Merlin's Bridge

Merlin's Bridge
Merlin's Bridge
Merlin's Bridge shown within Pembrokeshire
OS grid reference SM946143
Principal area
Ceremonial county
Country Wales
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town HAVERFORDWEST
Postcode district SA61
Dialling code 01437
Police Dyfed-Powys
Fire Mid and West Wales
Ambulance Welsh
EU Parliament Wales
UK Parliament

Merlin's Bridge is a village and a community situated to the south of Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, on the A4076 to Milford Haven.

Haroldstone Chapel, Merlins Bridge
The community centre situated between Dew Street and Barn Street
(Barn Court can be seen at the back)
is now occupying the site of the previous Pembrokeshire College[1]
(August 2008)

The village has a community centre , a post office and a creamery.[2] The village's football team won The Senior Cup and League double in 2002. There is a boxing club.[3]

The three places of worship in Merlin's Bridge are all buildings noted by the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales (Coflein) - the English Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Emmanuel Christian Centre and St Mark's Chapel.[4]

The marble War Memorial is situated at the end of Magdalen Street and can be viewed from Dredgman Hill. It commemorates the men who died in both world wars.[5] The sculptors were Edwards and Lewis of Haverfordwest.

References

  1. ↑ https://www.independent.co.uk/student/into-university/az-uni-colleges/pembrokeshire-college-459019.html
  2. ↑ "Haverfordwest Creamery". Pembrokeshire Business. Retrieved 27 January 2014.
  3. ↑ "boxingclubs.com". Retrieved 27 January 2014.
  4. ↑ "Coflein: listed buildings". Retrieved 6 March 2016.
  5. ↑ West Wales War Memorial Project website; Archived 2014-12-06 at the Wayback Machine. accessed 18 May 2014
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