ID REF: 0509                            Cilfara Fawr, Llanwrda, Carmarthenshire

A Country Property of Charm and Character set in Circa 4 Acres, offering

a 3 Large Bed (1 En Suite) Period Farmhouse AND a 2 Bed Stone Barn Conversion

Residence PLUS a 1 Bed Stone Barn Holiday Let, Outbuilding, Gardens,

2 Pasture Paddocks & Woodland Area.

Peaceful, Private Situation with Superb Far Reaching Views to the Black Mountain

Range in the Brecon Beacons National Park

Llanwrda village 2 miles, Llandovery 4 miles, Llandeilo 9½ miles, M4 21 miles, Carmarthen 25 miles

The handsome 18th Century Farmhouse is stone built with a slate roof and offers 3 Double Bedrooms, 1 En Suite Shower Room, Family Bathroom, large Lounge/Dining Room with impressive Inglenook fireplace, Kitchen, and Sun Room. The Residential Barn Conversion (known as Tyn y Bryn) is a substantial stone building with a slate roof and comprises 2 Double Bedrooms, Bathroom, Lounge, and Kitchen/Breakfast Room, with adjoining Workshop and Store Room. The charming Holiday Let is within a sizeable, partially converted stone barn, also with a slate roof, offering Living Room/Kitchen, Double Bedroom and Bathroom – the remainder of this barn provides storage and animal housing but offers scope for further conversion (subject to planning permission being granted). There is also a large brick outbuilding (former cow shed – ideal for adapting to stables). The whole amounts to approximately 4 Acres, including gardens and grounds with a delightful pond, woodland area, and 2 Pasture Paddocks.

The property is quietly situated in the gentle hills above Llanwrda village in the Towy Valley, and enjoys beautiful far reaching views of the Black Mountain range, including the high peak of Carmarthen Van rising to 2,632 feet (802m). Llanwrda offers a pub and tea rooms, general store/post office and a primary school, and has a small railway station on its outskirts on the Heart of Wales country line (Swansea to Shrewsbury). Market towns are within easy reach as are numerous visitor attractions, and the coast is less than an hour's drive away. (Fuller details about the location at the end of these particulars.)

Price Guide: £650,000

THE MAIN FARMHOUSE RESIDENCE:

The Farmhouse Accommodation Comprises:

REAR ENTRANCE:

A partially glazed wooden door leads into the Rear Hallway.

REAR HALLWAY:

15'1” x 8' max. With cloaks hanging area, flagstone floor (carpeted), window to the rear, door through to the Kitchen, door to the Lounge/Dining Room, and a feature open entranceway with exposed stonework, former bread oven and bressumer beam over, leading into the Sun Room.

KITCHEN:

20' x 6'6”. Range of pine wall and base units with work surface over, composite sink with single drainer and mixer tap, tiled splashbacks, space for a slot-in electric cooker, space for a refrigerator, flagstone floor (carpeted). Window to the rear aspect and window to the side. Doorway through to the very spacious Lounge/Dining Room.

LOUNGE/DINING

ROOM:

31'10” x 15'6”. Exposed stone wall with impressive Inglenook fireplace with bressumer beam above, housing a multi-fuel cast iron stove on a slate hearth, with feature display recess with slate shelf inside the fireplace and further display recess with slate shelf to one side. Exposed ceiling beams. Staircase to the first floor. Two windows and a glass panelled external door to the front elevation.

SUN ROOM:

13' x 11'6”. Vaulted ceiling with exposed A-frames and timbers and Velux roof lights to the front and rear. Range of pine cupboards housing the oil-fired central heating boiler and the washing machine. Large picture window to the side aspect offering stunning, far reaching views to the mountains. Double fully glazed French doors to the front patio deck, which also enjoys the wonderful views.

First Floor –

Staircase from the Lounge/Dining Room leads up to the Landing.

LANDING:

17'8” x 8'4”. Access to the loft, window to the rear aspect, and doors off to the following:-

MASTER BEDROOM:

15'10” x 11'6”. Two separate large walk-in wardrobes. Window to the front aspect. Door to En Suite Shower Room.

EN SUITE

SHOWER ROOM:

8'6” x 7'6”. Large fully tiled corner shower cubicle with Triton power shower, and white suite comprising pedestal wash hand basin with tiled splashback, and close coupled W.C. Window to the front aspect.

