Johnston, Pembrokeshire

Johnston, Pembrokeshire

infobox UK place
country = Wales
welsh_name=Johnston
constituency_welsh_assembly=
latitude= 51.75401
longitude=-4.99760
official_name= Johnston
unitary_wales= Pembrokeshire
lieutenancy_wales= Dyfed
constituency_westminster= Preseli Pembrokeshire
post_town= JOSHNTON, HAVERFORDWEST
postcode_district = SA62
postcode_area= SA
dial_code= 01437
os_grid_reference= SM9310, SM9311(North Johnston)
population=
population= approx. 2000
Johnston is a community in the hundred of Roose, Pembrokeshire, Wales.

It lies on the A4076 road approximately midway between Haverfordwest and the port of Milford Haven and is served by Johnston railway station. Until the end of the 19th century, anthracite was mined here. The village is now a dormitory for Haverfordwest and Milford Haven, and is reported to be the largest village in Wales. The parish church has the typical tall, slim castellated tower of churches in English-speaking Little England beyond Wales. Johnston has five pubs (The Vine Inn, also a restaurant, The Sliverdale, also a hotel and restaurant, The Railway, The Windsor Hotel, also a hotel and restaurant and Johnston Country Club, which has a small restaurant on Sundays)Johnston also has a petrol station, a school (with over 150 pupils), a post office, a shop/off license, doctors surgery, two garages, a car dealership, a church and a chapel.

External links

* [http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/PEM/Johnston/index.html GENUKI page]
*oscoor gbx|SM932104


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