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Pentre Awel joins bookable accessible transport scheme

Disabled residents can enquire through Age Cymru Dyfed, with journeys quoted at 58p per mile and volunteer drivers subject to availability.

Ellie Williams · Thu 22 Oct, 11:10

Archive: Pentre Awel under construction, 2 December 2023, before the centre opened. Carmarthenshire County Council / Wikimedia Commons, Open Government Licence v3.0. Not the current condition or the transport service.

Archive: construction at Pentre Awel, December 2023, before opening. This does not show the transport service or the current building condition. Carmarthenshire County Council / Wikimedia Commons, OGL v3.0.

Original photograph Open Government Licence v3.0

Canolfan Pentre Awel in Llanelli has been added to the locations served by the bookable “On the Go” transport scheme for disabled residents in Carmarthenshire. The partnership between Dolen Teifi and Age Cymru Dyfed offers wheelchair-accessible travel, with passengers able to be matched with a local volunteer driver. Carmarthenshire council announced the Pentre Awel addition on Thursday 22 October.

How to enquire about a journey

Bookings and enquiries go through Age Cymru Dyfed’s community transport team on 07399 861341 or communitytransport@agecymrudyfed.org.uk. The council quotes a charge of 58p per mile. Ask the team to confirm eligibility, vehicle and driver availability, the journey arrangements and the total charge before relying on a booking. The announcement does not give a guaranteed pick-up time or a fixed fare for any particular journey.

An addition to an existing scheme

The council says Dolen Teifi now has ten vehicles based around Carmarthenshire. Alongside Pentre Awel, locations listed include Newcastle Emlyn, St Clears, Carmarthen, Llandovery, Llanybydder, Laugharne, Tumble, Llandeilo and Burry Port. Pentre Awel brings health, wellbeing and leisure facilities together at Delta Lakes in Llanelli. The transport announcement gives another option for reaching the centre; it is not a new scheduled public-bus timetable. Dolen Teifi is also seeking volunteer drivers in Llanybydder, Laugharne, Tumble, Llandeilo and Burry Port. Volunteer enquiries can be made on 01559 362403 or at training@dolenteifi.org.uk.

Carmarthenshire County Council announcement, 22 October 2026. The scheme is bookable and subject to availability. The fare is quoted per mile, rather than as a guaranteed journey total.

Source: newsroom.carmarthenshire.gov.wales

How we verified this(5)

The council announcement names Dolen Teifi and Age Cymru Dyfed and describes wheelchair-accessible transport for disabled residents.
The booking number, 07399 861341, email communitytransport@agecymrudyfed.org.uk and 58p-per-mile charge were read from the council’s announcement.
Ten vehicles are the current listed total. No claim that all are new today or form a scheduled public bus route.
Volunteer contacts are separate from passenger bookings. No individual passenger is identified.
The licensed December 2023 construction photograph is labelled as an archive. It does not show the current building condition or transport service.

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