A475 road

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title: "A475 road" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["roads-in-wales", "transport-in-ceredigion", "transport-in-carmarthenshire"] description: "Road in Wales" topic_path: "geography/united-kingdom" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A475_road" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Road in Wales ::

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Field	Value
country	WLS
image	Adpar and the county boundary - geograph.org.uk - 919887.jpg
type	A
route	475
header_type	minor
length_mi	19
direction_a	Northeast
terminus_a	Lampeter
direction_b	Southwest
terminus_b	Newcastle Emlyn
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The A475 road in Wales links Newcastle Emlyn in Carmarthenshire with Lampeter in Ceredigion; a distance of 19 mi.

History

The road, that is now known as the A475, was set up in 1770 as a turnpike by the Cardiganshire Turnpike Trust. Many milestones can still be seen between the position of the turnpike gates at Lampeter and at Adpar. Both were wrecked during the Rebecca Riots. In 1923, "A475" was designated to the road from Swansea to Carmarthen. In 1935, this road was renumbered and the designation was given to the LampeterNewcastle Emlyn route.

On 11 September 2001, a council lorry collided with a school bus near the Horeb crossroads. A number of children and three adults were treated for shock and minor injury, but no one was seriously injured. In the same year a young couple died when their car left the road near Lampeter. A review of speed limits was called for in 2013 following an accident on the road, which was referred to by a local driver as "a death trap".

The A475 was classed by the Road Safety Foundation in 2011 as a low-medium risk road. In 2014, its classification was increased to be of medium risk.

Route

The A475 leaves Lampeter southwestwards from a junction with the A482 and passes through the hamlet of Pentre-Bach and the village of Llanwnnen, where it is crossed by the B4337 LlanrhystudEdwinsford road. This section of the road has a number of ascents and descents as it crosses the valleys formed by the tributaries of the River Teifi. It passes through the villages of Drefach and Cwmsychbant, then is crossed by the B4459 TalgarregPencader road. The road continues to Pren-Gwyn and a junction with the B4476 road to Llandysul.

At Horeb the A475 is crossed by the A486 New QuaySaron road. The road passes through Penrhiwllan, Aber-banc and Llandyfriog, and in Adpar reaches a roundabout junction with the B4571 and B4333 roads. After crossing the River Teifi into Newcastle Emlyn, the road ends at a junction with the A484 in Water Street.

References

References

1. Ceredigion Atlas Hanesyddol, Cymdeithas Lyfrau Ceredigion Gyf, Aberystwyth 1969
2. (11 September 2001). "Pupils hurt in school bus crash". BBC Wales.
3. (29 December 2001). "Two crash victims named". BBC News.
4. (2 October 2013). "Speed limit review calls". Cambrian News.
5. "Road Safety Foundation 2007-2011".
6. "Road Safety Foundation 2014".
7. (2015). "Concise Road Atlas: Britain". AA Publishing.

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