List of places in Swansea
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This is a list of places in the City and County of Swansea, South Wales
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[edit] Administrative divisions
[edit] Electoral wards
See the article on electoral wards for an explanation of this list.
[edit] Communities
This is a list of local communities in Swansea:
[edit] Principal towns and villages
This is a list of major towns and villages in the City and County of Swansea. Many of these settlements had their own local councils before government re-organisation in 1996. Outside the city, the inhabitants still feel a strong sense of local identity separate from the city.
[edit] Notable places
This is a list of notable places for historical, cultural or topical reasons:
This is a list of well known streets:
- Kingsway, The (night life)
- Oxford Street (shopping)
- St. Helen's Road (fast food)
- Wind Street (night life)
- Temple Street (shopping & night-life)
[edit] Buildings and structures
- BT Tower
- County Hall
- DVLA Computer Centre
- Kilvey Hill TV transmitter
- Landore viaduct (Grade II listed)
- Loughor railway viaduct (Grade II listed)
- Mumbles Lighthouse (Grade II listed)
- Mumbles Pier
- Palace Theature
- Plantasia
- Patti Pavilion
- Sea View primary school
- Swansea Bay barrage
- Swansea Central Library (Grade II listed)
- Swansea Central police station (Grade II listed)
- Swansea Guildhall
- Swansea Market
- Swansea observatory
- Vetch Field
- Whiteford Lighthouse (Grade II listed)
[edit] Covered markets and shopping malls
- Clydach Market
- Picton Arcade
- Shoppers Walk Arcade
- Quadrant Shopping Centre
- St. David's Shopping Centre
- Swansea Market
[edit] Historical Buildings
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[edit] Municipal parks
[edit] Archaeological Sites
[edit] Educational
[edit] Primary
- Brynmill primary school
- Craig-y-Nos School
- Dunvant primary school
- Knelston Primary School
- Morriston primary school
- Parklands primary school, Sketty Park
- Pontarddulais primary school
- Pontybrenin primary school, Gorseinon
- Sea View primary school
- Sketty primary school
- Stella Maris primary school
- Ysgol Gynradd Gymraeg Lon Las
[edit] Secondary
- Bishop Vaughan Catholic Comprehensive School
- Bishop Gore School
- Cefn Hengoed Comprehensive School
- Ffynone House School
- Gowerton Comprehensive School
- Morriston Comprehensive School
- Olchfa School
- Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Bryn Tawe
- Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Gwyr
[edit] Tertiary/Further/Higher
[edit] Specialist
[edit] Geographical
[edit] Beaches
There are over seventy named beaches in the Swansea 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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[edit] Rivers and waterways
[edit] Hills
[edit] Country parks and nature reserves
- Clyne Valley County Park
- Crymlyn Bog nature reserve
[edit] Geographical interest
[edit] Retail Parks
- Forestfach retail park, Fforestfach
- Morfa Retail Park, Landore
- Parc Tawe
- Pontarddulais Road retail park, Fforestfach
- Swansea Enterprise Park
[edit] Transport
[edit] Public transport hubs
[edit] Major roads
- Fabian Way (A483 road)
- M4 motorway (Junctions 44 to 47)
[edit] Railway lines
- Heart of Wales Line (the train picks up passengers at Swansea, Gowerton, Llanelli, and Llangenech before joining the line proper at Pontarddulais)
- South Wales Main Line (terminus)
- West Wales Line (terminus)
[edit] Railway stations
- Gowerton railway station
- Llansamlet railway station
- Pontarddulais railway station
- High Street railway station
[edit] Cycle routes
- Clyne Valley Cycle Track, (National Cycle Route 4)
- Fabian Way
- River Tawe east bank, (National Cycle Route 43)
- Swansea Bay promenade
[edit] Shipping
- Swansea Docks (Swansea - Cork Ferry, and industrial cargo)
- Maritime Quarter (leisure boats)
- River Tawe (leisure boats)