Waterton, Bridgend
Waterton is an area south of Bridgend, Wales. It is mainly an industrial zone, as it is home to Bridgend Industrial Estate, Waterton Industrial Estate, Waterton Park, the Ford Engine Plant & Waterton Retail Park.
Articles near the latitude and longitude of Swansea
Satellite map of Swansea
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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WWT Llanelli Wetlands Centre at Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, Wales is one of nine wetland nature reserves in the UK managed by the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust, a nature conservation charity.
Valeways Millennium Heritage Trail
The Valeways Millennium Heritage Trail is a waymarked long distance footpath in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales.
Upper Loughor
Upper Loughor (Welsh: Casllwchwr Uchaf) is an electoral ward in the City and County of Swansea, Wales.
Tycoch
Tycoch (also written Ty-coch) is a suburban district of the City and County of Swansea in Wales. It is situated in the Sketty ward of the city, north-west of Sketty Cross. The area is chiefly residential.
Townhill (electoral ward)
Townhill is an electoral ward and a community of Swansea, Wales, UK.
Tonmawr
Tonmawr is a village in Neath Port Talbot county borough, south Wales.
Tair Carn Uchaf
Tair Carn Uchaf (Welsh for "Upper Three Cairns") is a hill in the Brecon Beacons National Park in the county of Carmarthenshire, southwest Wales.
Swing Bridge, River Neath
The Neath River Swing Bridge is a Swing bridge over the River Neath, in Wales. It carried the former Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railway near Skewen.
Swansea Vale
Swansea Vale (Welsh: Bro Abertawe) is a 160-acre (0.65 km2) mixed used new suburb development site in Swansea, Wales.
Swansea Indoor Bowls Stadium
The Swansea Indoor Bowls Stadium is an indoor bowls stadium based in Plasmarl, Swansea, Wales. It was opened in early 2008 and was constructed at a cost of £1.5m replacing the indoor bowling facilities that had been offered at Swansea Leisure Centre…
Swansea Bay (region)
The Swansea Bay area of Wales is located north of the sea area of Swansea Bay.
Stradey
Stradey (Welsh: Strade) is an area of the town of Llanelli in the county of Carmarthenshire in Wales, home to Stradey Park, where the Llanelli RFC and Llanelli Scarlets rugby teams were formerly based.
Stafford Common
Stafford Common is home to Garden Village Football Club, based in the village of Kingsbridge in the west of Swansea.
St. Thomas (electoral ward)
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St Tydfil's Hospital
Saint Tydfil's Hospital (Welsh: Ysbyty Sant Tydfil) in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales (at grid reference SO051064) started out life as part of the old Merthyr Workhouse, which was built in 1853. At this time it was known as 'The Infirmary', a name that it in…
South Cornelly
South Cornelly is a village in Cornelly, Bridgend county borough, Wales.
Sketty (electoral ward)
Sketty (Welsh: Sgeti) is the name of an electoral ward, a community and a suburb in the City and County of Swansea, Wales, UK.