List of places in Swansea
Encyclopedia
This is a list of places in the City and County of Swansea
, South Wales
area. Some of the larger beaches have seaside resort amenities and are easily accessible by road. For those seeking more adventure and tranquility there are some beaches that are only accessible on foot by trekking over cliffs or through farmland.
This is a list of the larger, more well-known beaches:
Swansea
Swansea is a coastal city and county in Wales. Swansea is in the historic county boundaries of Glamorgan. Situated on the sandy South West Wales coast, the county area includes the Gower Peninsula and the Lliw uplands...
, South Wales
Wales
Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...
Prehistoric sites
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Beaches
There are over seventy named beaches in the SwanseaSwansea
Swansea is a coastal city and county in Wales. Swansea is in the historic county boundaries of Glamorgan. Situated on the sandy South West Wales coast, the county area includes the Gower Peninsula and the Lliw uplands...
area. Some of the larger beaches have seaside resort amenities and are easily accessible by road. For those seeking more adventure and tranquility there are some beaches that are only accessible on foot by trekking over cliffs or through farmland.
This is a list of the larger, more well-known beaches:
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Langland Bay Langland Bay is a popular coastal holiday resort in Gower, near Swansea in south Wales. In the right conditions, it is one of the best surf beaches in Britain... Limeslade Bay Limeslade Bay is a small cove just to the west of Bracelet Bay in the south east corner of the Gower Peninsula, near Swansea in south Wales. It is a sheltered, mainly rocky beach with little sand. Bathing is possible. There is a car park in the adjacent Bracelet Bay... Mewslade Bay Mewslade Bay is a sandy beach in the south of the Gower Peninsula, Wales.To the east lies Butterslade, to the west lies Fall Bay.It is accessible via a rocky wooded path which is muddy in places. The beach is popular with surfers. At high tide, the sandy beach is submerged by the sea.-External... Oxwich Bay thumb|Oxwich Bay on the Gower Peninsula of South WalesOxwich Bay is a bay on the south of the Gower Peninsula, Wales.Its landscape features sand dunes, salt marshes and woodland. Oxwich Bay includes a 2.5-mile long sandy beach, accessible from the village of Oxwich. It is a popular spot for... Port Eynon Port Eynon is a village and community in the city and county of Swansea, Wales. The community has its own elected community council... |
Pwlldu Bay Pwlldu Bay is a small beach on the south Gower Peninsula coast in south Wales. It is one of the more remote beachs and is not easily accessible by car but there are three narrow footpaths leading down to the beach.... Rhossili Rhossili is a small village and community on the southwestern tip of the Gower Peninsula near Swansea in Wales. Since the 1970s it has fallen within the boundaries of Swansea. It is within an area designated as the first Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in the United Kingdom... Slade Bay Slade Bay - marked on Ordnance Survey maps as "The Sands" - is a sandy beach near the village of Slade, south Wales. It is set in a relatively inaccessible location - being reachable only on foot and climbing over some large rocks. At the back of the beach, worked fields and steep gorse-clad... Swansea Bay Swansea Bay is a bay on the Bristol Channel on the South Wales coast. Places on the bay include Mumbles, Swansea and Port Talbot. The River Neath, River Tawe, River Afan and Blackpill stream flow into the bay.... Three Cliffs Bay Three Cliffs Bay , otherwise Three Cliff Bay, is a bay on the south coast of the Gower Peninsula in the City and County of Swansea, Wales. The bay takes its name from the three sea cliffs that jut out into the bay... |
Rivers and waterways
- Blackpill streamBlackpillBlackpill is a suburban area of Swansea, Wales. It is located beside Swansea Bay, about south west of the city centre.Blackpill falls into the Mayals ward....
- Lower Clydach River
- Upper Clydach RiverUpper Clydach RiverThe Upper Clydach River runs from a poorly drained area south of Cwmgors village and flows south and southeast through Cwm Gors for about 7km to join the River Tawe at Pontardawe - .-External links:*...
- Dulais
- Glan-y-wern CanalNeath and Tennant CanalThe Neath and Tennant Canals are two independent but linked canals in South Wales that are usually regarded as a single canal. The Neath Canal was opened from Glynneath to Melincryddan, to the south of Neath, in 1795 and extended to Giants Grave in 1799, in order to provide better shipping...
