Towns & cities · Mid Wales
Llandovery
Also known as: Llanymddyfri
Llandovery in Wales Mid, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 3 h–6 h
- Nearest railway station
- Llandovery · 0.5 km
About
Llandovery is a place of interest in Wales Mid, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
Llandovery (Welsh: Llanymddyfri; Welsh pronunciation: [ɬanəmˈðəvri] ) is a market town and community in Carmarthenshire, Wales. It lies on the River Tywi and at the junction of the A40 and A483 roads, about 25 miles (40 km) north-east of Carmarthen, 27 miles (43 km) north of Swansea and 21 miles (34 km) west of Brecon.
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Background
Architecture
The town has a theatre (Llandovery Theatre), a heritage centre, a private school (Llandovery College) and a tourist information and heritage centre, which houses exhibitions on the Tonn Press, the area's droving history, and the 19th-century geologist Sir Roderick Impey Murchison, whose work here resulted in the name "Llandovery" being given to rocks of a certain age across the world. The Llandovery epoch is the earliest in the Silurian period of geological time. In the small central market place stands Llandovery Town Hall (1857–1858) by the architect Richard Kyke Penson. This was designed in the Italianate style with a courtroom over an open market. Behind are police cells with iron…
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- Coordinates
- 51.9950, -3.7950
- District
- Carmarthenshire
- Parish
- Llandovery
- Postcode
- SA20 0BT
- Parliamentary constituency
- Caerfyrddin
- Nearest railway station
- Llandovery — 0.5 km
Sources
- wikidata: Q651733 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Llandovery (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Salem Independent Chapel
Chapels · 0.0 km
Tabernacl Chapel
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Williams Pantycelyn Memorial Church
Memorials & monuments · 0.1 km
Ebeneser Baptist Church
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The King's Head
Hotels · 0.1 km
Llandovery British School
Natural landmarks · 0.1 km
Lewis Memorial Fountain
Memorials & monuments · 0.2 km
Hiraeth Gallery
Galleries · 0.2 km
Statue of Llywelyn ap Gruffydd Fychan
Public art & sculpture · 0.2 km
War Memorial and chain-link surround
Memorials & monuments · 0.2 km
Llandovery Castle
Castles · 0.3 km
Llandovery College
Other places · 0.3 km
Llandovery is a town located in Mid Wales. Our guide lists N attractions within reach.
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Llandovery?
- Llandovery is in Mid Wales, United Kingdom (postcode SA20 0BT), in the parish of Llandovery.
- What is Llandovery?
- Llandovery in Wales Mid, United Kingdom.
- How do I get to Llandovery?
- The nearest railway station is Llandovery, about 0.5 km away. Drivers can use postcode SA20 0BT.
- How do I get to Llandovery?
- The nearest railway station is Llandovery, about 0.5 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode SA20 0BT.