Newcastle Emlyn

Adpar, formerly Trefhedyn, is a village in Ceredigion, Wales, in the community of Llandyfriog, now considered as a part of Newcastle Emlyn to which it is joined by a bridge across the River Teifi. In ancient times Adpar was a borough in its own right.

Cawdor Hall (Welsh: Neuadd Cawdor), also known as Newcastle Emlyn Town Hall (Welsh: Neuadd y Dref Castellnewydd Emlyn), is a municipal building in the Market Square, Newcastle Emlyn, Carmarthenshire, Wales. The structure, which is currently used as a theatre, is a Grade II listed building.

Ysgol Gyfun Emlyn is a mixed, community comprehensive school in Newcastle Emlyn, Carmarthenshire, Wales. It has around 520 pupils, catering for all abilities across an age range of 11 to 19 years. The school was established in 1994 following the re-organisation of secondary education provision in the area, although parts of the school were built in 1945. Due to its close proximity to the county border, pupils from both Carmarthenshire and Ceredigion attend a school. As of 2017, 30% of pupils speak Welsh at home. However, school data indicates that 23% of pupils are considered to be fluent in Welsh. Approximately 47% of pupils completed their primary education through the medium of Welsh.

Newcastle Emlyn Castle (Welsh: Castell Newydd Emlyn) is a ruined castle in the market town of Newcastle Emlyn in Carmarthenshire, Wales. It is strategically located on a steep-sided promontory overlooking the River Teifi and was probably built by the Welsh lord Maredudd ap Rhys in about 1240. It changed hands many times over the years in battles between the Welsh and English, and during the English Civil War. The remains of the gatehouse and adjacent towers, and some fragments of wall are all that remain visible now.

Newcastle Emlyn was a railway station terminus in the town of Newcastle Emlyn, West Wales, on the proposed broad gauge Teifi Valley line of the Carmarthen and Cardigan Railway.

Bryndioddef-isaf is a hamlet in the community of Llandyfriog, Ceredigion, Wales, which is 67.6 miles (108.8 km) from Cardiff and 189.1 miles (304.2 km) from London. Bryndioddef-isaf is represented in the Senedd by Elin Jones (Plaid Cymru) and is part of the Ceredigion constituency in the House of Commons.

Aber-arad is a village in Carmarthenshire, Wales. Aber-Arad lies less than one mile to the east of Newcastle Emlyn. In 1870–72, John Marius Wilson in the Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Aber Arad as: ABERARAD, a village in the parish of Kenarth, Carmarthen; a mile east of Newcastle-Emlyn.

Pont Ceri is a small village in the community of Llandyfriog, Ceredigion, Wales, located where Afon Ceri flows into the River Teifi, two miles (3 km) northwest of Newcastle Emlyn. Pont Ceri is represented in the Senedd by Elin Jones (Plaid Cymru) and the is part of the Ceredigion Preseli constituency in the House of Commons.

Tre-Wen is a small village in the community of Beulah, Ceredigion, Wales, which is 68.6 miles (110.4 km) from Cardiff and 190.2 miles (306.1 km) from London. Tre-Wen is represented in the Senedd by Elin Jones (Plaid Cymru) and is part of the Ceredigion Preseli constituency in the House of Commons.

Pen-y-wenallt is a hamlet in Ceredigion (formerly Cardiganshire), Wales. Pen-y-wenallt lies halfway between Cenarth and Pont Ceri, bordering on Carmarthenshire, and is a constituent of the Parish of Llandygwydd. The River Teifi (or Afon Teifi) flows along its southern border. Pen-y-wenallt was the home of the seventeenth century theologian, Theophilus Evans.

Llandyfriog is a community in Ceredigion, Wales. It includes the Adpar part of Newcastle Emlyn and the villages, Bangor Teifi, Trebedw, Bryndioddef-isaf, Glyncaled, Berthyfedwen, Pont Ceri and Llanfair Orllwyn. In 2011, the population of the community was 1835 with 54.7% able to speak Welsh. Gerard H. L. Fitzwilliams M.D., Ch.B., F.R.C.S., (1882–1968), was a British physician who worked in Hong Kong and a spy in Russia at the end of WWI; he was born in the village.

Emlyn was one of the seven cantrefi of Dyfed, an ancient district of Wales, which became part of Deheubarth in around 950. It consisted of the northern part of Dyfed bordering on the River Teifi. Its southern boundary followed the ridge of the line of hills separating the Teifi valley from the valleys of the Tâf and Tywi.