How to get to the festival

Our festival home is Dinefwr, which is located 1 mile from Llandeilo.
Address: Dinefwr Park, Llandeilo, Carmarthenshire (SA19 6RT). Be careful some SAT Navs find it difficult to locate the postcode).

Dinefwr is located near Llandeilo, which is:

2 hours from Bristol

90 minutes from Cardiff

40 minutes from Swansea

By Road

From East:

Follow the A40 (T) from Swansea take the M4 to Pont Abraham, then A48(T) to Cross Hands and A476 to Llandeilo. There will be yellow AA Roadsigns also signposting the entrance to the festival.

From West (Carmarthen):

Follow the A40 from Carmarthen. Turn right onto Carmarthen Road signposted to Llandeilo. There will be yellow AA Roadsigns also signposting the entrance to the festival.

NT Dinefwr – What3Words : Compelled : Trailer : Park

Important Travel updates for Beyond the Border festival

By Car

If you are travelling by car just to let you know what if you travelling through Llandeilo the Pride parade will be taking place from midday on Saturday. It’s a wonderful event but the main road might be busy/blocked off.

Also on Saturday a short cut through the town to Dinefwr, Kings Road, will be closed as there is a vintage car fair that afternoon. Please follow the AA road signs that will take you to Dinefwr via Carmarthen Road.

By Bus

There are local buses through to Llandeilo. Timetable can be accessed via TravelCymru.

Taxi

Unfortunately we are unable to provide a shuttle bus between the train station/Llandeilo to the festival site. There are local Taxi firms in Llandeilo.

These can be reached on:

Llandeilo Taxi – 01558 822020

Important Travel updates for Beyond the Border festival

If you are using public transport and travelling to Llandeilo and the festival this weekend, make sure you check the latest updates on train travel. There are planned strike actions in England, and while there isn’t any in Wales, there might be changes to some of the connections. Please check with your train ticket provider.

Train

Llandeilo has a Train Station which is located 1.5 mile from Dinefwr.

There are trains that go from Swansea to Llandeilo (normally 4-5 trips a day).

Please visit Transport for Wales for further details or Trainline.

(There are trains that run from Cardiff to Llandeilo with one change at Swansea. Normal journey time 2 hours 30 minutes).

Train journeys from Swansea are usually 1 hour and 10 mins.

There are also journeys from Shrewsbury to Llandeilo on the Transport for Wales line too. This journey usually takes up to 3 hours.

Traintimes have now been updated since May 2023. Please do check in with Transport for Wales and other train services as these trains may change nearer the time.

As an idea of traintimes, these are currently the times from Swansea to Llandeilo are

Fridays
Swansea – Llandeilo
9.09am – 10.09am
11.38am – 12.48pm
2.18pm – 3.27pm
6.19pm – 7.23pm
9.15pm – 10.15pm

Saturdays
Swansea – Llandeilo
09.03am – 10.09am
11.45am – 12.48pm
11.07am – 12.47pm – cancelled
1.04pm – 4.44pm – cancelled
1.08pm – 2.44pm – cancelled
2.30pm – 3.32
18.18 – 7.22pm
5.40pm – 7.20pm – cancelled
9.15pm – 10.15pm

Sundays
Swansea – Llandeilo

9.42am – 11.39am – cancelled

10.22am – 11.52am -cancelled

11.10am-12.12pm

2.01pm – 3.58pm- cancelled

3.37pm – 4.39pm

5.15pm – 7.12pm-cancelled

5.40pm – 7.20pm-cancelled

Shrewsbury to Llandeilo
Friday
8.57-11.47am
11.22-14.26pm
3.17-6.16pm
6.07-9.01pm

Saturday
5.23am-8.26am – 9am
8.56-11.47am – 12pm
15.25pm-18.17pm – 12.45pm
18.08pm-20.59pm- 5.30pm

Sunday
12.04-14.56pm – 3pm
16.20pm-7.22pm

Currently the times from Llandeilo to Swansea are
Friday
Llandeilo – Swansea
6.19pm – 7.31pm
9.04pm – 22.08pm
23.04pm – 12.16am

Saturdays
Llandeilo – Swansea

2.28pm – 3.37pm

2.34pm – 4.30pm-cancelled

6.20pm – 7.32pm

6.54pm – 8.50pm-cancelled

9.02pm – 10.12pm

11.04pm – 12.08am

Sundays
Llandeilo – Swansea
2.58pm – 4.15pm
7.23pm – 8.41pm

Monday
6.50am-8.08am
8.27am-9.33am
11.50am-1.03pm
Site closes at 12pm.

Llandeilo – Shrewsbury
Friday
7.25pm-22.21pm
Later trains use the Swansea line.

Saturday
10.12am-13.10pm
12.51pm-15.45pm
3.35pm-6.35pm
7.24pm-10.26pm
Later trains go via Swansea times.

Sunday
12.14pm-3.13pm
4.40pm-7.35pm

Monday
6.49am-9.46am
10.12am-13.13pm
12.51pm – 3.45pm

By Bike

on A40(T); from Swansea take M4 to Pont Abraham, then A48(T) to Cross Hands and A476 to Llandeilo

Parking: 50 yards