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Llangennech

Llangennech is a village and community in the area of Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, Wales, which covers an area of 1,222 hectares (4.72 mi2).

Llangennech
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The place

Llangennech is a village and community in the area of Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, Wales, which covers an area of 1,222 hectares (4.72 mi2).

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Llangennech

5 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
    Parc y Scarlets

    Parc y Scarlets is a rugby union stadium in Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, that opened in November 2008 as the new home of the Scarlets and Llanelli RFC. The ground replaced Stradey Park, the home of Llanelli's rugby teams for almost 130 years. The stadium complex includes facilities for matchday supporters and for non-matchday revenue generation, as well as a training barn and a training pitch with athletics track.

    3 km · Stadium in Wales · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Loughor Castle

    Loughor Castle is a ruined, medieval fortification located in the town of Loughor, Wales. The castle was built around 1106 by the Anglo-Norman lord Henry de Beaumont, during the Norman invasion of Wales.

    3.6 km · medieval castle in Loughor, Swansea, Wales, UK · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Stebonheath Park

    Stebonheath Park is a multi-use stadium in Llanelli, West Wales with a capacity of 3,700. It is primarily used as a football ground and is the home of Llanelli Town A.F.C. It was also used for athletics and Llanelli Amateur Athletic Club were based at the stadium.

    4 km · sports stadium in Llanelli · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Old Town Hall, Loughor

    The Old Town Hall is a former municipal building in Castle Street in Loughor, a town in Swansea, Wales. The structure, which used to be the meeting place of the local borough council, is a Grade II listed building.

    3.5 km · municipal building in Loughor, Swansea, Wales, UK · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Loughor railway viaduct

    The Loughor railway viaduct carries the West Wales Line across the River Loughor. It is adjacent, and runs parallel to, the Loughor road bridge.

    3.5 km · bridge in United Kingdom · 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.

Go there

Getting to Llangennech

Airports
Cardiff (CWL), 61 km · Bristol (BRS), 101 km · Birmingham (BHX), 181 km
Stations
Bynea railway station, 2.4 km · Llangennech railway station, 900 m
  • Cardiff → Llangennech
    67 km · quickest by road, 1h 33m · £7–10
  • Bristol → Llangennech
    106 km · quickest by road, 2h 36m · £13–17
  • Birmingham, West Midlands → Llangennech
    173 km · quickest by road, 3h 29m · £20–27
  • From anywhere
    The planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Llangennech

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 Llangennech. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get in}} {{go | name | url | address 51.713889 | long | phone | hours | wikidata=Q542734 | lastedit=2022-06-25 | content= to the west near Burry Port, handles private aircraft and offers charter flights from destinations in UK and Europe.

From Wikivoyage: Swansea, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.

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

    7 ways of moving, 11 sources

    70 km
  2. 02
    Isle of WightGB

    11 ways of moving, 22 sources

    224 km
  3. 03
    Inis Mór (Inishmore)IE

    8 ways of moving, 20 sources

    414 km
  4. 04
    Isle of ArranGB

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    437 km
  5. 05
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    472 km

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

Around it

Next door to Llangennech

Llangennech is 13 km from Swansea, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • Loughortown in Swansea, Wales, UK3.9 km
  • Llwynhendyvillage in Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK2.7 km
  • Byneavillage in Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK3 km
  • Felinfoelvillage in Carmarthenshire, Wales3.7 km
  • Brynvillage in Carmarthenshire, Wales, United Kingdom1.2 km
  • Hendyvillage in Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK3.3 km