Here are various directions to Hollywood Cottage, plus a few other useful links so you've no excuse to get lost!
You can get online directions from the likes of Google Maps.
- Postal Address
- Online Directions
- OS Map grid reference: Landranger 146 SN650470
- Directions from M4/South Wales – motorway route
- Directions from England – the scenic route
- Directions from Lampeter
- Warning for those using a GPS/SatNav
Here is the postal address of the cottage:
Llwyncelyn
Ffarmers
Llanwrda
Carmarthenshire
SA19 8NZ
Wales, UK
Directions from M4/South Wales – motorway route
- Go to the end of the M4 (J49) and take the A483 toward Ammanford and then Llandeilo.
- Drive straight through Llandeilo (Llandeilo Co-op is the last supermarket you will pass).
- Just after leaving Llandeilo go straight over the roundabout and 50 yards further on take the left-hand turn onto the B4302 toward Talley.
- Drive through Talley and after another 4 miles take a left turn at the T junction you come to by the Bridgend Pub.
- After two miles you will come to the village of Pumsaint. About 2 miles after Pumsaint take a right turn toward Ffarmers. There are also larger signs for Cae-Iago Riding Centre and Maes-Bach Caravan Park.
- Drive straight through Ffarmers and out past the Drover’s Arms Pub.
- Just under 2 miles after the Pub (I clock it as 1.7 miles) take a left turn through a metal gate with small wooden signs on it saying “Llwyncelyn” and “Ty-n-cornel”. If you come to a farm with a phone-box outside you've gone too far.
- The cottage is about 200yds down on the left, just before the ford - you can't miss it! You can park anywhere on the gravel around the cottage.
Directions from England – the scenic route
Although this route is on A roads after Swindon it is about 30 miles shorter than the motorway route. So taking this into account, how busy the South-Wales stretch of the M4 can get on a Friday/Saturday and the fact this road takes you through some gorgeous scenery past the Brecon Beacons it is well worth considering.
- Come off the M4 at J15 onto the A419 at Swindon.
- At Cirencester take the A417 toward Gloucester.
- At Gloucester take the A40 toward Ross-on-Wye.
- Stay on the A40 all the way across Wales to Llandovery, through Llandovery and then four miles further on to Llanwrda. NB. Llandovery Somerfield is the last supermarket you will pass.
- At Llanwrda take a right turn onto the A482 toward Lampeter, looking out for Pumsaint after about 8 miles.
- Go through Pumsaint and about 2 miles further on take a right turn toward Ffarmers. There are also larger signs for Cae-Iago Riding Centre and Maes-Bach Caravan Park.
- Drive straight through Ffarmers and out past the Drover’s Arms Pub.
- Just under 2 miles after the Pub (I clock it as 1.7 miles) take a left turn through a metal gate with small wooden signs on it saying “Llwyncelyn” and “Ty-n-cornel”. If you come to a farm with a phone-box outside you've gone too far.
- The cottage is about 200yds down on the left, just before the ford - you can't miss it! You can park anywhere on the gravel around the cottage.
Directions from Lampeter
Lampeter is the closest town to the cottage, so this is for anyone coming on one of the multitude of ways from the North or just coming back from a day at the coast.
- Take the A482 out of Lampeter past the Co-op (the last supermarket you will pass), through the village of Cwmanne and toward Llanwrda.
- After about 6 miles you come to the Checkpoint Shell Service Station. Take the second left hand turn after the Shell garage toward Ffarmers. There are also larger signs for Cae-Iago Riding Centre and Maes-Bach Caravan Park.
- Drive straight through Ffarmers and out past the Drover’s Arms Pub.
- Just under 2 miles after the Pub (I clock it as 1.7 miles) take a left turn through a metal gate. If you come to a farm you've gone too far.
- The cottage is about 200yds down on the left, just before the ford - you can't miss it! You can park anywhere on the gravel around the cottage.
Warning for those using a GPS/SatNav
I've been told by those high-tech customers of ours that if you use a SatNav to get to the cottage it can bring in from a different direction to that described above. This is only a problem if we've had a lot of rain as it brings you over the ford, which very quickly becomes impassable. So in this situation it's best to use your GPS to get to Ffarmers then use the directions above to avoid the ford. Also, the postal code (SA19 8NZ) only covers two properties but online maps highlight the neighbours house rather than Llwyncelyn, again the other side of the ford.