Laugharne
Laugharne (Talacharn)
We are not wholly bad or good, who live our lives under Milk Wood.
(Dylan Thomas, Under Milk Wood)
This sleepy little town languishing on the shores of the Taf estuary was home to wales’ greatest writer and poet Dylan Thomas, he lived in the boathouse and his workshop a hut sits above the house.
The house is set in an idyllic location looking out across the estuary with beautiful views over Carmarthen Bay and the far off hills of Gower. The house has been restored to how it looked, when Thomas lived here with his wife Caitlin and their three children.
Thomas lived here: Off and on, up and down, high and dry, man and boy, I've been living now for fifteen years, or centuries, in this timeless, beautiful, barmy town.
His parents also lived in the village near the post office in an elegant Georgian house. Although his time here was sporadic, it was perhaps where he produced his best and most inspired work including under milk wood.
Visitors come from across the globe on a pilgrimage to see the boathouse where he lived and the simple wooden hut where he wrote. Visitors can see the hut, which is as he left it to embark on his last fateful journey to America where he was lecturing.
His pub the Browns hotel is still here he used to give its telephone no as his contact; his other locals were the corporation arms and the Cross-house inn. Thomas is buried along with his wife in the local churchyard of St Martins; the grave is marked with a simple white wooden cross. The church is 13th century in parts although it was restored in 1873.
Nearby is Laugharne castle although destroyed by Llewellyn the Greats army it was restored in the 16th century by Sir John Perrott the illegitimate son of Henry VIII, During the Civil war it was held by both sides at various times.
Activities in Laugharne
Castles
Laugharne - Laugharne castle
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