Llandow

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Village in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales

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::summary Village in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales ::

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Field	Value
static_image	Llandow South Wales Trinity Church.jpg
static_image_caption	Trinity Church, Llandow
coordinates
country	Wales
official_name	Llandow
welsh_name	Llandw or Llandwy
unitary_wales	Vale of Glamorgan
lieutenancy_wales	South Glamorgan
constituency_westminster	Vale of Glamorgan
post_town	COWBRIDGE
postcode_area	CF
postcode_district	CF71
dial_code	01446
os_grid_reference	SS942734
population	2643
population_ref	Llandaff/Ewenny Ward
module	[[File:Wales Vale of Glamorgan Community Llandow map.svg
Map of the community
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Llandow () 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 15 mi south west of Cardiff. The community includes the villages of Sigingstone and Llysworney.

Governance

Llandow has a community council which elects a total of ten community councillors from the wards of Llandow, Llysworney and Llanmihangel.

Prior to 1995 Llandow was an electoral ward 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 to the Vale in 1996, Llandow became part of the county ward of Llandow/Ewenny for elections to the Vale of Glamorgan Council. From the 2022 Vale of Glamorgan Council elections 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, 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 for motorsports. Next to this is the South Wales Karting Centre, home to the Llandow Kart Club.

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. 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.

References

"Ward population 2011".
"Community population 2011".
"Llandow Community Council". Llandow Community Council.
"Vale of Glamorgan Welsh District Council Election Results 1973–1991". The Elections Centre (Plymouth University).
"Llandow Kart Club".
[https://web.archive.org/web/20190307185736/https://www.south-wales.police.uk/en/ South Wales Police, The Llandow Air Disaster] south-wales.police.uk
link. (23 December 2012)

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