BEDROOM 2:

16'3” x 11'6”. Built-in double wardrobe with storage cupboards over. Window to the front aspect.

BEDROOM 3:

15'3” x 9'. Display shelf to one side. Window to the rear aspect.

FAMILY BATHROOM:

12' x 8'10”. White suite comprising bath with Gainsborough shower unit over and curtain rail, tiled splashbacks, pedestal wash hand basin, and close coupled W.C. Cork tiled floor. Double doors into Airing Cupboard. Dual aspect with window to the side and window to the rear.

Kitchen

Lounge/Dining Room

Sun Room

Master Bedroom

En Suite Shower Room

Guest Bedroom

Family Bathroom

First Floor Landing

THE RESIDENTIAL STONE BARN CONVERSION – “TYN Y BRYN”

Tyn y Bryn – Residential Barn Conversion Accommodation Comprises:

FRONT ENTRANCE:

Steps lead up to a canopied, partially glazed, wide stable-type entrance door leading into a lobby area which opens out into the Kitchen/Breakfast Room.

KITCHEN/

BREAKFAST ROOM:

17'6” x 12'6”. Exposed stone walls and exposed ceiling beam (part of an original A-frame). Range of pine base units with granite-effect work surface over, stainless steel sink unit with mixer tap and single drainer, tiled splashbacks, plumbing for a washing machine, space for an upright fridge/freezer. Dual aspect with window to the rear and window to the front. Three steps lead up to a doorway through to the Lounge.

LOUNGE:

18'9” x 17'5”. TNG wood panelled vaulted ceiling with exposed A-frames and timbers, two exposed stone walls, wood-burning cast iron stove on a slate hearth, shelved display recess, two feature high doors accessing loft storage area, fully glazed French door to the front elevation, window to the front and two feature narrow windows to the front, and window to the rear aspect. Doors off to the 2 Bedrooms and further door off to the Rear Lobby.

REAR LOBBY:

Camray oil-fired boiler for the central heating and hot water, storage space over. Door to the Bathroom and half glazed external door to the rear.

BATHROOM:

10'2” x 5'6”. White suite comprising panelled bath with shower attachment, curtain rail, tiled splashbacks and small shelved recess, pedestal wash hand basin and close coupled W.C. Wood-effect flooring. Access to the loft area. Window to the rear with built-in extractor.

BEDROOM 1:

14'1” x 8'. Exposed ceiling beam, one exposed stone wall and one painted stone wall. Two windows to the front aspect and also a feature narrow window.

BEDROOM 2:

13'9” x 8'6”. Exposed ceiling beam, one exposed stone wall and one painted stone wall. Window to the rear aspect.

ADJOINING BUILDING providing WORKSHOP & STORE ROOM:

At one side of the Barn Conversion with a sloping roof and accessed externally –

WORKSHOP:

11' x 10'. Accessed via a half glazed door, with work surfaces and shelving, window to the side aspect, and door through to the Store Room.

STORE ROOM:

10' x 7'5”. With window to the end elevation.

Tyn y Bryn Kitchen/Breakfast Room

Tyn y Bryn Lounge

Tyn y Bryn Bedroom 1

Tyn y Bryn Bedroom 1 again

Rear View of Tyn y Bryn Barn Conversion

FURTHER STONE BARN WITH HOLIDAY LET & STORE

This substantial Stone Barn with a slate roof has been partially converted to provide a Charming Holiday Letting Cottage. The remaining section of the barn has been adapted to use for storage/animal housing but offers scope for further conversion, subject to planning permission being obtained.

It is believed that the barn was originally converted some 20 years or so ago, but it has been considerably updated more recently. The let has its own separate, coin-operated metered electricity supply, electric night storage heaters, mainly wood framed uPVC double glazing and mains water.

The HOLIDAY LET Accommodation Comprises:

ENTRANCE:

A fully glazed front door with glass panels and windows to both sides leads into the Kitchen/Living Room.

KITCHEN/

LIVING ROOM:

17'10” x 14'. Exposed stone walls and exposed ceiling beams. The kitchen area has a quarry tiled floor, Shaker-style beech wall and base units with granite-effect work surface over, stainless steel sink unit with single drainer, mosaic tiled splashbacks, space for a free-standing cooker and space for a refrigerator. The lounge area is carpeted and has two feature narrow windows to the rear aspect, and a pine staircase leading up to the first floor. Door through to the Lobby area.

