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Where is Llangathen?

Llangathen is located in the county of Dyfed, Wales, three miles west of the town of Llandeilo, 19 miles north of the major city of Swansea, 47 miles north-west of Cardiff, and 171 miles west of London. Llangathen was historically in the county of Carmarthenshire. Llangathen falls within the unitary authority of Sir Gaerfyrddin - Carmarthenshire. It is in the SA32 postcode district. The post town for Llangathen is Carmarthen.

Llangathen on a map

Map showing extent of Llangathen as bounding box
Bounding box showing extent of Llangathen
Map showing location of Llangathen within the UK
Location of Llangathen within the UK

Which county is Llangathen in?

Llangathen is in the ceremonial county of Dyfed, the historic county of Carmarthenshire, and the administrative county of Sir Gaerfyrddin - Carmarthenshire.

Ceremonial CountyDyfed
Historic CountyCarmarthenshire
Administrative CountySir Gaerfyrddin - Carmarthenshire

Where is Llangathen in Dyfed?

Llangathen is situated towards the southernmost extremity of Dyfed, and towards the easternmost extremity of Dyfed.

Map showing location of Llangathen within Dyfed
Location of Llangathen within Dyfed

What is the postcode for Llangathen?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Llangathen is SA32 8QD.

Where is Llangathen in SA32?

Llangathen is situated roughly centrally between the southernmost and northernmost extremities of the SA32 postcode district, and towards the easternmost extremity of the SA32 postcode district.

Map showing location of Llangathen within SA32
Location of Llangathen within SA32

What is the post town for Llangathen?

The post town for Llangathen is Carmarthen. Llangathen is in the SA32 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Carmarthen.

What is the latitude and longitude of Llangathen?

The centre of Llangathen is located at position 51.88034° latitude and -4.05678° longitude.

Latitude51.88034°
Longitude-4.05678°

What is the easting and northing of Llangathen?

The centre of Llangathen is located at the grid reference easting 258525 and northing 222198 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting258525
Northing222198

What are the nearest towns to Llangathen?

Position of Llangathen relative to nearby towns. Distance is measured from the centre of Llangathen to the centre of the town.

west
3m
Llangathen is 3 miles west of Llandeilo
north-west
7m
Llangathen is 7 miles north-west of Ammanford
east
11m
Llangathen is 11 miles east of Carmarthen
north
12m
Llangathen is 12 miles north of Pontarddulais
south-west
14m
Llangathen is 14 miles south-west of Llandovery
north-west
14m
Llangathen is 14 miles north-west of Pontardawe
south
14m
Llangathen is 14 miles south of Llanybydder
north
14m
Llangathen is 14 miles north of Llanelli
north
15m
Llangathen is 15 miles north of Gorseinon
north-west
15m
Llangathen is 15 miles north-west of Ystradgynlais

What are the nearest cities to Llangathen?

Position of Llangathen relative to nearby cities. Distance is measured from the centre of Llangathen to the centre of the city.

north
19m
Llangathen is 19 miles north of Swansea
north-west
47m
Llangathen is 47 miles north-west of Cardiff
north-west
50m
Llangathen is 50 miles north-west of Newport
east
52m
Llangathen is 52 miles east of St Davids
west
58m
Llangathen is 58 miles west of Hereford
north-west
69m
Llangathen is 69 miles north-west of Bristol
north-west
76m
Llangathen is 76 miles north-west of Wells
west
77m
Llangathen is 77 miles west of Gloucester
north-west
81m
Llangathen is 81 miles north-west of Bath
west
81m
Llangathen is 81 miles west of Worcester