Sandy Water Park
Residents' Association, Llanelli
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This Association is now dissolved
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Sandy Water Park Residents' Association, Llanelli
​History of Sandy Water Park​
Steel making commenced, at what is now known as Sandy Water Park, in 1897, when The Llanelly Steel Company built their works on land reclaimed from the sea. It continued until 1907 when they became The Llanelly Steel Company Limited.
In 1951 The Iron and Steel Corporation of Great Britain ran the site.
Duport Limited took over in 1960 and sadly closed in 1981 when Duport went bankrupt and made many people unemployed.
The land where Duport and The Llanelli Steel Works once stood was acquired in 1986 and developed into a water park by Llanelli Borough Council and the Welsh Development Agency.
A memorial to the steel workers stands on a hill overlooking Sandy Lake and the estuary.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
This plaque can be viewed at the top of one of the hills at Sandy Water Park, overlooking both the estuary and Sandy Lake.
The top image shows what the area, today known as Sandy Water Park, looked like when it was still very much an industrial area.
The aerial image below shows the start of the regeneration of the area after the closure and removal of Duport steelworks.
You will notice that the houses are not yet present in the image, nor the Mabinogion Wood.
Image by Tony Rees