LOBBY AREA:

Cupboard housing the hot water cylinder and immersion heater, cork tiled floor, and door through to the Bathroom.

BATHROOM:

7'6” x 6'7”. White suite comprising panelled bath with Gainsborough shower unit over, curtain rail and tiled splashbacks, pedestal wash hand basin and close coupled W.C. Cork tiled floor, wall-mounted Heat Store electric heater. Window to the rear.

First Floor –

Open-tread pine staircase leads up from the Living Room to the Galleried Bedroom.

DOUBLE BEDROOM:

16'9” x 14'6” including stairwell. TNG wood panelled vaulted ceiling with exposed A-frames. Exposed pine floorboards. Triple aspect with window to the rear, window to the front and fully glazed uPVC external door to the gable end, offering superb views of the mountains and leading out to a balcony area with external stone steps down to the courtyard.

REMAINING SECTION OF THE STONE BARN adjoining the Holiday Let:

STORAGE ROOM/

ANIMAL HOUSING

with

CLOAKROOM:

40' x 17'6”. Accessed via double vehicular size sliding wooden doors to the front, mix of slate slab and concrete flooring, felted roof, rear doorway leading through to a Lean-to Stable.

Inside the Barn there is also a Cloakroom with W.C. and wash hand basin.

LEAN-TO STABLE:

17' x 11'. Block built Lean-to with timber cladding and a profile roof and concrete floor. Used as animal housing/stable.

DOUBLE CAR PORT:

20' x 19'5”. Adjoining the side of the barn, open-fronted double car port of timber construction with corrugated cladding and roof.

Holiday Let Living Area

Holiday Let Bedroom

Adjoining the Holiday Let – the large Storage Section of the Barn

FURTHER OUTBUILDINGS:

LARGE DETACHED

BRICK BUILDING:

65' x 17'6”. Former Cattle Shed, of brick construction with corrugated roof and original cow stalls still in situ – used as a log store and vegetable growing area – with numerous openings and apertures.

This building would be ideal for adapting to Stabling or for other livestock use, if desired.

STORE and

OUTSIDE W.C.:

At the rear of the main Farmhouse residence is a building of block and timber clad construction providing a Store Room and an Outside W.C. with toilet and wash hand basin.

GARDEN SHED:

Within the grounds is a timber garden shed (formerly a Hen House).

THE APPROACH, GARDENS, GROUNDS & PADDOCKS

THE APPROACH:

The property is approached off a very quiet country lane which leads into a long driveway, passing one other property, then continuing on to Cilfara Fawr – which occupies a very private situation with glorious views.

There is ample parking and turning space. The Holiday Let has its own parking area.

GARDENS, GROUNDS

& PADDOCKS:

The property amounts to circa 4 Acres in all, including the gardens and grounds and 2 Small Pasture Paddocks, one being accessed at the rear of the Holiday Let Stone Barn and the other being accessed off the approach driveway. Both paddocks are level to very gently sloping and bounded by stock fencing.

The established gardens and grounds provide a very pleasant setting for the homestead and include lawns, well stocked beds and borders and several seating areas for enjoying the views, as well as an area of woodland and a wildlife pond. There is a traditional low stone wall at the front of the farmhouse with a gateway and path leading to the glass panelled door of the Lounge/Dining Room (no longer the main entrance to the house). Steps lead up to the charming patio deck outside the Sun Room, and the Holiday Let has its own patio area.

The woodland area is accessed off the approach drive, with a variety of mature trees and a natural stream flowing through – all providing a peaceful haven for relaxing and enjoying the wild birds and other fauna and flora that share this charming place.

Brick built former Cattle Shed

Approach Driveway

One of the paddocks (behind the Holiday Let Barn)

The second paddock (off the driveway)

SERVICES:

We understand that the property is connected to mains water and mains electricity. Drainage is provided via two private systems. Telephone is understood to be connected and should be available to purchasers subject to the usual transfer arrangements.

The farmhouse residence and residential barn conversion both have oil-fired central heating. The holiday let has electric night storage heating and immersion water heater.

FIXTURES &

FITTINGS:

Fixtures and fittings that are referred to within these particulars will be included in the sale unless otherwise stated.

WAYLEAVES,

EASEMENTS &

RIGHTS OF WAY:

The property is sold subject to and with the benefit of all wayleaves, easements and rights of way declared and undeclared.

