Continuing to Support Good Causes in the Area
Chairman of the Council, Cllr Sian Caiach along with the Council Leader, Cllr Tegwen Devichand, presented a cheque of £500 to the Children’s Wales Air Ambulance and a cheque for £1,000 to the Wales Air Ambulance at their Dafen Airbase. Read More
Is this the volunteering opportunity for you?
A new year, new you? Monthly Street Buddy Network meetings are to be established to help reduce isolation and improve well-being in our communities. Read more
Gearing up to hold the Hywel Dda Health Board to account
Llanelli Rural Council recently invited Hywel Dda University Health Board representatives to one of its council meetings as the council gears up to scrutinise the Health Board’s ‘Transforming Clinical Services Health and Care Strategy’.
Ysbitty Road Play Area, Bynea
The Council’s Recreation & Welfare Committee recently committed to the asset transfer of the local authority managed play area at Ysbitty Road, Bynea. Read More
** FINALIST : SUSTAINABLE PUBLIC SERVICE ** CYNNAL CYMRU SUSTAIN WALES 2016 AWARDS **
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.
