What’s on?
Looking for something to do? Listings from workshops to volunteering opportunities to family events. Visit our Community Events page to see what's on in and around the Llanelli area
Volunteers needed: Join Street Buddies
We are a group of community members committed to making positive changes in our local community. Join us in Felinfoel at the next Street Buddy Network meeting is on Wednesday 13th November at 10am..
September Llwynhendy TB screening update
Public Health Wales has provided the Council with an update with regards to the Llwynhendy TB community screening exercise carried out at Prince Philip Hospital on 2-13 September. Click here for update
Chairman says thank you to volunteers
In celebration of this year’s National Volunteers Week, Llanelli Rural Council is saying thank you to its volunteers for giving their time to help provide important community services.
Welcome to Llanelli Rural Council
One of nine community councils in the Llanelli district area, the Council, formed during Local Government re-organisation in April 1974, is made up of 21 elected members, advised by the Clerk to the Council.
The Council’s geographic area is approximately 26.78 square miles, with a population of 22,800 and surrounds the urban centre of Llanelli. Its boundaries extend from Loughor Estuary in the east to Burry Port in the west and skirts the Gwendraeth Valley in the north. The area is made up of the villages and districts of Bynea, Cwmbach, Cynheidre, Dafen, Felinfoel, Five Roads, Furnace, Llwynhendy, Ponthenri, Pontyates (south of the railway line), Pwll, Sandy and Swiss Valley.
