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Ammanford

Ammanford, formerly known as Cross Inn is the third largest town in Carmarthenshire with a population of 5,400. The age profile for Ammanford is slightly younger than the average for Carmarthenshire. Deprivation and unemployment levels in Ammanford are slightly higher than Wales and Carmarthenshire averages. Despite the deprivation in the area the town continues to encourage a thriving community. The quiet rural settlement saw industrial change with the mining industry drawing in workers in the nineteenth century and today there is a sculpture in the town centre in memory of the miners and the town’s history. The town centre boasts a large number of independent businesses for both day and night time economy. Ammanford is a Guinness world record holder and has recently entered its 21st year as a Fair Trade town, the first to do so in Wales.

Discover Ammanford

Ammanford Recovery Masterplan

This recovery masterplan was commissioned Ammanford Town Centre by Carmarthenshire County Council in response to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. The masterplan reviews existing regeneration activity and provides a fresh focus on the priorities and the strategy for recovery and future growth.

  • Focus on attracting local families and younger people through securing new leisure, education and cultural uses, to help broaden the range of activities and extend ‘dwell time’ and spend throughout the day and evening.
  • Encourage the growth of the weekly market to include a greater number of stalls and new types of markets.
  • Unify the disjointed areas of the town centre through better-quality highway design, pedestrian links and the redesign and animation of key open spaces.
  • Safeguard viable businesses, cultivate new local enterprise and support independent businesses to locate and grow in the town centre.
  • Establish a SMART town with businesses making best use of digital technology to grow their market reach, turnover and footfall.
  • Using the towns natural ‘green & blue’ infrastructure to create a stronger sense of place and distinctiveness.
  • Effectively communicate what the town centre has to offer to the local community and grow local loyalty and new custom.

Ammanford Recovery Masterplan

Town Centre Vibrancy Fund (SPF)

Launched in 2024, targeted £130,000 grant scheme supports revitalisation of vacant ground floor commercial properties in Ammanford, Carmarthen and Llanelli, helping to transform empty units into thriving business spaces.

Since launching in December 2024 has brought 15 vacant properties back into use through short-term leases, giving entrepreneurs and small businesses the opportunity to trial their ventures in town centre premises.

  • 26 Quay Street (Ammanford Nails)
  • 11 The Arcade (Plant House)

Vacant Properties

Carmarthenshire County Council currently don’t have any properties within Ammanford town centre available for lease, please check with us in the future for updates and availabilities. See the full list of Council properties for lease across the county.

Carmarthenshire County Council Contact Details

If you would like to get in touch with the authority regarding Ammanford Town Centre please feel free to contact our officers that cover the centre and they will be more than happy to help:

Towns@carmarthenshire.gov.uk

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