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Llangathen

Llangathen

Llangathen is a village and community located in , Wales. The community includes the hamlet of Cilsân. The population taken at the 2011 census was 507.
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Photo: Ben Brooksbank, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Aberglasney and Grongar Hill.

Garden
Photo: Trevor Rickard, CC BY-SA 2.0.
House and Gardens is a medieval house and gardens set in the Tywi valley in the parish of Llangathen, , West Wales. It is owned and run by Restoration Trust, a registered charity.

Peak
Photo: George Causley, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is located in the Welsh county of and was the subject of a loco-descriptive poem by John Dyer. Published in two versions in 1726, during the Augustan period, its celebration of the individual experience of the landscape makes it a precursor of Romanticism.

Building
Photo: Graham Horn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in Llangathen community, , . It is a 3.5ha conifer woodland on the northern slopes of the Tywi Valley, which has SSSI protected designation because it holds the largest heronry in West Wales.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ffairfach and Llandeilo.

Village
Photo: Jonathan Wilkins, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village one-half mile south of the market town of in the eastern part of , Wales. It is close to the confluence of the Afon Cennen and the River Towy. Population is 516 according to 2017 census. is situated 3 miles east of Llangathen.

Photo: Nigel Davies, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a town and community in , , 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.

Hamlet
is a small village of some 50 homes in the parish of , some three miles north of in , Wales. According to the 2001 census, the parish is home to 1,277 inhabitants. is situated 3 miles south of Llangathen.

Llangathen

Latitude
51.88035° or 51° 52′ 49″ north
Longitude
-4.05722° or 4° 3′ 26″ west
Population
487
Elevation
338 feet (103 metres)
Open location code
9C3QVWJV+44
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1003321016
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2644042
Wiki­data ID
Q6661441
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Welsh—“Llangathen” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Llangathen”
  • Breton: “Llangathen”
  • Bulgarian: “Лангатхен”
  • Catalan: “Llangathen”
  • Cebuano: “Llangathen”
  • Chinese: “Llangathen”
  • Cornish: “Llangathen”
  • Dutch: “Llangathen”
  • French: “Llangathen”
  • Irish: “Llangathen”
  • Italian: “Llangathen”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Llangathen”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Llangathen”
  • Swedish: “Llangathen”
  • Welsh: “Llangathen”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include St. Cathan’s and Llangathen Village Hall.

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