A picturesque north Pembrokeshire village has been left with only a handful of permanent residents with all other houses bought as second homes or holiday lets. In the seaside hamlet of Cwm-yr-Eglwys, which has around 50 houses and a small static caravan site, only four or five homes are occupied year-round. Community councillor Keith Battrick, who has lived in nearby Dinas Cross since 1972, said the situation was not limited to Cwm-yr-Eglwys. In his part of the village 32 out of the 45 homes are holiday homes, a considerable change from when he first moved to the area. He feels strongly that Welsh Government, local and planning authorities need to work together to come up with a strategy to prevent young local families being priced out of the market.
Once-thriving Welsh communities now left as ghost towns when the summer visitors leave
88-year-old Noel Thomas says he is the only Welshman left in the beautiful village of Cwm-yr-Eglwys on the Pembrokeshire coast
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