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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
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The place

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.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

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.

  1. 01
    Dinefwr 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
  2. 02
    Carreg 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
  3. 03
    Aberglasney

    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
  4. 04
    Golden 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
  5. 05
    Dinefwr 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
  6. 06
    St 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
  7. 07
    Newton 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
  8. 08
    Cae Cilmaenllwyd

    Cae Cilmaenllwyd is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in Carmarthenshire, Wales.

    4.6 km · Site of Special Scientific Interest in Wales · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Caeau 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
  10. 10
    Carreg 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

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

See

What Wikivoyage says to see

  1. 01
    Dinefwr

    The park is home to a herd of white cattle and also has a lake and a deer park.

  2. 02
    Newton House

    National Nature Reserve, historic country house and 18th-century landscape park, enclosing a medieval deer park Bridge Street.

  3. 03
    Dinefwr Castle

    Dinefwr Park, SA19 6RT (via National Trust or walk up from Llandeilo bridge through Castle Woods).

  4. 04
    Castle Woods
  5. 05
    Carreg Cennen Castle

    An imposing castle located a few miles from Llandeilo off the A483.

  6. 06
    Aberglasney Gardens

    Ten acres of historic gardens surrounding Aberglasney House in Carmarthenshire.

From Wikivoyage: Llandeilo, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Do

Things to do

Tennis Squash Hill Walking Fishing Rugby

From Wikivoyage: Llandeilo, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Eat

Where to eat

  1. 01
    The Angel Inn and Capel Bach Bistro

    Great bar meals and an intimate Bistro at the rear.

  2. 02
    Angel Inn at Salem

    An award winning restaurant in Salem, 3 miles north of Llandeilo.

  3. 03
    The Plough Inn

    Contemporary cuisine, served in the bar or restaurant.

From Wikivoyage: Llandeilo, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Go there

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 → Llandeilo
    72 km · quickest by road, 2h 5m · £9–12
  • Bristol → Llandeilo
    107 km · quickest by road, 2h 42m · £15–20
  • Birmingham, West Midlands → Llandeilo
    157 km · quickest by road, 3h 41m · £17–22
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Not yet researched

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.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    LundyGB

    7 ways of moving, 11 sources

    92 km
  2. 02
    Isle of WightGB

    11 ways of moving, 22 sources

    229 km
  3. 03
    Inis Mór (Inishmore)IE

    8 ways of moving, 20 sources

    412 km
  4. 04
    Isle of ArranGB

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    417 km
  5. 05
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    452 km

If you know how people move in Llandeilo – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

Next door to Llandeilo

Llandeilo is 30 km from Swansea, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.