King Street Gallery

King Street Gallery sits right in the heart of Carmarthen, a proper working art space rather than some grand museum affair. It's the kind of place where local and Welsh artists show their work - paintings, sculpture, ceramics, whatever's catching someone's eye that season. You'll spend anywhere from twenty minutes to an hour here depending on what's on, and it costs nothing to walk in.

The gallery works best for people who actually care about contemporary art, rather than casual browsers. If you're staying at one of the nearby holiday parks - Church House Farm Getaways or Quarry Lodge Campsite are both within easy reach - this makes a decent rainy-day stop when you've had enough of the Carmarthenshire countryside. It's free admission, which never hurts when you're weighing up options on a grey afternoon.

What you get out of it depends entirely on what's hanging at the time. There's no guarantee of world-class work, but that's not really the point. It's a window into what Welsh artists are actually making right now, without the pretension. The space itself is intimate - no endless white corridors or anything that requires a map. Pop in, have a look around, chat to someone if they're about. Fifteen minutes in town, then crack on with exploring Carmarthen itself or head back to your campsite for a brew. Beats sitting in a caravan when the weather turns.