Pencarreg () is a village and

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located in

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, Wales, to the south-west of

Lampeter Lampeter (; cy, Llanbedr Pont Steffan (formal); ''Llambed'' ( colloquial)) is a town, community and electoral ward in Ceredigion, Wales, at the confluence of the Afon Dulas with the River Teifi. It is the third largest urban area in Ceredigion ...

. Settlement is primarily grouped around the A485 road from Lampeter to

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, the primary settlement being

Cwmann Cwmann is a small village in Wales near Lampeter, just on the Ceredigion border with Carmarthenshire, in the community of Pencarreg. Cwmann is on the Carmarthenshire side of the border. the population in 2011 was around 872. Cwmann is home to the ...

. The

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in the

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was 1,120, increasing to 1,169 at the 2011 Census. Pencarreg Halt geograph-2510844-by-Ben-Brooksbank

The community is bordered by the communities of: Llanycrwys;

Cynwyl Gaeo Cynwyl Gaeo is a parish and community located in rural Carmarthenshire, Wales, near the boundary with Ceredigion, in the upper Cothi valley about halfway between Lampeter and Llandovery. The population of the village at the United Kingdom Census ...

;

Llansawel Llansawel is a village and community in Carmarthenshire, Wales, about ten miles north of Llandeilo. It covers an area of . The community is bordered by the communities of: Pencarreg; Cynwyl Gaeo; Talley; Llanfynydd; Llanfihangel Rhos-y-Corn ...

; and Llanybydder, all being in Carmarthenshire; and by:

Llanwenog Llanwenog is both a village and a community in Ceredigion, Wales. In 2011 the population of Llanwenog was 1,364, of whom 57.0% were able to speak Welsh. The community includes the villages of Alltyblacca, Gorsgoch, Cwmsychbant, Cwrtnewydd Highmea ...

;

Llanwnnen Llanwnnen is a village, parish and community located in the county of Ceredigion Ceredigion ( , , ) is a county in the west of Wales, corresponding to the historic county of Cardiganshire. During the second half of the first millennium Cer ...

;

; and

Llanfair Clydogau Llanfair Clydogau is a small village and community encompassing , located about north-east of Lampeter on the B4343 road, in Ceredigion, Wales. It has a population of 634 as of the 2011 UK census, 87.5% of whom are Welsh-speaking,The Welsh Acad ...

, all being in

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References

External links

www.geograph.co.uk : photos of Pencarreg and surrounding area

Church at Pencader
Communities in Carmarthenshire Villages in Carmarthenshire {{Carmarthenshire-geo-stub