. "Coflein: St Mary's Mission Church, Kilgetty". Retrieved 6 September 2018.


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