Llandow

infobox UK place
latitude= 51.4487
longitude= -3.5223
country= Wales
official_name= Llandow
welsh_name= Llandw, 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= 01656
os_grid_reference= SS942734
population= 2606 [ [http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=3&b=5939180&c=llandow&d=14&e=16&g=418821&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1213304085171&enc=1 Office for National Statistics 2001] ] Llandaff/Ewenny Ward

Llandow ( _cy. Llandŵ) is a village in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales. The village is located convert|15|mi|km|0 south west of Cardiff.

Amenities

Within Llandow is a small medieval parish church, whose history dates back to the 11th century, with a saddleback tower dedicated to the Holy Trinity.

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.

Llandow Air Disaster 1950

On 12 March 1950 RAF Llandow was the site of the Llandow air disaster, when an airplane returning Welsh rugby fans from an international match in Belfast crashed on approach in the nearby village of Sigingstone. With the deaths of 80 passengers the crash was at the time the worst air disaster in history. [http://www.south-wales.police.uk/fe/master.asp?n1=8&n2=253&n3=689 South Wales Police, The Llandow Air Disaster.]

External links

* [http://www.geograph.org.uk/search.php?i=2755527 www.geograph.co.uk : photos of Llandow and surrounding area]

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