TENURE &

POSSESSION:

We are informed that the property is freehold with vacant possession on completion, by arrangement.

VIEWING: Only by prior appointment with the Sole Selling Agents – ProFile Homes

Tel: 01550 777790, Email: contact@profilehomes.com, Website: www.profilehomes.com

THE LOCATION:

Approximate Distances:

Llanwrda village 2 miles southerly, Llandovery 4 miles north-east, Llangadog 5 miles south, Llandeilo 9½ miles south-west, M4 access 21 miles southerly, Lampeter 16 miles north-west, Carmarthen 25 miles south-west (with general hospital and main line train station), Brecon 25 miles east, Builth Wells 27 miles north-east, Swansea 33 miles south, Aberystwyth 40 miles north-west, Cardiff 60 miles south-east, Newport 61 miles south-east.

Coast – Aberaeron 30 miles, New Quay 31½ miles, Millennium Coastal Park 29 miles, Pembrey and Cefn Sidan Beach 32 miles, the Mumbles (Gower) 36 miles.

Golf is available locally at Llandovery College and also at the Glynhir Golf Club, Llandybie (15½ miles south), and at Garnant Park (18 miles south).

The property is peacefully situated in the picturesque countryside above Llanwrda in the heart of Carmarthenshire, with beautiful views across the Towy Valley to the Black Mountain range in the Brecon Beacons National Park. The region offers opportunities for walking, horse riding, cycling, fishing, and bird watching (including Red Kites), and there are numerous visitor attractions within easy travelling distance, including country parks and gardens, romantic castles, and the delights of the beautiful Welsh coast (less than an hour's drive).

Education: Llanwrda offers a Primary School and Llansadwrn Primary School is about 3¼ miles south-westerly. Llandovery is about 4 miles away, providing Primary and Secondary Schools as well as private education at Llandovery College public school. Another Secondary School will be found about 11 miles away at Ffairfach, Llandeilo. Universities are located at Lampeter, Carmarthen, Swansea, Aberystwyth, Cardiff, Newport, and Bangor (117 miles north).

Roads: Access to the A482 is about 1½ miles away – a convenient route north-westerly to Lampeter and Aberaeron on the Cardigan Bay coast. The A40 is about 2 miles distant, providing easy access to Llandovery and Llandeilo and a route across south-west Wales, as well as a scenic journey to England. Access to the A4069 is about 4½ miles to the south, a road that crosses the western part of the Brecon Beacons National Park. The M4 Motorway can be joined about 21 miles south at Pont Abraham.

Llanwrda village stands near the junction of the A40 and the A482 roads, by the River Dulais, which flows south-easterly to join the larger Towy River on the other side of the A40. The village offers a pub and tea rooms, a convenience store/post office with taxi service, a primary school, and a village hall, together with a small railway station about ½ mile beyond the village on the scenic Heart of Wales line that runs from Swansea to Shrewsbury over 121 miles through wonderful countryside (Swansea provides regular inter-city services to London). As a regional area, Llanwrda covers quite a large rural locality on either side of the A482 road – including the communities of Llansadwrn, Crugybar, Caio, and Pumpsaint, as well as the Dolaucothi Gold Mines – with landscapes of softly rolling countryside, woodland, meandering streams and quiet country lanes.

Llandovery is about 4 miles north-east of the property in the upper Towy valley, surrounded by hills at the north-western edge of the Brecon Beacons National Park. There is a good selection of shops, a supermarket, main post office, banks, doctor's and dentist's surgeries, hotels, cafes, restaurants, pubs, swimming pool, small hospital, primary and secondary schools, bus service, and a railway station on the Heart of Wales line. The High Street is part of the A40, and the A483 turns off here, giving access to the M4 Motorway to the south. The town has a mix of fine Georgian and Victorian architecture, Norman Castle remains, a Heritage Centre and a well known public school (Llandovery College). The name Llandovery means “The Church Amidst The Waters” – since the river Towy is on one side of the valley, the river Bran is on the other, and the Y Bawddwr meanders through the town centre. This fertile region is predominantly dependent on farming and forestry, and tourism is important. The town was once a vital centre for cattle drovers en route to England and, to accommodate their money, the very first bank in Wales was established here – “The Bank of the Black Ox”.

