Llandovery. Open daily. Free entry
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Accessibility:
There is a Pay and Display car park in the town centre, with disability spaces. There are public toilets, with disability toilets. The town is wheelchair friendly and guide dogs are welcome.
Brief Description:
Llandovery is a community and market town, lying on the River Tywi.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Llandovery
"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. The name of the town derives from Llan ymlith y dyfroedd, meaning "church enclosure amid the waters", i.e. between the Tywi and the Afon Brân just upstream of their confluence. A smaller watercourse, the Bawddwr, runs through and under the town."
Further Information:
Address:
Llandovery, Carmarthenshire, SA20 0EE.
Email:
Available via website.
Phone:
None available.
Website:
http://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Tourism-g551970-Llandovery_Carmarthenshire_Wales-Vacations.html
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/czjmd3npykvo
Opening Hours:
Open daily.
Directions:
Llandovery is located on the A40, North East of Llandeilo, and South West of Builth Wells. OS SN 764345.
Transport:
"Llandovery railway station is on the Heart of Wales line, with services in the direction of Swansea and of Shrewsbury."
https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Llandovery#Q651733
For further travel information in Wales please see: www.traveline.cymru/travel-info
Or call Traveline Cymru on 0800 464 0000
Amenities:
There are plenty of places to eat, drink and stay in Llandovery.
https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Llandovery#Q651733
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Llandovery
"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 grilles; entry to the old courtroom (now a library) is via a door on the ground floor of the tower.[4]
There are two medieval churches in Llandovery: the 14th-century St Dingat's to the west of the town centre, and the 12th-century St Mary's on the northern outskirts of the town. St Dingat's is a Grade II* listed building, and one of the largest medieval churches in Carmarthenshire. It stands on a site which appears to have been in religious use since pre-Norman times.[5][6] St Mary's is a Grade I listed building and was formerly the parish church for the neighbouring parish of Llanfair-ar-y-bryn, despite not being within that parish's boundaries. It subsequently became a chapel of ease to St Dingat's in 1883 after a new church for Llanfair-ar-y-bryn was built within the parish boundaries.[7][8][9]
The Memorial Chapel in Stryd y Bont was built as a memorial to the hymnist William Williams Pantycelyn.
The Dolaucothi Gold Mines are located 10 miles (16 km) away near Pumpsaint on the A482. The road follows an original Roman road to Llanio fort.
Llandovery lies just north of Brecon Beacons National Park and Fforest Fawr Geopark, whose geological heritage is celebrated. These designated landscapes are centred on Bannau Sir Gâr or the Carmarthen Fans, themselves part of the Black Mountain extending north towards the town, as Mynydd Myddfai and Mynydd Bach Trecastell. The village of Myddfai lies within the National Park, 4 miles (6 km) to the south-east of Llandovery.
The Llyn Brianne dam is 11 miles (18 km) to the north is in rugged countryside above Rhandirmwyn. The route to the dam also passes Twm Siôn Cati's Cave at the RSPB's Dinas reserve."
Travel Information
For further travel information in Wales please see: www.traveline.cymru/travel-info
Or call Traveline Cymru on 0800 464 0000
Location
Nearest Venues
Llandovery Nisa, Llandovery, Carmarthenshire
113 metres*
The Tonn Press, Llandovery, Carmarthenshire
137 metres*
*Distances are calculated in a straight line from the current venue, please allow extra time/distance based on available paths or roads.