- River Ilston
- Afon Llan
- Afon Lliw
- River LoughorRiver LoughorThe River Loughor in Carmarthenshire, Wales has its source at an underground lake at the Black Mountain. It flows past settlements like Ammanford and Hendy in Carmarthenshire and Pontarddulais in Swansea. The river divides Carmarthenshire from Swansea for much of its course and it separates Hendy...
- River TaweRiver TaweThe River Tawe is a river in South Wales. It flows in a principally south-westerly direction for some from its source below Moel Feity in the Old Red Sandstone hills of the western Brecon Beacons to the Bristol Channel at Swansea. Its main tributaries are the right bank Upper and Lower Clydach...
- Tennant CanalNeath and Tennant CanalThe Neath and Tennant Canals are two independent but linked canals in South Wales that are usually regarded as a single canal. The Neath Canal was opened from Glynneath to Melincryddan, to the south of Neath, in 1795 and extended to Giants Grave in 1799, in order to provide better shipping...
- Swansea CanalSwansea CanalThe Swansea Canal was a canal constructed by the Swansea Canal Navigation Company between 1794 and 1798, running for some from Swansea to Hen Neuadd, Abercraf in South Wales. It was steeply graded, and 36 locks were needed to enable it to rise over its length...
Lakes and reservoirs
- Brynmill Park lake
- Lake Fendrod
- Lower Lliw reservoir
- Upper Lliw reservoir
Mountains and Hills
- Bryn Carnglas
- Cefn HengoedCefn HengoedCefn Hengoed is a small village in the centre of Caerphilly borough, within the historic boundaries of Glamorganshire. Bordering the larger village of Hengoed, Cefn Hengoed contains the local Derwendeg primary school....
- Colts Hill
- Kilvey HillKilvey HillKilvey Hill is a hill in Britain. It rises in south Wales, to the east of Swansea city centre. Kilvey Hill is high and is classed as a Sub Marilyn...
- Mumbles HillMumbles HillMumbles Hill is a hill near the south eastern tip of the Gower Peninsula, Wales. Parts of the hill form a designated Local Nature Reserve, declared in 1991.Defensive gunnery positions were built on the hill in World War II...
- Mynydd-BachMynydd-BachMynyddbach is the name of an electoral ward, a community and a suburb in the City and County of Swansea, Wales. It does not have its own community council....
- Mynydd y BetwsMynydd y BetwsMynydd y Betws is a mountain located on the border between Swansea and Carmarthenshire, south Wales.It is the highest mountain in Swansea, and the highest land between the River Loughor and the Upper Clydach River. A small road between Ammanford and Clydach passes very close to the summit, on which...
- Mynydd y GwairMynydd y GwairMynydd y Gwair is a mountain in Swansea, Wales. Mynydd y Gwair is 373m/1224 ft high.- Proposed Wind Farm Development :...
- TownhillTownhill, SwanseaTownhill is the name of a hill and residential district in Swansea, Wales, UK.-Townhill district:The suburb of Townhill falls within the Townhill ward. The district of Townhill consists of a council estate spread over a steep hill of the same name bordering Mayhill and visible from the Swansea...
Country parks
- Clyne Valley Country ParkClyne Valley Country ParkThe Clyne Valley Country Park is an area of parkland in Britain, at Swansea in south Wales. It lies on either side of the valley of the Clyne River and comprises an area of over 700 acres of land running from the sea at Blackpill, Swansea, inland to Gowerton...
- Kilvey Community WoodlandKilvey Community WoodlandThe Kilvey Community Woodland is a designated nature reserve in Britain. It is located near the city of Swansea in south Wales.The park is managed by the Forestry Commission and the local council. It is a young woodland and a refuge for wildlife incorporating a variety of habitats including...
- Lliw Reservoirs country parkMawrMawr is both an electoral ward and a community of the City and County of Swansea, in south Wales, U.K. Mawr has its own elected community council.Mawr falls within in the parliamentary constituency of Gower...
