Bon-y-maen

Bon-y-maen, sometimes spelt Bonymaen, (Welsh: Bôn-y-maen) is a community in Swansea, Wales located about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) north east of Swansea city centre. It falls within the Bonymaen ward. Immediately above Bon-y-maen on the top of Kilvey Hill is the main TV transmitter for Swansea. The local rugby team is Bonymaen RFC. Bonymaen is a Communities First area. Bôn-y-maen is Welsh for 'Base of the stone' and there are legends that the same stone ends in Penmaen (English: Stone End) on the Gower Peninsula.

Bon-y-maen Communities First Group and Community Archives Wales

The group was established in July 2006 to provide meetings/classes of interest to the members. Simply Us is a group of between fifteen and twenty women between the ages of twenty and forty that regularly meet in Bon-y-maen Communities First Centre. The group was established in July 2006 to provide meetings/classes of interest to the members to help them gain confidence and new skills. In 2007 they joined the Community Archives Wales project. The group are researching the history of the carnival in Bon-y-maen and have already gathered a number of photographs, programmes and costumes to digitise for their community archive. There is a wonderful community spirit in Bon-y-maen and an infectious enthusiasm for the project throughout the wider community involving all age groups.