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Llanddowror Welsh: Maes-y-lan
St Teilo's Church (2008)
Population	851 (2011)
OS grid reference	SN254144
Community	Llanddowror
Principal area	Carmarthenshire
Preserved county	Carmarthenshire
Country	Wales
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	CARMARTHEN
Postcode district	SA33
Dialling code	01994
Police	Dyfed-Powys
Fire	Mid and West Wales
Ambulance	Welsh
UK Parliament	Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament	Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire
List of places UK Wales Carmarthenshire

Llanddowror (Template:Lang-cy) is a village and a community in Carmarthenshire in Wales situated 2 miles (3.2 km) from St. Clears. Previously on the trunk road to Pembroke Dock, the village is small, historic and relatively unspoilt.

The village is famous for being the home of Griffith Jones, the 18th century Christian educator who was funded by Bridget Bevan.

The community is bordered by the northern shore of Carmarthen Bay and the communities of: Pendine; Eglwyscummin; St Clears; and Laugharne Township.

Amenities

A new bypass improvement scheme for the section of the A477 trunk road between St Clears and Red Roses was approved by the Welsh Government on 27 January 2012. Construction work on the new bypass began in mid-2012. Constructed with a straighter alignment and bypassing the villages of Llanddowror and Red Roses, the new section was scheduled to open during May 2014 but opened to general traffic at around 12:25 pm on 16 April 2014 having previously been declared open earlier in the day by Edwina Hart, Welsh Assembly Member for Transport.

Rental holiday cottages and Bed & Breakfast locations are available in Llanddowror. A local attraction is the nearby ruin of the Norman castle in St Clears.

Imperial Legacy

Llanddowror has lent its name to the British Raj-era hill station of Landour in the Lower Western Himalaya in northern India. Landour was founded in 1827 as a convalescent station for British soldiers serving in India. The rank-and-file soldiery of the British Indian Army was largely Celtic and Welsh; the officer corps was largely English. During British colonial rule, nostalgic British names were common in India and many of these names survive today although many others were discarded once India became an independent state.

References

1. "Community population 2011". Retrieved 14 April 2015.
2. A477 Red Roses St Clears Improvement Scheme
3. https://twitter.com/A477SCRR/status/423121289952251904/photo/1
4. "Section of A477 officially opens after £68m upgrade". ITV News Wales. 16 April 2014. Archived from the original on 17 April 2014. Retrieved 17 April 2014. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
5. "£68million improvements to A477 brings benefits to the economy, tourism and local communities". Welsh Government News. 16 April 2014. Archived from the original on 17 April 2014. Retrieved 17 April 2014. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
6. Jalil, Rakhshanda (July 14, 2012). "Mussoorie blues". The Hindu. Retrieved 2017-03-01.

External links

• www.geograph.co.uk : photos of Llanddowror and surrounding area

51°48′03″N 4°32′01″W / 51.80091°N 4.53362°W / 51.80091; -4.53362

• Communities of Carmarthenshire
• Villages in Carmarthenshire
• Carmarthen Bay