Carmarthenshire

Aberglasney House and Gardens

Aberglasney Gardens have been an inspiration to poets since 1477. The house and 10 acres of gardens set in the beautiful Tywi valley are being restored and offer the visitor a chance to see an extensive range of rare and unusual plants set in a world-renowned garden. There are three walled gardens, an Elizabethan/Jacobean cloister and parapet walk and the ‘Ninfarium’, a glass atrium filled with exotic perfumed plants. There...

Carreg Cennen Castle

Carreg Cennen Castle and Farm is open 364 days a year. As Wales’ most dramatically situated castle perched on top of a limestone crag, it offers visitors the chance to appreciate some truly spectacular panoramic views. You can lose yourself for an hour or so whilst you peer through every arrow hole and travel back 700 years in your imagination. A collection of rare native breeds of cattle and sheep...

Pembrey Country Park

Pembrey Country Park boasts 202 hectares of glorious parkland and one of the longest beaches in Wales, Cefn Sidan. It offers excellent family attractions including horse riding, dry ski slope, toboggan run, train rides on the miniature steam locomotives, pitch and putt, adventure playground, picnic areas and walks. Set against the spectacular backdrop of the Gower Peninsula and overlooking the coastal scenery of Carmarthen Bay, the Park had been transformed...

National Wetland Centre, Llanelli

The National Wetland Centre stretches over 450 acres on the Burry Inlet and is a magnificent mosaic of lakes, pools and lagoons. It is home to numerous species as diverse as dragonflies and Little Egrets. There are hundreds of ducks, geese, swans and flamingos to see as you wander the landscaped pathways and admire the water gardens. Children can wander the Swan Maze and crawl through the tunnels of Water...

National Wool Museum

The National Wool Museum is housed in the former Cambrian Mills in the village of Dre-fach Felindre which used to be the centre of a thriving woollen industry. Visit the restored listed mill buildings and see the historic machinery. Families can have fun following the specially designed trail, ‘A Woolly Tale’, and create their own guide to making and using woollen cloth, trying their hand at carding, spinning and sewing...

The British Bird of Prey Centre

The British Bird of Prey Centre can be found within the beautiful National Botanic Garden of Wales, Carmarthenshire. The Centre houses an impressive collection of birds of prey that are both native to the UK and those that are visitors. From Lily, the Little Owl to Aquarius, the White-tailed Sea Eagle you will meet a wide range of birds, each with their own distinct personalities. You can see these birds...

Aspirations Outdoors Adventure

Aspirations Outdoors Adventure are an award-winning centre, offering activities for all ages 6+. Book just one or book multiple activities and make a day of it. It is hugely popular for team building and attracts clients from all over the UK. And with new activities being added annually, there’s always something new to try. Offering unique activities such as Archery tag, Sumo Wrestling, a Mud Assualt Course, Dodge Ball and...

Llandysul Paddlers Canoe Centre Ltd

Welcome to Llandysul Paddlers. We do pretty much anything in the outdoors, and if we haven’t done it, we’re up for giving it a go! Our instructors have decades of experience and really enjoy their job which is taking you into the great outdoors – kayaking, canoeing, climbing, coasteering, river swimming, hill walking, canyoning, arking, … the list is endless! If there is something you’d love to do but can’t...

Carmarthen Castle

The castle at Carmarthen, on its rocky eminence overlooking the River Twyi, must have dominated the medieval town just as, a little way to the east, the Roman fort must have dominated the Roman town a thousand years before. The castle was converted into a prison in the 18th and 19th centuries, and the building of the Council offices has also not helped its appreciation as a military entity. However,...

Dylan Thomas Boathouse, Laugharne

Ten minutes from Laugharne, the Boathouse was home to Dylan Thomas for the last four years of his life. With views across the Taf estuary where seabirds, seals and otters make their home, the Boathouse has a tearoom, exhibition room, furnished parlour, shop and facilities. Above it was the Writing Shed where Thomas worked, creating “Over Sir John’s Hill”, about the local areas he could see. The tearoom has lovely...