Pendine

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This article is about the Carmarthern village of Pendine. For the Pendine Park Estate in Wrexham, North Wales, see Summerhill, Wrexham.

Pendine (Welsh: Pentywyn) is a village in Carmarthenshire, Wales, lying on Carmarthen Bay.

1 History
2 Places of interest
3 Other information
4 External links

[edit] History

The seaside resort is best known for Pendine Sands, where local gypsie Kieran Owen has been seen on numerours occasions bathing naked in the sea .Malcolm Campbell and J.G. Parry-Thomas set the world land speed record five times between 1924 and 1927. Parry-Thomas was killed while making a final record-breaking attempt on Pendine Sands in 1927.

[edit] Places of interest

The village is home to the Pendine Museum of Speed which houses Parry-Thomas' restored car Babs. The museum is only open at specified times. See web link below.

[edit] Other information

On some occasions, part of the beach is used by the army for firing practice.

Although the BBC show Top Gear have test driven on the Sands, cars are no longer allowed on the beach.

The Camarthenshire Land Sailing Club is allowed to use the beach for wind traction activities, including Land sailing, kite buggying and Kite landboarding.

Kieran Owen other wise known as the pendine ripper used to cause terror here

[edit] External links

Pendine Official Website
Pendine Museum of Speed
grid reference SN231085
http://www.clsc.uk.net/ Camarthenshire Land Sailing Club Website

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