| Llangadog | |
|---|---|
 Llangadog village | |
  Llangadog Location within Carmarthenshire | |
| Population | 1,311 (2011)[1] |
| OS grid reference | SN704285 |
| Community |
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| Principal area | |
| Preserved county | |
| Country | Wales |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | LLANDEILO |
| Postcode district | SA19 |
| Post town | LLANGADOG |
| Postcode district | SA19 |
| Dialling code | 01550 |
| Police | Dyfed-Powys |
| Fire | Mid and West Wales |
| Ambulance | Welsh |
| UK Parliament | |
| Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament | |
Llangadog () 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.[2]
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.[2]
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.[3] The site has since been redeveloped as a pet food factory.[4]
- ^ "Community population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
- ^ a b The Welsh Academy Encyclopedia of Wales. Cardiff: University of Wales Press 2008.
- ^ "200 jobs lost as creamery closes". BBC News. 6 April 2005. Retrieved 3 February 2009.
- ^ "Pet food manufacturer to open new production facility". Venture Wales. 13 September 2006. Archived from the original on 29 June 2007. Retrieved 3 February 2009.