Present Day
With the closure of all the mines at Cwm Mawr the railways up the valley were lifted. The harbour is now a marina for small leisure craft. Pembrey and Burry Port railway station still exists and is served by regular services east via Swansea and Cardiff to London and west into Pembrokeshire. Burry Port boasts a supermarket, specialist shops, several hairdressers, a beauty and skincare salon, an array of pubs and fast food outlets, a library and a large secondary school.
Glan-y-Mor Comprehensive School (Glan-y-Mor translates as 'The Sea Shore') has about 600 pupils. There is also a Welsh primary School - Ysgol Parc y Tywyn, and an English medium infants school and an English medium junior school in the town.
Burry Port lies on the Millennium Coastal Path from Bynea near Llanelli to Pembrey Burrows.
The town is also home to a lifeboat station which is situated in Burry Port Harbour.
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