Llangennech

Llangennech
Llangennech  Llangennech shown within Carmarthenshire
Population	4,510 (2001 census)
OS grid reference	SN560015
Principal area	Carmarthenshire
Ceremonial county	Dyfed
Country	Wales
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	LLANELLI
Postcode district	SA14
Dialling code	01554
Police	Dyfed-Powys
Fire	Mid and West Wales
Ambulance	Welsh
EU Parliament	Wales
UK Parliament	Llanelli
List of places: UK • Wales • Carmarthenshire

Llangennech is a village in the area of Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, West Wales, United Kingdom.

It is governed by Carmarthenshire County Council and Llanelli Rural council. It falls in the Llanelli parliament Constituency. Llangennech is also the name of an electoral ward coterminous with the village and has its own community council. 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 Heart of Wales Line with trains to 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.

External links

• Community Web site
• Official Website
• Llanelli Rural Council
• Carmarthenshire County Council
• www.geograph.co.uk : photos of Llangennech and surrounding area