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OS grid reference
  
SN240360

Sovereign state
  
United Kingdom

Postcode district
  
SA35

Community
  
Principal area
  
Country
  
Wales

Post town
  
Llanfyrnach

Police
  
Dyfed-Powys

Dialling code
  
01239

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Bwlchygroes (sometimes spelled Bwlch-y-groes) is a small upland rural village in the community and parish of Clydau, north Pembrokeshire, Wales, 5 miles (8 km) SW of Newcastle Emlyn and the same distance east of Crymych.

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Map of Bwlch-y-groes, Llanfyrnach, UK

Community

Bwlchygroes Community Hall occupies part of the former village school, which closed in 2000. Clydau School, in Tegryn, now serves pupils from Bwlchygroes. School records for 100 years to 1967 are held at the Pembrokeshre Record Office. The village post office closed in 2008. Bwlch-y-Groes Women's Institute papers 1964-2009 are held by Pembrokeshire Record Office.

Chapel

There is a Calvinist Methodist chapel in the village, dating from 1777; date stones bear several later dates.

Amenities

There is an agricultural merchant in the village as well as holiday accommodation. The old school is the headquarters of the Green Dragon community bus and scooter scheme, funded by the Welsh Government, and is home to the nursery group (ysgol feithrin).

Notability

Bwlchygroes resident Daniel Blackburn was one of the pioneers for using cooking oil as vehicle fuel in the early 2000s.

Bwlchygroes was rated the 6th safest place in Wales in 2014, according to data from UKCrimeStats.

References

Bwlchygroes Wikipedia


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