The A486 is an A road in
Wales linking
New Quay
New Quay ( cy, Cei Newydd) is a seaside town (and electoral ward) in Ceredigion, Wales, with a resident population of around 1,200 people, reducing to 1,082 at the 2011 census. Located south-west of Aberystwyth on Cardigan Bay with a harbour a ...
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Ceredigion, with the
A484
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in Saron (Llangeler), Carmarthenshire.
Route
The road begins in New Quay near the waterfront area and (north to south) passes through or by the settlements of:
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Maenygroes
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Cross Inn
Cross Inn is a settlement in Carmarthenshire on the A4066 between St Clears and Laugharne.
Villages in Carmarthenshire
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*Synod Inn (junction with
A487 and B4338)
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Capel Cynon
Capel may refer to:
People
*Capell, surname, includes a list of people with the surnames Capel and Capell
*Capel (given name), includes a list of people with the given name Capel
Places England
*Capel, Kent, a village and civil parish near T ...
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Ffostrasol
Ffostrasol is a small village in the south of Ceredigion, Wales. It is located on the A486 between Synod Inn and Llandysul, and it forms part of the parish of Troedyraur. The village lies on a rural crossroad connecting it with the nearby villa ...
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Croes-Lan
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Horeb (junction with
A475
The A475 road in Wales links Newcastle Emlyn in Carmarthenshire with Lampeter in Ceredigion; a distance of .
History
The road, that is now known as the A475, was set up in 1770 as a turnpike by the Cardiganshire Turnpike Trust. Many milest ...
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Llandysul (bypassed, junction with B4624)
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Dolgran
Dolgran is a small hamlet located in a narrow, steep-sided valley approximately one and a half miles to the south west of Pencader, Carmarthenshire, Wales, through which flows the Nant Grân. There are 12 dwellings adjacent to the unclassified r ...
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Pentrecwrt
Pentrecwrt (or Pentrecourt) is a village in north Carmarthenshire, Wales on the A486 road halfway between Carmarthen and New Quay.
History
Pencastell is a bracken and tree-clad motte that can be seen on the hillside above Pentrecwrt.
The vill ...
The A486 finishes at the junction with the A484 in Saron.
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Roads in Wales
Transport in Carmarthenshire