Llandeilo
Llandeilo is a town and community in Carmarthenshire, Wales, situated where the River Towy is crossed by the A483 on a 19th-century stone bridge.

Llandeilo is a town and community in Carmarthenshire, Wales, situated where the River Towy is crossed by the A483 on a 19th-century stone bridge. At the 2021 census the community had a population of 1,784. It is adjacent to the westernmost point of the Brecon Beacons National Park. The town is served by Llandeilo railway station on the Heart of Wales Line.
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Worth seeing in and around Llandeilo
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Dinefwr Castle
Dinefwr Castle is a ruined castle overlooking the River Towy near the town of Llandeilo, Carmarthenshire, Wales. It lies on a ridge on the northern bank of the Towy, with a steep drop of one hundred feet to the river.
2 km · Grade I listed building in Llandeilo, Wales · Wikipedia - 02Carreg Cennen Castle
Carreg Cennen Castle is a castle sited on a high rocky outcrop overlooking the River Cennen, close to the village of Trap, four miles south east of Llandeilo in Carmarthenshire, Wales. Castell Carreg Cennen means castle on a rock next to Cennen, the river name itself being a reference either to cen meaning lichen or perhaps a personal name.
5.2 km · castle in Carmarthenshire, Wales, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 03Aberglasney
Aberglasney House and Gardens is a medieval house and gardens set in the Tywi valley in the parish of Llangathen, Carmarthenshire, West Wales. It is owned and run by Aberglasney Restoration Trust, a registered charity.
4.9 km · house in Wales · Wikipedia - 04Golden Grove
Golden Grove is a mansion and estate in the Welsh county of Carmarthenshire, located 4 miles southwest of Llandeilo.
4.3 km · Grade II* listed building in Carmarthenshire · Wikipedia - 05Dinefwr Park National Nature Reserve
Dinefwr Park National Nature Reserve is an 800 acres estate about a mile from the centre of Llandeilo in Carmarthenshire owned by the National Trust, with a mansion in the centre. The highest point is occupied by the ruined Dinefwr Castle, ancient castle of the Deheubarth kingdom.
1.7 km · Site of Special Scientific Interest in Wales · Wikipedia - 06St Tyfei's Church, Llandyfeisant
St Tyfi's Church or Llandyfeisant Church is the former parish church of Llandyfeisant, near Llandeilo and part of the Dinefwr Park estate in Carmarthenshire, Wales. It was dedicated to the Welsh saint Tyfei, nephew of Saint Teilo.
900 m · Grade II listed church near Llandeilo, Carmarthenshire, UK · Wikipedia - 07Newton House
Newton House is a Grade II* listed country house situated just to the west of the market town of Llandeilo in Carmarthenshire, Wales. It is partially owned and maintained by the National Trust and lies within Dinefwr Park and the grounds of Dinefwr Castle.
1.6 km · Grade II* listed country house near Llandeilo, Carmarthenshire, Wales · Wikipedia - 08Cae Cilmaenllwyd
Cae Cilmaenllwyd is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in Carmarthenshire, Wales.
4.6 km · Site of Special Scientific Interest in Wales · Wikipedia - 09Caeau Tir-mawr
Caeau Tir-mawr is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in Carmarthen & Dinefwr, Wales.
2.8 km · Site of Special Scientific Interest in Wales · Wikipedia - 10Carreg Dwfn
Carreg Dwfn is a hill four miles southeast of Llandeilo and just to the south of the village of Trap in the county of Carmarthenshire, south Wales. It lies at the western extremity of the Brecon Beacons National Park and Fforest Fawr Geopark.
5.9 km · hill (283m) in Carmarthenshire · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
- 01Dinefwr
The park is home to a herd of white cattle and also has a lake and a deer park.
- 02Newton House
National Nature Reserve, historic country house and 18th-century landscape park, enclosing a medieval deer park Bridge Street.
- 03Dinefwr Castle
Dinefwr Park, SA19 6RT (via National Trust or walk up from Llandeilo bridge through Castle Woods).
- 04Castle Woods
- 05Carreg Cennen Castle
An imposing castle located a few miles from Llandeilo off the A483.
- 06Aberglasney Gardens
Ten acres of historic gardens surrounding Aberglasney House in Carmarthenshire.
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Things to do
Tennis Squash Hill Walking Fishing Rugby
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Where to eat
- 01The Angel Inn and Capel Bach Bistro
Great bar meals and an intimate Bistro at the rear.
- 02Angel Inn at Salem
An award winning restaurant in Salem, 3 miles north of Llandeilo.
- 03The Plough Inn
Contemporary cuisine, served in the bar or restaurant.
From Wikivoyage: Llandeilo, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.
Getting to Llandeilo
- Airports
- Cardiff (CWL), 70 km · Bristol (BRS), 104 km · Birmingham (BHX), 166 km
- Stations
- Ffairfach railway station, 1.4 km · Llandeilo railway station, 300 m · Golden Grove railway station, 4.3 km
- Cardiff → Llandeilo72 km · quickest by road, 2h 5m · £9–12
- Bristol → Llandeilo107 km · quickest by road, 2h 42m · £15–20
- Birmingham, West Midlands → Llandeilo157 km · quickest by road, 3h 41m · £17–22
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Llandeilo
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Llandeilo. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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If you know how people move in Llandeilo – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.
Next door to Llandeilo
Llandeilo is 30 km from Swansea, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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