Kilgetty

Kilgetty
Kilgetty
Kilgetty shown within Pembrokeshire
Population 2,262 
Community
Principal area
Ceremonial county
Country Wales
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town KILGETTY
Postcode district SA68
Dialling code 01834
Police Dyfed-Powys
Fire Mid and West Wales
Ambulance Welsh
EU Parliament Wales
UK Parliament

Kilgetty (Welsh: Cilgeti) 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]

Community

The community of Kilgetty-Begelly contains the villages of Killgetty, Reynalton and Begelly, and had a population of 2,011 recorded in the 2001 census,[1] increasing to 2,262 at the 2011 Census.[2]

History

The last Pembrokeshire coal mine, at Kilgetty, closed in 1950.[3]

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 is in the centre of the village.[4]

Kilgetty

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

References

  1. 1 2 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. ↑ "Ward/community population 2011". Retrieved 19 April 2015.
  3. ↑ "Pembrokeshire Virtual Museum - Coal Mining". Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 29 April 2014.
  4. ↑ "Coflein: St Mary's Mission Church, Kilgetty". Retrieved 6 September 2018.
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