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Merlin's Bridge ( cy, Bont Myrddin or Pont Fadlen) is a village and a 
West Wales War Memorial Project website
accessed 18 May 2014
Historical information and sources on GENUKI
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Merlin's Bridge ( cy, Bont Myrddin or Pont Fadlen) is a village and a community
A community is a social unit (a group of living things) with commonality such as place, norms, religion, values, customs, or identity. Communities may share a sense of place situated in a given geographical area (e.g. a country, village, ...
south of, and contiguous with, Haverfordwest
Haverfordwest (, ; cy, Hwlffordd ) is the county town of Pembrokeshire, Wales, and the most populous urban area in Pembrokeshire with a population of 14,596 in 2011. It is also a community, being the second most populous community in the county, ...
, Pembrokeshire, on the A4076 to Milford Haven.
Merlin's Bridge has its own elected community council
A community council is a public representative body in Great Britain.
In England they may be statutory parish councils by another name, under the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007, or they may be non-statutory bodies. In ...
which meets monthly, and is an electoral ward to Pembrokeshire County Council
Pembrokeshire County Council ( cy, Cyngor Sir Penfro) is the governing body for Pembrokeshire, one of the Principal Areas of Wales.
Political control
The first election to the council was held in 1995, initially operating as a shadow authori ...
, electing one county councillor. The community had a population of 2,202 in the 2011 census.
The village has a community centre, a post office and a creamery.
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).Sport
The village's football team won The Senior Cup and League double in 2002. There is a boxing club.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.accessed 18 May 2014
References
External links
Historical information and sources on GENUKI
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