Newcastle Emlyn
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![]() View across the Teifi valley towards Newcastle Emlyn | |
Location within Carmarthenshire | |
Population | 1,144 (Community, 2021)[1] 1,883 (Built up area, 2011)[2] |
OS grid reference | SN305405 |
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Principal area | |
Preserved county | |
Country | Wales |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | NEWCASTLE EMLYN |
Postcode district | SA38 |
Dialling code | 01239 |
Police | Dyfed-Powys |
Fire | Mid and West Wales |
Ambulance | Welsh |
UK Parliament | |
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament | |
Website | newcastleemlyntowncouncil.co.uk |
Newcastle Emlyn (Welsh: Castellnewydd Emlyn) is a town and community on the River Teifi, in West Wales. The community is wholly in Carmarthenshire, but the built up area also includes Adpar north of the Teifi, which is in Ceredigion. Adpar was formerly called Trefhedyn and was historically a borough in its own right. Newcastle Emlyn grew around its castle, which dates from the 13th century. At the 2021 census the community had a population of 1,144. The built up area (including Adpar) had a population of 1,883 at the 2011 census.