Llanelli: Tinplate Capital, Scarlets Rugby, and the Carmarthenshire Coast
Llanelli was the tinplate capital of the world. At its peak in the early twentieth century, the town's works produced the majority of global tinplate output. The industry declined through the post-war decades, and the last works closed in the 1990s. The Scarlets rugby union team, based at Parc y Scarlets since 2008, commands fierce local support. Llanelli is the largest town in Carmarthenshire. The population is around 49,000. The Millennium Coastal Park, built on reclaimed industrial land along the Loughor estuary, runs for thirteen miles.
The M4 terminates at Pont Abraham, east of Llanelli, and the A484 connects into the town. Llanelli station provides Transport for Wales services to Swansea and Cardiff. The town centre around Stepney Street has struggled with retail decline. For adult companionship, the legal position in Llanelli follows England and Wales criminal law. Criminal law is not devolved to the Welsh Senedd.
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Llanelli was the tinplate capital of the world. At its peak in the early twentieth century, the town's works produced the majority of global tinplate output. The industry declined through the post-war decades, and the last works closed in the 1990s. The Scarlets rugby union team, based at Parc y Scarlets since 2008, commands fierce local support. Llanelli is the largest town in Carmarthenshire. The population is around 49,000. The Millennium Coastal Park, built on reclaimed industrial land along the Loughor estuary, runs for thirteen miles.
The M4 terminates at Pont Abraham, east of Llanelli, and the A484 connects into the town. Llanelli station provides Transport for Wales services to Swansea and Cardiff. The town centre around Stepney Street has struggled with retail decline. For adult companionship, the legal position in Llanelli follows England and Wales criminal law. Criminal law is not devolved to the Welsh Senedd.
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