Crychan & Halfway Forest lies to the north-east of Llandovery (off the A483 road), an extensive area stretching up from the fringe of the Brecon Beacons National Park in the south to the foothills of the Cambrian Mountains to the north. The Forest is rich in wildlife habitats and is criss-crossed by miles of way-marked trails, forest roads, and old cattle droving routes over hills and valleys, offering superb, safe horse riding, carriage driving, mountain biking and walking opportunities, with plenty of viewpoints. The impressive Cynghordy Viaduct is about 6 miles north-east of Llandovery, a major feature of the landscape. Built of stone around 1871 to carry the Heart of Wales railway line, the viaduct is 93 feet high and 650 feet long with 18 arches, and offers train passengers fabulous views. Further on, the line passes through Sugar Loaf Tunnel, another local engineering wonder (the middle is right under the Carmarthenshire/Powys boundary).

Brecon Beacons National Park lies to the south and east of the property – beyond Llangadog, Llandovery and Llandeilo – extending eastwards to Hay-on-Wye, covering some 520 square miles, and incorporating the Black Mountain massif to the west, the Fforest Fawr, the Central Brecon Beacons and the Black Mountains Range to the east. The scenery is spectacular with diverse countryside including high mountain peaks, gorges, waterfalls, lakes, open hills and moorland, as well as wooded valleys and lowlands with soft rolling farmland and clear meandering rivers. The park can be explored on foot, horseback, bicycle or by car, and is a haven for wildlife. There are Castles at strategic points on the boundaries of the Park – at Hay-on-Wye, Brecon, Trecastle, Tretower, Crickhowell and Carreg Cennen.

Llangadog, an old drovers' and market village, is 5 miles southerly, with good local amenities including primary school, general convenience store/post office, butcher's shop, doctor's surgery, pubs with restaurants, and small Heart of Wales railway station.

Llandeilo is 9½ miles south-westerly, off the A40, a small town at the fringe of the National Park, with distinctive shops, galleries, pubs, hotels, good restaurants, main post office, health centre, schools, churches, and railway station (Heart of Wales line). The A483 road runs through the town leading southwards to Swansea. Llandeilo dates back to the 13th Century, the church and town being named after the 6th Century St. Teilo. Standing in an elevated situation on the banks of the River Towy, the town was once the medieval capital of Carmarthenshire, but the development of Llandeilo really grew in the 18th Century as a market town and banking centre for cattle drovers. It once had corn and woollen mills as well as a tanning industry, and it is still an agricultural centre nowadays. The town retains its old world charm, with narrow streets, historic Georgian buildings, and a delightful old stone single-span bridge over the Towy, built in 1848.

Dinefwr Park is just outside Llandeilo, with a fine 17thCentury manor house (Newton House), woodland, mill pond, fallow deer and white cattle, and the Castle Woods Nature Reserve, which offers a walk to the ancient Dinefwr Castle, perched on a rocky crag commanding stunning views along the Towy Valley. This Welsh 12th Century castle was built by Lord Rhys (Rhys ap Gruffydd) one of the Princes of Deheubarth, rulers of southern Wales in medieval times. It was later possessed by King Edward I as a royal fortress. The river meadows are a haven for a variety of birds and other wildlife. To the east of Llandeilo is the rugged Black Mountain region, where the impressive 14th  Century Carreg Cennen Castle can be seen, dramatically set atop a limestone outcrop near the village of Trapp (some 13½ miles south of the property).

Mynydd Mallaen is 7 or 8 miles to the north of the property – rising to about 1,500 feet at its highest point – a beautiful, remote region with deeply cut valleys, numerous streams, waterfalls, moorland plateau and marshland, offering magnificent landscapes, stunning views, and diverse wildlife habitats. Brechfa Forest lies 9 miles or so to the west, edged by the pretty River Cothi. One of the largest areas of Forestry Commission property in Wales covering around 50 square miles, the forest contains delightful walks and extensive bridleways, tracks and winding forest roads. It is famously the venue for a stage of the Rally of Great Britain. Also by the Cothi River is the Dolaucothi-Ogofau Roman Gold Mine site at Pumpsaint, about 8 miles north-westerly from the property, part of a large National Trust Estate set amidst wooded hillsides overlooking the valley, with trails leading up into the mountains.

