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Llandow ( cy, Llandŵ) is a village and community in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales. The community population taken at the 2011 census was 726. The village is located south west of Cardiff. The community includes the villages of
Sigingstone Sigingstone ( cy, Tresigin) is a small hamlet in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales. It mainly consists of residential housing and two small working farms. There are two roads - one leading to the two nearby towns Llantwit Major and Cowbridge, and the ...
and
Llysworney Llysworney ( cy, Llyswyrni) is a small village in the Vale of Glamorgan, South Wales, in the community of Llandow. Llysworney is home to about 240 people and has around 100 houses. It is situated about 2 miles away from Cowbridge in the Vale of ...
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Governance

Llandow has a community council which elects a total of ten community councillors from the wards of Llandow,
Llysworney Llysworney ( cy, Llyswyrni) is a small village in the Vale of Glamorgan, South Wales, in the community of Llandow. Llysworney is home to about 240 people and has around 100 houses. It is situated about 2 miles away from Cowbridge in the Vale of ...
and Llanmihangel. Prior to 1995 Llandow was an
electoral ward A ward is a local authority area, typically used for electoral purposes. In some countries, wards are usually named after neighbourhoods, thoroughfares, parishes, landmarks, geographical features and in some cases historical figures connected to t ...
to the Vale of Glamorgan Borough Council. There were no contests in the ward, with a Conservative councillor being elected unopposed at each borough election. With the transfer of
Ewenny Ewenny ( cy, Ewenni) is a village and community (parish) on the River Ewenny in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales. Over the years the village has grown into the neighbouring village of Corntown to such an extent that there is no longer a clear boundar ...
to the Vale in 1996, Llandow became part of the county ward of
Llandow/Ewenny Llandow (between 1995 and 2022 known as Llandow/Ewenny or Llandow and Ewenny), is the name of an electoral ward in the west of the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales. It covers its namesake community of Llandow as well as the neighbouring communities of Col ...
for elections to the Vale of Glamorgan Council. From the
2022 Vale of Glamorgan Council election The 2022 Vale of Glamorgan Council election took place as of 5 May 2022 to elect 54 members across 24 wards to Vale of Glamorgan Council. On the same day, elections were held to the other 21 local authorities and to community councils in Wales as ...
s Ewenny was transferred to the neighbouring St Brides Major ward. Llandow/Ewenny became simply Llandow.


Amenities

Within Llandow is a small parish church of 11th-century origins dedicated to the
Holy Trinity The Christian doctrine of the Trinity (, from 'threefold') is the central dogma concerning the nature of God in most Christian churches, which defines one God existing in three coequal, coeternal, consubstantial divine persons: God the F ...
, with a saddleback tower. Adjacent to the village is a disused airfield that was once home to a World War II RAF station, part of which has now been converted into the
Llandow Circuit Llandow Circuit is a small, family owned and run motorsport circuit at Llandow, Vale of Glamorgan, south west of Cardiff, Wales, used mainly for supercar experience days, testing, track-days and events. The lap record is held by Martin Jessopp a ...
for
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. Next to this is the South Wales Karting Centre, home to the
Llandow Kart Club Llandow ( cy, Llandŵ) is a village and Community (Wales), community in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales. The community population taken at the United Kingdom Census 2011, 2011 census was 726. The village is located south west of Cardiff. The comm ...
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Llandow air disaster 1950

On 12 March 1950 RAF Llandow was the site of the Llandow air disaster, when an airliner returning Welsh rugby fans from an international match in Belfast crashed on approach in the nearby village of
Sigingstone Sigingstone ( cy, Tresigin) is a small hamlet in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales. It mainly consists of residential housing and two small working farms. There are two roads - one leading to the two nearby towns Llantwit Major and Cowbridge, and the ...
. 80 passengers and crew died, making the crash the worst air disaster in history at the time.


National Eisteddfod venue

From 3 to 11 August 2012, a disused airfield near Llandow hosted the
National Eisteddfod of Wales The National Eisteddfod of Wales (Welsh language, Welsh: ') is the largest of several eisteddfodau that are held annually, mostly in Wales. Its eight days of competitions and performances are considered the largest music and poetry festival in Eur ...
.National Eisteddfod of Wales official website. Retrieved 5 August 2012


References


External links

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www.geograph.co.uk : photos of Llandow and surrounding area
{{authority control Villages in the Vale of Glamorgan Communities in the Vale of Glamorgan