Merlin's Bridge Explained

Country:Wales
Official Name:Merlin's Bridge
Welsh Name:Pont Fadlen
Coordinates:51.7903°N -4.9789°W
Unitary Wales:Pembrokeshire
Lieutenancy Wales:Dyfed
Constituency Westminster:Preseli Pembrokeshire
Post Town:HAVERFORDWEST
Postcode District:SA61
Postcode Area:SA
Dial Code:01437
Os Grid Reference:SM946143
Population:2,202

Merlin's Bridge (Welsh: Bont Myrddin or Pont Fadlen) is a village and a community south of, and contiguous with, Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, on the A4076 to Milford Haven.

Merlin's Bridge has its own elected community council which meets monthly,[1] and is an electoral ward to Pembrokeshire County Council, electing one county councillor. The community had a population of 2,202 in the 2011 census.[2]

The village has a community centre, a post office and a creamery.[3]

Worship

The English Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Emmanuel Christian Centre, and St Mark's Chapel, the three places of worship in Merlin's Bridge, are all buildings noted by the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales (Coflein).[4]

Sport

The village's football team won The Senior Cup and League double in 2002. There is a boxing club.[5]

War memorial

The marble War Memorial, sculpted by Edwards and Lewis of Haverfordwest, is at the end of Magdalen Street and can be viewed from Dredgman Hill.[6]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Merlins Bridge Community Council . Pembrokeshire Town & Community Councils. 1 May 2019.
  2. Web site: Custom report - Nomis - Official Labour Market Statistics.
  3. Web site: Haverfordwest Creamery. Pembrokeshire Business. 27 January 2014.
  4. Web site: Coflein: listed buildings. 6 March 2016.
  5. Web site: boxingclubs.com. https://archive.today/20140127135430/http://www.boxing-clubs.com/club-regions/wales-clubs/229-merlins-bridge-boxing-club. dead. 27 January 2014. 27 January 2014.
  6. http://www.wwwmp.co.uk/pembrokeshire/merlin-s-bridge-war-memorial/ West Wales War Memorial Project website