Llangadog

Llangadog (Welsh pronunciation) is a village and community in Carmarthenshire, Wales, which also includes the villages of Bethlehem and Capel Gwynfe. A notable local landscape feature is Y Garn Goch with two Iron Age hill forts.

Llangadog
Llangadog village
Llangadog
Location within Carmarthenshire
Population1,311 (2011)
OS grid referenceSN704285
Community
  • Llangadog
Principal area
Preserved county
CountryWales
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townLLANDEILO
Postcode districtSA19
Post townLLANGADOG
Postcode districtSA19
Dialling code01550
PoliceDyfed-Powys
FireMid and West Wales
AmbulanceWelsh
UK Parliament
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament

Llangadog was the administrative centre of the commote of Perfedd and had a castle, destroyed in 1204. Although the borough declined in the Middle Ages, Llangadog retained its market, which was frequented by drovers into the 19th century.

The railway station on the Heart of Wales Line provides regular train services via Transport for Wales Rail. The station had a siding for accessing the Co-op Wholesale Society creamery, allowing milk trains to access the site. After railway access was ceased in the late 1970s, the creamery continued to operate until 2005, when it closed with the loss of 200 jobs. The site has since been redeveloped as a pet food factory.

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