- PenllergarePenllergarePenllergare is a country park in Britain. It was the estate of John Dillwyn Llewelyn adjacent to what is now the village of Penllergaer, Swansea...
Nature reserves
- Broad Pool
- Crymlyn BogCrymlyn BogCrymlyn Bog is a nature reserve and a designated Site of Special Scientific Interest of international significance, near Swansea, south Wales....
nature reserve - Crymlyn BurrowsCrymlyn BurrowsCrymlyn Burrows is an area of land in Wales, UK to the east of Swansea city centre, and south of Crymlyn Bog. It is bounded by Jersey Marine Beach to the south and the River Neath to the east...
- Kilvey Community WoodlandKilvey Community WoodlandThe Kilvey Community Woodland is a designated nature reserve in Britain. It is located near the city of Swansea in south Wales.The park is managed by the Forestry Commission and the local council. It is a young woodland and a refuge for wildlife incorporating a variety of habitats including...
- Rosehill Quarry
- Swansea ValeSwansea ValeSwansea Vale is a mixed used new suburb development site in Swansea, Wales. The area is bounded east by Birchgrove; south by Swansea Enterprise Park, west by the River Tawe and north by the M4 motorway....
Retail Parks
- Parc Fforestfach, FforestfachFforestfachFforestfach is a suburban district of Swansea, Wales. It lies within the Cockett ward. The area is residential combined with light industry and out of town shopping due to its proximity to the M4 motorway and several dual carriageways. Famous names like Marks and Spencer and Walkers Crisps had...
- Morfa Retail Park, LandoreLandoreLandore is the name of an electoral ward, a community in the City and County of Swansea, Wales, UK. The community does not have a community council....
- Parc Tawe
- Pontarddulais Road Retail Park, FforestfachFforestfachFforestfach is a suburban district of Swansea, Wales. It lies within the Cockett ward. The area is residential combined with light industry and out of town shopping due to its proximity to the M4 motorway and several dual carriageways. Famous names like Marks and Spencer and Walkers Crisps had...
- Swansea Enterprise ParkSwansea Enterprise ParkThe Swansea Enterprise Park is a combined business park, retail park and industrial estate in Swansea, Wales. In 1981 it became the first enterprise zone in the United Kingdom, and the largest. Originally it was named the Swansea Enterprise Zone. The designated area covers parts of the...
Industrial estates & business parks
- Swansea Enterprise ParkSwansea Enterprise ParkThe Swansea Enterprise Park is a combined business park, retail park and industrial estate in Swansea, Wales. In 1981 it became the first enterprise zone in the United Kingdom, and the largest. Originally it was named the Swansea Enterprise Zone. The designated area covers parts of the...
/Swansea ValeSwansea ValeSwansea Vale is a mixed used new suburb development site in Swansea, Wales. The area is bounded east by Birchgrove; south by Swansea Enterprise Park, west by the River Tawe and north by the M4 motorway.... - Swansea West Business Park
- Carmarthen Road
- Garngoch Industrial Estate, GorseinonGorseinonGorseinon is a town in southwest Wales, near the Loughor estuary. It was a small village until the late 19th century when it grew around the coal mining and tinplate industries. It is situated in the north west of Swansea, around north west of the city centre...
- Gorseinon Business Park, GorseinonGorseinonGorseinon is a town in southwest Wales, near the Loughor estuary. It was a small village until the late 19th century when it grew around the coal mining and tinplate industries. It is situated in the north west of Swansea, around north west of the city centre...
- Kingsbridge Business Park, GorseinonGorseinonGorseinon is a town in southwest Wales, near the Loughor estuary. It was a small village until the late 19th century when it grew around the coal mining and tinplate industries. It is situated in the north west of Swansea, around north west of the city centre...
- Crofty Industrial Estate, PenclawddPenclawddPenclawdd is a village which is situated in the north of the Gower Peninsula in Swansea, Wales. Penclawdd is most famous for its local cockle industry which goes back for many years to Roman times. It falls within the Penclawdd electoral ward. It is one of the larger villages on the Gower Peninsula...
- Pontarddulais Estate, PontarddulaisPontarddulaisPontarddulais is a community and town in the City and County of Swansea, Wales. It is situated north west of Swansea city centre. It falls within the Pontarddulais ward.-Overview:...
