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The village of Bishopston is situated on the Gower peninsula, some 6 miles (9.5 km) west-southwest of the centre of Swansea in South Wales. Forming part of the Bishopston ward of the City and County of Swansea, it is one of the largest villages on Gower. Bishopston has its own rugby club, South Gower RFC, and its own primary and comprehensive schools. Local beaches include Brandy Cove, Caswell Bay and Pwll Du.
Bishopston Church, located at the head of Bishopston Valley is dedicated to St Teilo who gives the village its Welsh name.
comprehensive school, , was the highest performing comprehensive school in Wales in the 2008 GCSE exams, with 16.85% A*, and 38.93% A* and A combined.
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The village of Bishopston is situated on the Gower peninsula, some 6 miles (9.5 km) west-southwest of the centre of Swansea in South Wales. Forming part of the Bishopston ward of the City and County of Swansea, it is one of the largest villages on Gower. Bishopston has its own rugby club, South Gower RFC, and its own primary and comprehensive schools. Local beaches include Brandy Cove, Caswell Bay and Pwll Du.
Bishopston Church, located at the head of Bishopston Valley is dedicated to St Teilo who gives the village its Welsh name.
Education
The comprehensive school, , was the highest performing comprehensive school in Wales in the 2008 GCSE exams, with 16.85% A*, and 38.93% A* and A combined. ()."The Thunderer" rated the school 8th best Comprehensive without a 6th form in England & Wales.
Last year the school was rated amongst the top comprehensive schools in The UK () with one of the highest percentage of A*-C grades, and A*/A grades at GCSE - Joint 4th best Comprehensive without a 6th form in England & Wales.
According to the latest inspection report by Estyn the school had a pass rate of 79% which put it in 7th place in Wales.
Employment opportunities
Bishopston Comprehensive school, with over 1000 students aged 11 to 16 on roll, is the largest single employer within the village. Otherwise, the majority of jobs available in Bishopston itself are in such tertiary-sector activities as retail and catering, and many residents work outside the village.
Shops and services
Bishopston offers the following shops and services:
- Spar
- Lamplighter Cafe (Beverages, Cards, Gifts)
- Model Shop (Model trains, planes, cars)
- Post Office
- Sports Hall
- Sheila's Book Store
Tourist attractions
Many people visiting Bishopston are attracted to its coastline, mainly Caswell Bay because of its easy accessibility. Other Bishopston beaches, such as Pwll Du and Brandy Cove, which can only be visited on foot, remain untouched by the majority of visitors.
Housing
Since Bishopston started as a rural area way outside the city of Swansea, urbanisation has taken place over a long period of time resulting in the village transforming into a small Town. Because of Bishopston's situated location, its development has resulted in the foundation of detached-houses mostly with 3 bedrooms and many semi-detaches bungalows. All these modern houses are accompanied with relatively large spacious gardens and a garage, with all the amenities built inside the house already. This is why Bishopston as a settlement is very expensive disallowing young people to buy property in the village. House prices are also coming up and in the past few years, many of the common 300,000 pounds priced houses have increased up to 500,000 and 600,000 pounds in price, being of a major asset to its residents in the long term.
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