Bwlchygroes

This article is about a village in Pembrokeshire. For the mountain pass in Gwynedd, see Bwlch y Groes.
Bwlchygroes

Bwlchygroes Chapel
Bwlchygroes
 Bwlchygroes shown within Pembrokeshire
OS grid referenceSN240360
CommunityClydau
Principal areaPembrokeshire
CountryWales
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town Llanfyrnach
Postcode district SA35
Dialling code 01239
Police Dyfed-Powys
Fire Mid and West Wales
Ambulance Welsh
EU Parliament Wales
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Pembrokeshire

Coordinates: 51°59′42″N 4°33′50″W / 51.995°N 4.564°W / 51.995; -4.564

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.

Community

Bwlchygroes crossroads from the SE

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.[1] The village post office closed in 2008.[2] Bwlch-y-Groes Women's Institute papers 1964-2009 are held by Pembrokeshire Record Office.[3]

Chapel

There is a Calvinist Methodist chapel in the village, dating from 1777;[4] date stones bear several later dates.[5]

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,[6] and is home to the nursery group (ysgol feithrin).[7]

Notability

Bwlchygroes resident Daniel Blackburn was one of the pioneers for using cooking oil as vehicle fuel in the early 2000s.[8]

Bwlchygroes was rated the 6th safest place in Wales in 2014, according to data from UKCrimeStats.[9]

References

  1. ↑ "Pembrokeshire Record Office: Primary School Records". Retrieved 5 May 2015.
  2. ↑ "Pembrokeshire Halls: Bwlchygroes". Retrieved 5 May 2015.
  3. ↑ "National Archives: Bwlch-y-Groes Womens Institute". Retrieved 6 May 2015.
  4. ↑ "GENUKI: Clydey". Retrieved 5 May 2015.
  5. ↑ "Churches of Britain and Ireland". Retrieved 6 May 2015.
  6. ↑ "Green Dragon Bus" (PDF). Retrieved 6 May 2015.
  7. ↑ "RenewWales: Bwlchygroes Community". Retrieved 6 May 2015.
  8. ↑ "Drive promotes cooking oil fuel". BBC. 29 July 2003. Retrieved 5 May 2015.
  9. ↑ "…the lowest crime rate in Wales". Wales Online. 10 March 2015. Retrieved 5 May 2015.

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