- Players Field Industrial Estate, Clydach
- Morfa Industrial Estate, MorfaMorfa, SwanseaMorfa is a district of Swansea, Wales. It straddles the Bon-y-maen and Landore wards and generally covers the eastern part of the district of Landore. Morfa was mainly an area of light industry in the late 20th Century...
- Millbrook Yard & Estate, LandoreLandoreLandore is the name of an electoral ward, a community in the City and County of Swansea, Wales, UK. The community does not have a community council....
- Morfa Road Industrial Estate, HafodHafodHafod is a district of the city of Swansea, Wales and lies just outside the city centre in the north of the city. It falls within the Landore ward....
- SA1 Swansea WaterfrontSA1 Swansea WaterfrontSA1 Swansea Waterfront is the marketing name given to the brownfield development area located in northern part of Swansea Docks. The area is located directly to the southeast of Swansea city centre. It is bordered by the Fabian Way to the north and covers the Prince of Wales Dock area.The...
- Penllergaer Business Park, PenllergaerPenllergaerPenllergaer is a village in the City and County of Swansea, Wales, UK, falling within the Penllergaer ward. Penllergaer is situated about 6 miles north west of Swansea city centre, near the M4 Motorway at Junction 47.-Features:...
- FelindreFelindreFelindre is a rural village in south Wales. The village can be found in the far north of Swansea, in the electoral ward of Mawr.The nearby Lower Lliw Reservoirs are a popular venue for walking and fishing. The water mill in the village was working until the late 1960s, there was also an abbatoir...
Farmers markets
- Clydach Local Produce Market, Clydach (last Saturday each month)
- Grovesend Local Producers Market, GrovesendGrovesendGrovesend is a village in the community of Grovesend and Waungron , City and County of Swansea in Wales. The community has a population of 1,181....
(fourth Saturday each month) - Mumbles Farmers Market, MumblesMumblesMumbles or The Mumbles is an area and community in Swansea, Wales which takes its name from the adjacent headland stretching into Swansea Bay...
(second Saturday each month) - Penclawdd Local Produce Market, PenclawddPenclawddPenclawdd is a village which is situated in the north of the Gower Peninsula in Swansea, Wales. Penclawdd is most famous for its local cockle industry which goes back for many years to Roman times. It falls within the Penclawdd electoral ward. It is one of the larger villages on the Gower Peninsula...
(third Saturday each month) - Pontarddulais Local Produce Market, PontarddulaisPontarddulaisPontarddulais is a community and town in the City and County of Swansea, Wales. It is situated north west of Swansea city centre. It falls within the Pontarddulais ward.-Overview:...
(second Wednesday each month) - Sketty Local Produce Market, SkettySkettySketty is the name of an electoral ward, a community and a suburb in the City and County of Swansea, Wales, UK. The community is coterminous with the electoral ward....
(first Saturday each month) - Waterfront Local Produce Market, Maritime QuarterMaritime QuarterThe Maritime Quarter, or Swansea Marina, is a residential area of Swansea, Wales, UK located immediately south of the city centre shopping core. It falls within Swansea's Castle ward...
(first Sunday each month)
Urban parks
- Brymill Park
- Cwmdonkin ParkCwmdonkin ParkCwmdonkin Park is an urban park situated in the Uplands area of Swansea, south Wales. The park has a bandstand, children's play area, water gardens, tennis courts, and a bowling green.- History :...
, UplandsUplands, SwanseaUplands is a suburb of Swansea, Wales. It lies about a mile to the west of Swansea city centre, and falls within the Uplands electoral ward. It is centred around the A4118 road, which links Swansea city centre and Sketty. The main road begins as Walter Road from the east, and becomes Sketty Road... - Llewellyn Park, TreboethTreboethTreboeth is a village in the Mynydd-Bach ward of Swansea, West Glamorgan, Wales.Gwyrosydd Primary School is located in Treboeth. The local secondary school is the Daniel James Community School...
- Singleton ParkSingleton ParkSingleton Park is the largest urban park in the city of Swansea and is located in Sketty. The park has hosted many entertainment and cultural events such as Party in the Park and Proms in the Park which were regular events by local stations The Wave & Swansea Sound and other music events held by...
