North Dock
North Dock is a former industrial dock in Llanelli, West Wales used mainly for exporting coal and tin plate from South Wales. It is also the name of the area immediately surrounding the dock.- Type: Body of water
- Description: Former industry dock in Llanelli, Wales
- Also known as: “North Dock, Llanelli”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Llanelli railway station and Bethel Baptist Chapel.
Llanelli railway station
Railway station
Photo: Hywel Williams, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Llanelli railway station is the railway station serving the town of Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, Wales. It is located on the West Wales line and the Heart of Wales line 225 miles 20 chains from the zero point at London Paddington, measured via Stroud. Llanelli railway station is situated 2,800 feet east of North Dock.
Bethel Baptist Chapel
Church
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bethel Baptist Chapel is a Baptist chapel in the town of Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, Wales. It was built in 1840 and is located on Copperworks Road. It had a larger seating capacity than most Llanelli chapels and in 1905 could seat 850 persons. Bethel Baptist Chapel is situated 2,000 feet east of North Dock.
Llanelli Town Hall
Town hall
Photo: Roger Pagram, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Llanelli Town Hall is a municipal building in Church Street, Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, South Wales. The town hall, which was the headquarters of Llanelli Borough Council and now serves as a register office, is a Grade II listed building. Llanelli Town Hall is situated 3,100 feet northeast of North Dock.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sandy and Machynys.
Sandy
Suburb
Sandy is an area in the county of Carmarthenshire in south-west Wales, on the western border of Llanelli town, about 5 miles east of Burry Port. The area is home to Sandy Water Park, a large project which has seen acres of disused industrial land converted to parkland and a lake.
Machynys
Suburb
Photo: Deborah Tilley, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Machynys, or Machynys Peninsula is a coastal area just to the south of Llanelli in Carmarthenshire, Wales. In the nineteenth century an industrial community lived here working at the brickworks and tinplate works that occupied the site.
Pwll
Village
Photo: David Lewis, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Pwll is a small coastal village, located between Llanelli and Burry Port, Carmarthenshire, Wales. Situated on a narrow ledge above the tidal Burry Estuary, the village offers panoramic views across the water to the Gower Peninsula and is traversed by the Millennium Coastal Path, a thirteen-mile traffic-free greenway connecting Bynea to Pembrey.
North Dock
Latitude
51.67518° or 51° 40′ 31″ northLongitude
-4.17325° or 4° 10′ 24″ westOpen location code
9C3QMRGG+3MOpenStreetMap ID
way 116168737OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterWikidata ID
Q15262505
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In Other Languages
“North Dock” goes by many names.
- Welsh: “Doc y Gogledd”
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