Merlin's Bridge

Merlin's Bridge
Welsh: *Pont Fadlen*
Merlin's Bridge Welsh: Pont Fadlen;
	Merlin's Bridge Location within Pembrokeshire
OS grid reference	SM946143
Principal area	Pembrokeshire;
Ceremonial county	Dyfed;
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
UK Parliament	Preseli Pembrokeshire;

Merlin's Bridge (Welsh: Bont Myrddin) is a village and a community south of, and contiguous with, Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, on the A4076 to Milford Haven.

The community centre between Dew Street and Barn Street (Barn Court is in the background) on the site of the previous Pembrokeshire College (2008) [1]

Merlin's Bridge has its own elected community council which meets monthly,[2] and is an electoral ward to Pembrokeshire County Council, electing one county councillor.

The village has a community centre , a post office and a creamery.[3]

Haroldstone Chapel, Merlins Bridge

Worship

The English Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Emmanuel Christian Centre, and St Mark's Chapel, 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).[4]

Sport

The village's football team won The Senior Cup and League double in 2002. There is a boxing club.[5]

War memorial

The marble War Memorial, sculpted by Edwards and Lewis of Haverfordwest, is at the end of Magdalen Street and can be viewed from Dredgman Hill.[6]

References

"Pembrokeshire College". The Independent. 9 August 2013.
"Merlins Bridge Community Council". Pembrokeshire Town & Community Councils. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
"Haverfordwest Creamery". Pembrokeshire Business. Retrieved 27 January 2014.
"Coflein: listed buildings". Retrieved 6 March 2016.
"boxingclubs.com". Retrieved 27 January 2014.
West Wales War Memorial Project website; Archived 2014-12-06 at the Wayback Machine accessed 18 May 2014

External links

Historical information and sources on GENUKI

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[1] "Pembrokeshire College". The Independent. 9 August 2013.

[2] "Merlins Bridge Community Council". Pembrokeshire Town & Community Councils. Retrieved 1 May 2019.

[Creamery-3] "Haverfordwest Creamery". Pembrokeshire Business. Retrieved 27 January 2014.

[4] "Coflein: listed buildings". Retrieved 6 March 2016.

[5] "boxingclubs.com". Retrieved 27 January 2014.

[6] West Wales War Memorial Project website; Archived 2014-12-06 at the Wayback Machine accessed 18 May 2014