Brechfa
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| Brechfa shown within Carmarthenshire | |
| OS grid reference | SN525303 |
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| Ceremonial county | |
| Country | Wales |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | CARMARTHEN |
| Postcode district | SA32 |
| Police | Dyfed-Powys |
| Fire | Mid and West Wales |
| Ambulance | Welsh |
| EU Parliament | Wales |
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| Welsh Assembly | |
| Website | http://www.brechfa.info/ |
Brechfa is a village is situated between Llandeilo and Carmarthen in the county of Carmarthenshire, Wales. The village has existed since the 6th century.
In the 1840s, Brechfa featured in the Rebecca Riots when rioters destroyed tollgates on the local turnpike road. During the 1930s Great Depression, unemployed men were set to work on the Forestry Commission land, breaking ground, building tracks, and undertaking other heavy labour. The men lived in a work camp in Brechfa, which was one of a number of Instructional Centres run by the Ministry of Labour.
Brechfa village is set in countryside at the top of the Cothi Valley. The village has a bridge which links both sides of the village together as well as being located by the Brechfa Forest.
St. Teilo's Church is based in the middle of the Brechfa and replaced the former church building in 1893. The stone from the former church building was used to build the current church hall which is situated directly opposite St. Teilo's Church.
The Bryn Stores Community Store is a co-operative has been set up to run the village shop, which featured in an article in the Daily Telegraph Magazine in 2007. The village was chosen as a special stage in the British Rally from 2006 to 2008.
The Forest Arms, the public house located in the centre of Brechfa, featuring open fires, food and drink and car parking to the front and rear. The pub was closed between 2006 and 2014, and has re-opened in April 2014.
Brechfa Forest is a mixture of ancient forest and managed woodlands containing mountain bike trails as well as promoted walks and rides, at the top of the Cothi Valley. The managed woodlands of the forest is managed by Natural Resources Wales.
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