The current parish was formed by merging the former parishes of Llanwnnen and Llanbedr Wledig back in the 70’s of the last century. It is a relatively small parish with about 350 on the electors’ list. Llanwnnen is the main village within the parish and consists of a Community Primary School, the ancient Church of St. Lucia and Capel y Groes Unitarian Chapel. Joseph Jenkins, the “Swagman” who spent much of his life in the outback in Australia has been buried in the cemetery at this chapel. There is a historic Church in Maestir also that is within the parish. The old school at Maestir was diassembled and has been reconstructed at the National Museum of Wales at St Fagans.

In the centre of the village there are the remains of an old Motte and Bailey Castle from the Middle Ages that looks down over the river Grannell.

The Youth Club is held on a weekly basis in the village hall, that is next to the entrance to the Church.

There are also a number of small and large businesses that employ many of the citizens. Nearly all records that refer to Llanwnnen quote the everyday speech couplet that describes the area:

Llanwnnen, lle llawn annwyd! (Llanwnnen, a place that is full of common cold!)
Lle llwm am dan, lle llawn am fwyd. (A poor place for a fire, but plentiful with food)
The couplet explains the fact that there was no peat in the area for the fire, but that there was plenty of fertile land to grow crops.