Kilgetty ( cy, Cilgeti; ) is a village immediately north of

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, at the junction of the A477 between St. Clears and

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and the A478 between

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and Cardigan.

Community

The villages of Kilgetty,

Reynalton Reynalton is a small village and parish in Pembrokeshire, Wales, near Tenby and Kilgetty, and is in Kilgetty/Begelly community. History Parish The parish is small, just , and rural. There were 109 inhabitants in the 1830s. The population in 187 ...

and

Begelly Begelly ( cy, Begeli) is a village and parish in south Pembrokeshire, Wales, north of Tenby on the A478 road. The parish includes the hamlets of Thomas Chapel and Broom and has a web of small settlements associated with the 19th century anthra ...

make up the

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Kilgetty/Begelly Kilgetty/Begelly is a community in southeast Pembrokeshire, Wales. It includes the settlements of Begelly, Broom, Kilgetty, Reynalton, Shipping and Thomas Chapel. The community touches Amroth, East Williamston, Jeffreyston, Lampeter Velfrey, ...

. In 2011 it had a population of 1,207.

History

Kilgetty, in

Narberth Hundred 200px, Pembrokeshire showing Narberth Hundred The Hundred of Narberth was a hundred in Pembrokeshire, Wales. An administrative and legal division, it was formed by the Act of Union of 1536 from parts of the pre-Norman cantrefs of Penfro (the c ...

and the

parish A parish is a territorial entity in many Christian denominations, constituting a division within a diocese. A parish is under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of a priest, often termed a parish priest, who might be assisted by one or m ...

of St Issel's, was the name of an ancient mansion owned by the Picton family and was already decaying in the 19th century, according to Lewis's ''Topographical Dictionary of Wales'' published in 1833.

Coal mining

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

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 A pub (short for public house) is a kind of drinking establishment which is licensed to serve alcoholic drinks for consumption on the premises. The term ''public house'' first appeared in the United Kingdom in late 17th century, and was ...

, 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 Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...

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 in the village closed for worship in the 1990s and is now a private residence.

Kilgetty railway station , symbol_location = gb , symbol = rail , image = Shelter on Kilgetty railway station (geograph 5646018).jpg , borough = Kilgetty, Pembrokeshire , country = Wales , coordinates ...

is a

request stop In public transport, a request stop, flag stop, or whistle stop is a stop or station at which buses or trains, respectively, stop only on request; that is, only if there are passengers or freight to be picked up or dropped off. In this way, st ...

on the West Wales Line.

References

External links

Photos of Kilgetty and surrounding area on geograph.org.uk
{{authority control Villages in Pembrokeshire