The RSPB's Dinas Nature Reserve in the higher reaches of the Towy Valley is about 15 miles north-east of the property, with superb scenery, ancient oak woodland, pools, waterfalls, and chances to see a variety of birds as well as otters. A couple of miles further north are the great Llyn Brianne Dam and Reservoir, beyond which are vast Cambrian uplands with rolling moors, sparkling rivers, and few motoring roads.

Lampeter, a traditional market town by the River Teifi, is 16 miles north-west of the property, providing good shops, main post office, a leisure centre with swimming pool, cafes, restaurants and pubs, doctors and dentists, primary and secondary schools, and university. The University of Wales at Lampeter is the oldest in the country (1822) and the smallest in Britain, occupying a beautiful setting in the Cambrian Mountain foothills. Lampeter's summer events include a Food Festival, the Rhys Thomas James Eisteddfod, the Drovers Arts Festival and a Carnival.

Carmarthen, the ancient county town and commercial centre on the meandering Towy river, is 25 miles to the south-west, combining an old world charm of quaint narrow streets and traditional shops with bustling markets and modern shopping amenities including well known stores such as Marks & Spencer, Woolworths, Next, Monsoon, Curry's, Tesco, etc., as well as art galleries, a theatre/cinema, leisure centre, swimming pool, university college, heritage centre, and a general hospital and county museum on the outskirts. The town is served by good rail links through Swansea to Cardiff and main roads radiate out to all regions, including the A40, A48-M4 Link, A484 and A485. The ruins of a Roman Amphitheatre are a town attraction, and the remains of a Norman castle built circa 1094 overlook the town and the river.

Brecon is 25 miles east of the property along the A40, a historic market town at the confluence of the Rivers Usk and Honddu at the foothills of the Brecon Beacons and a popular base for tourists. It is well known for its medieval cathedral and heritage centre, Norman castle remains (in the Castle Hotel grounds), Georgian architecture, narrow streets, the ancient Christ College boarding school, and its annual jazz festival. Builth Wells is 27 miles north-east, a market and spa town nestling on the banks of the River Wye amidst beautiful, unspoilt countryside, famously being home to the Royal Welsh Showground where the celebrated Agricultural Show is held each July.

Aberglasney Gardens and Gelli Aur (Golden Grove) Country Park are about 14 miles, and the National Botanic Garden of Wales 19 miles south-westerly, featuring the Great Glass House designed by Norman Foster. The Dan-Yr-Ogof Show Caves (350 million years old) and children's Dinosaur Park are 25 miles south-easterly. The well known Pontneddfechan Waterfalls in the upper Neath valley are about 32 miles to the south-east. One of the UK's top theme parks, Oakwood Leisure Park, is about 47 miles to the south-west with the CC2000 Crystal Maze and Bowling Alley nearby.

The Coast is within a reasonable drive. To the north-west, on the magnificent Cardigan Bay coast, famous for porpoises, dolphins, seals, sea birds, and exhilarating cliff top walks, Aberaeron is about 30 miles distant, a thriving town with notable architecture and picturesque harbour, and New Quay is 31½ miles, in a sheltered bay with golden beaches and miles of secluded coves nearby. To the south on Carmarthen Bay, the Millennium Coastal Park is about 29 miles distant at Llanelli's shoreline, providing beaches, dunes, salt marshes, fens, woodland, and golf, and the Wildfowl & Wetlands Centre is about 33 miles away, a nature conservation reserve at the edge of the Burry inlet. Pembrey Country Park is some 32 miles southerly with parkland and forestry offering walks and nature trails along with pony trekking, cycling, a dry ski slope, and a saltmarsh nature reserve. Pembrey adjoins the peaceful, sand-duned, 7 mile expanse of Cefn Sidan Beach. Pembrey Circuit is nearby, a centre for motor sports, autocross, go-karting and 4x4. The lovely resort of the Mumbles is 36 miles to the south on the stunning Gower Peninsula, which has beautiful unspoilt landscapes and coastline. The popular resorts of Saundersfoot and Tenby in the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park are some 50 miles south-west.

The major maritime centres of Swansea, 33 miles south, Aberystwyth, 40 miles north-west, and Cardiff, 60 miles south-east, have excellent shopping and leisure facilities and plenty to see and do. Swansea provides a ferry service to Cork in Ireland, and there is an international airport at Cardiff. Ferry services to Rosslare in Ireland can be accessed at Pembroke Dock, 57 miles south-west, and at Fishguard Harbour, 59 miles west.