Cefn Sidan

Cefn Sidan

Cefn Sidan, roughly translated from Welsh, means "Silky Back". This long sandy beach and its dunes form the outer edge of the Pembrey Burrows between Burry Port and Kidwelly, looking southwards over Carmarthen Bay in South Wales.

The sands were treacherous to sailing ships. In fact, Napoleon's niece was among its victims and is buried at St Illtyds Church, Pembrey. Today Cefn Sidan forms part of the Pembrey Country Park leisure and nature complex.

The beach is visually spectacular because of the fine structure of its sand granules - however, this makes it unsuitable for making stable structures beyond simple sand castles. On Sunday August 3, 2008 a 16 year old boy whilst digging a tunnel in the sand dunes behind the beach, was trapped after the tunnel collapsed. Swansea Coastguard said the alarm was raised at around 1910 BST, with Burry Port coastguard team on scene within 15 minutes. After helicopter Air ambulance transfer to Morriston Hospital in Swansea, doctors pronounced him dead. [citeweb|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/7540089.stm|title=Boy dies as sand tunnel collapses|publisher=BBC Wales|date=2008-08-03|accessdate=2008-08-04]

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