Sandy (San-Dŷ meaning saint house) is an area in the
county of
Carmarthenshire in south-west
Wales, on the western border of
Llanelli town, about 5 miles east of
Burry Port
Burry Port ( cy, Porth Tywyn) is a port town and community in Carmarthenshire, Wales, on the Loughor estuary (Moryd Llwchwr), to the west of Llanelli and south-east of Kidwelly. Its population was recorded at 5,680 in the 2001 census and 6,156 i ...
.
The area is home to Sandy Water Park, a large project which has seen acres of disused industrial land converted to parkland and a lake. It now forms a part of the more recent
Millennium Coastal Park.
Sandy is adjacent to
Stradey
Stradey () is an area of the town of Llanelli in the county of Carmarthenshire in Wales, home to Stradey Park, where the Llanelli RFC and Llanelli Scarlets rugby teams were formerly based. Stradey is also home to the town's only Welsh language ...
, which once contained the famous
Stradey Park stadium, former home to
Llanelli RFC and the
Llanelli Scarlets. In 2008/09 the Scarlets moved to a new purpose-built stadium in
Pemberton
and Stradey Park has now been demolished.
External links
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Llanelli Rural
Villages in Carmarthenshire
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