River Amman
The River Amman (Welsh: Afon Aman) is a river of south Wales, which joins the River Loughor at Pantyffynnon.
Articles near the latitude and longitude of Swansea
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Swansea (/ˈswɒnzi/ SWON-zee; Welsh: Abertawe [abɛrˈtauɛ], "mouth of the Tawe"), officially known as the City and County of Swansea, is a coastal city and county in Wales. It is Wales's second largest city and the UK's twenty-fifth largest city. Swansea lies within 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. According to its local council, the City and County of Swansea had a population of 241,300 in 2014. The last official census stated that the city, metropolitan and urban areas combined concluded to be a total of 462,000 in 2011, making it the second most populous local authority area in Wales after Cardiff. During its 19th-century industrial heyday, Swansea was a key centre of the copper industry, earning the nickname 'Copperopolis'. Since 2011, Swansea has started to expand into a larger region known as the Swansea Bay City Region. After combining with other councils, it now includes Tenby and other parts of West Wales, its population including these areas an estimated 685,051.
Population: 170,883
Latitude: 51° 37' 14.84" N
Longitude: -3° 56' 35.63" W
Articles of interest in Swansea
862 Articles of interest near Swansea, United Kingdom
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Rhydyfelin (Welsh pronunciation: [r̥ɨdəˈvɛlɪn], Mill Ford) is a large village and part of the community of Pontypridd, a town about two miles to its north west, in the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf.
ROF Bridgend
ROF Bridgend, (Filling Factory No. 2), located in Bridgend, South Wales, was one of the largest of sixteen World War II, UK government-owned, Royal Ordnance Factory munitions Filling Factories.
Pont-y-Cafnau
The Pont-y-Cafnau (English: Bridge of Troughs), sometimes written Pont y Cafnau or Pontycafnau, is a 14.2-metre (47 ft) long iron truss bridge over the River Taff in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales. The bridge was designed by Watkin George and built in 1793 f…
Pendoylan
Pendoylan (Welsh: Pendeulwyn meaning 'head of two groves') is a rural village in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, which has won many awards in Best Kept Village competitions and contains 27 entries in the Council's County Treasures database, 13 of whic…
Pembrey Country Park
Pembrey Country Park is a country park on the coast of South Wales, near the village of Pembrey, Carmarthenshire, and the town of Llanelli.
Palace Theatre, Swansea
The Palace Theatre is a building located at the northern end of High Street, Swansea, Wales, recognisable for its distinctive wedge shape.
Oxwich Castle
Oxwich Castle occupies a position on a wooded headland overlooking Oxwich Bay on the Gower Peninsula, Wales, UK.
Neath Port Talbot Hospital
Neath Port Talbot Hospital is a major acute secondary care 270-bed hospital located in Port Talbot, Wales. It is sited on Baglan Moors beside Afan Way.
Nantymoel
Nantymoel (Nant-y-moel) (Welsh for Stream from the bare mountain) is a village and includes the formerly separate village of Pricetown in the county borough of Bridgend, Wales on the River Ogmore, and is one of the constituent villages of the Ogmore…
Morlais Castle
Morlais Castle is a 13th-century castle located above the Taff Gorge near the town of Merthyr Tydfil in Wales.
Merthyr Synagogue
The former Merthyr Synagogue is located on Bryntirion Road in the Thomastown section of Merthyr Tydfil, Wales.
Lordship of Gower
Gower was an ancient marcher lordship of Deheubarth in south-west Wales.
Llyn Fawr
Llyn Fawr is a lake in the Cynon Valley (Welsh: Cwm Cynon), South Wales, that is best known as the site of an important hoard of weapons and tools from the late Bronze Age and early Iron Age.
Llwynhendy
Llywnhendy is a village on the edge of Llanelli in Carmarthenshire, Wales with a population of 4,276.
Lliw Valley
The Borough of Lliw Valley (Welsh: Dyffryn Lliw) was one of the four local government districts of West Glamorgan, Wales from 1974 to 1996. It was formed by the merger of the Llwchwr urban district and Pontardawe Rural District, under the Local Gove…
Llansaint
Llansaint is a village of farmsteads and cottages that is located in Carmarthenshire, Wales. It includes a cluster of 19th century stone-built houses around the church, and it is surrounded by farmsteads and modern residential development.
Llangan
Llangan (Welsh: Llan-gan) is a small village and community in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales. It is located approximately 4 miles (6.4 km) outside the market town of Cowbridge. As a community it contains the settlements of St Mary Hill, Treoes and Lla…