Amelia Earhart Monument — Attraction in Pembrey and Burry Port Town

A cenotaph style monument with a wreath on its front face, topped by a weathervane in the shape of a seaplane, the base bearing lions' heads at the corners over small bowls, and on its front face an inscribed plaque.

Two Welsh villages, two miles apart, claim to be the spot where Amelia Earhart touched down to become the first woman to complete a transatlantic flight. Both villages have monuments to the historic day in June of 1928. But can they both be right?

Of the two, Pwll has the official blue plaque used in Britain to mark important places, people, and events. The counter claimant, Burry Port, has gone a different route—erect more plaques, and make them bigger.

The controversy seems to stem from the fact that the aircraft, called "Friendship," was a sea plane. Taking off from Newfoundland on June 17th, 1928 and headed for Southampton, England, Earhart and the two pilots who shared flying duties touched down in the Loughor Estuary, an inlet in south Wales off the Bristol Channel. Locals claim that Earhart opened the window and shouted to shore to ask where they were. The answer came back “Pwll inlet!”

Burry Port, the larger of the two villages, makes a different claim. Since the plane was towed into Burry Port Harbour with Earhart and the pilots still on board, when they stepped out and touched the ground, this is the place, so say the Burry Portians, where the famous aviator...

There are two monuments to Amelia Earhart in Burry Port. One just down from the Lifeboat station on the harbour and the other by the roundabout near to the access for the harbour.

The one by the lifeboat station could do with a clean.

The other is in good condition with a sign post showing the mileage and place names.

Both good to visit and remember this very...

Worth a visit if your passing sign posted from main road for Amelia Earhart monument and Burry Port an interesting and funny story.Head down into burry port large RNLI Station large car park light house well worth...