The Atlas Obscura Guide To Llanelli

3 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Llanelli, Wales

Updated August 7, 2019

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Unusual Attractions in Llanelli

Burry Port plaque

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The Great Welsh Amelia Earhart Controversy

Where, exactly, the great aviator completed her transatlantic flight has caused some trouble in Wales.

Preserved section of old viaduct.

Llanelli, Wales

Loughor Viaduct

A section of a historic wooden trestle viaduct is preserved next to the railway line it once carried.

The hydraulic tidal gates have been replaced by this simple sluice

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The old North Dock pump house

A former pumphouse and hydraulic accumulator tower at Llanelli's North Dock

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Wales

Whiteford Lighthouse

This lonely cast-iron structure is the only wave-washed lighthouse of its kind left in all of Britain.

4 miles from Llanelli

This bunker is being used for storage

Burry Port, Wales

Former munitions factory at Pembrey Park

5 miles from Llanelli

Maen Ceti

Reynoldston, Wales

Maen Ceti (Arthur's Stone)

A Neolithic burial tomb connected with a colorful array of legends.

6 miles from Llanelli

Former RAF Pembrey Battle HQ

Pembrey, Wales

Former RAF Pembrey Airfield

This former military airfield's claim to fame came from a lucky accident during the Second World War.

6 miles from Llanelli

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