Llangennech
| Llangennech | |
| Carmarthenshire | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SN560015 |
| Location: | 51°41’35"N, 4°5’31"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 4,510 (2001) |
| Post town: | Llanelli |
| Postcode: | SA14 |
| Dialling code: | 01554 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Carmarthenshire |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Llanelli |
Llangennech is a village and parish north-east of Llanelli, Carmarthenshire. It was formerly a coal mining community, with several local collieries mining steam coal. There is also a large Labour tradition in the village emanating from the mine workers. There was formerly a large Royal Navy depot in the village, which was closed in MoD restructuring.
Llangennech also have a strong rugby union team, Llangennech RFC, that feed many players into Llanelli RFC and then on to the Llanelli Scarlets regional rugby union team.
The town is served by Llangennech railway station on the line from Llanelli to Craven Arms, with services from Swansea to the south and Shrewsbury to the north.
Notable residents
- Huw Edwards, BBC news presenter lived in the village during his youth.
- Rhys Gabe, Welsh international rugby player was born in Llangennech.
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