, SkettySkettySketty is the name of an electoral ward, a community and a suburb in the City and County of Swansea, Wales, UK. The community is coterminous with the electoral ward.... - Victoria Park
Bus
- Gorseinon bus stationGorseinon bus stationGorseinon bus station is a bus station serving the town of Gorseinon, in the county of Swansea, Wales.First Cymru and Pullman coaches provide local services here and connecting services to Swansea, Llanelli and Carmarthen. The station is located between West Street and Argyle Gardens.Buses that...
- Pontarddulais bus stationPontarddulaisPontarddulais is a community and town in the City and County of Swansea, Wales. It is situated north west of Swansea city centre. It falls within the Pontarddulais ward.-Overview:...
- Swansea bus stationQuadrant bus stationSwansea bus station, or Swansea city bus station, is a bus station serving Swansea, Wales. It lies immediately to the west of the Quadrant Shopping Centre. The bus station also has a taxi rank to the south....
Railway lines
- Heart of Wales LineHeart of Wales LineThe Heart of Wales Line is a railway line running from Craven Arms in Shropshire to Llanelli in South Wales. It runs, as the name suggests, through some of the heartlands of Wales. It serves a number of rural centres en route, including several once fashionable spa towns, including Llandrindod Wells...
- South Wales Main LineSouth Wales Main LineThe South Wales Main Line , originally known as the London, Bristol and South Wales Direct Railway or simply as the Bristol and South Wales Direct Railway, is a branch of the Great Western Main Line in Great Britain...
(terminus) - Swansea District LineSwansea District LineThe Swansea District Line is a section of line running through the northern part of Swansea, and is used for freight transportation, and minimal passenger transport. It was built by the Great Western Railway in 1912 to provide a faster and less steeply graded route between London and Fishguard, in...
(freight route) - West Wales LineWest Wales LineThe West Wales Lines are a group of railway lines from Swansea through Carmarthenshire to Pembrokeshire, West Wales...
(terminus)
Railway stations
- Gowerton railway stationGowerton railway stationGowerton railway station serves the village of Gowerton, Wales. It is located at street level on Station Road in Gowerton. Since it is unmanned, tickets need to be bought in advance or on the train...
- Llansamlet railway stationLlansamlet railway stationLlansamlet railway station is a minor railway station in Llansamlet, Swansea, Wales. The station is located below street level at Frederick Place in Peniel Green...
- Pontarddulais railway stationPontarddulais railway stationPontarddulais railway station serves the town of Pontarddulais and village of Hendy in Wales. The station is located at street level not far from the town centre and the Loughor estuary...
- Swansea railway stationSwansea railway stationSwansea railway station is a railway station that serves Swansea, Wales. The station is one of four in the City and County of Swansea and is the fourth busiest in Wales after Cardiff Central, Cardiff Queen Street and Newport.-History:...
Shipping
- Swansea DocksSwansea docksSwansea Docks is the collective name for several docks in Swansea, Wales. The Swansea docks are located immediately south east of Swansea city centre. In the mid-19th century the port was exporting 60% of the world's copper from factories situated in the Tawe valley...
(Cargo) - Swansea MarinaSwansea MarinaSwansea Marina is a marina located behind the Swansea barrage at the mouth of the River Tawe in Swansea, south Wales. Swansea Marina was awarded blue flag status in June 2005 and has been awarded five gold anchors by the Yacht Harbour Association...
(leisure boats) - River LoughorRiver LoughorThe River Loughor in Carmarthenshire, Wales has its source at an underground lake at the Black Mountain. It flows past settlements like Ammanford and Hendy in Carmarthenshire and Pontarddulais in Swansea. The river divides Carmarthenshire from Swansea for much of its course and it separates Hendy...
- River TaweRiver TaweThe River Tawe is a river in South Wales. It flows in a principally south-westerly direction for some from its source below Moel Feity in the Old Red Sandstone hills of the western Brecon Beacons to the Bristol Channel at Swansea. Its main tributaries are the right bank Upper and Lower Clydach...
(leisure boats)