Sandfields, Swansea

Sandfields is a district in Swansea, Wales bounded by St. Helen's Road to the north, Oystermouth Road and Swansea Bay to the south and Dillwyn Street to the east. The area is adjacent to and immediately west of Swansea city centre.

Description

Swansea Crown Court is housed in a building situated on the far south west corner of Sandfields opposite the Guildhall. Rising above the east end of the Sandfields is the Vetch football ground, former home of Swansea City A.F.C. football club. Planning proposals to build housing with a community centre and playing field on the former Vetch site are now in process. A barracks for the Territorial Army is located adjacent to the Vetch and nearby on the seafront is the pleasantly situated Swansea Prison. The sea frontage of Sandfields is a line of mostly small privately owned hotels and guest houses along Oystermouth Road.

Swansea Council intends the Sandfields area to remain primarily residential. With the exception of limited extension of hotels on the Oystermouth road the planning policy for the area is to prohibit further commercial usage within the Sandfields community.