Sker Point
Sker Point is a headland in Bridgend County Borough on the South Wales coast between Port Talbot and Porthcawl.
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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
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Show all articles in the mapSeven Sisters (electoral ward)
Seven Sisters is an electoral ward of the Welsh principal area of Neath Port Talbot County Borough.
Saron, Carmarthenshire
Saron is a mining village near the town of Ammanford in Carmarthenshire, Wales.
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.
Sandfields West
Sandfields West (Welsh: Gorllewin Traethmelyn) is an electoral ward and a community of Neath Port Talbot county borough, Wales.
Sandfields East
Sandfields East (Welsh: Dwyrain Traethmelyn) is an electoral ward and a community of Neath Port Talbot county borough, Wales.
River Gwili
The River Gwili (Welsh: Afon Gwili) in Carmarthenshire, is a tributary of the River Towy, the longest river entirely in Wales. Its headwater is found east of Llanllawddog, in the Brechfa Forest. It runs west, through Llanpumsaint, to its confluence …
Rhiwfawr
Rhiwfawr is a hamlet of 40 houses in the Swansea Valley, in Neath Port Talbot county borough, Wales.
Resolven (electoral ward)
Resolven is and electoral ward of Neath Port Talbot county borough, Wales.
Quarter Bach
Quarter Bach is a community located in Carmarthenshire, Wales.
Port Talbot bus station
Port Talbot bus station is an 8-stand bus station situated in the town centre of Port Talbot, South Wales.
Port Talbot (electoral ward)
The electoral ward of Port Talbot in Neath Port Talbot county borough covers the town centre of Port Talbot and the district of Pen-y-cae. The rest of the ward to the east consists of grassland and woodland.
Pontarddulais (electoral ward)
Pontarddulais is a name of an electoral ward and parish of the City and County of Swansea, south Wales.
Pontardawe railway station
Pontardawe railway station was a railway station on the Swansea Vale Railway that ran along the River Tawe British Railways closed the station to passengers in 1950 but the line continued carrying coal until the station closed completely in 1964 as …
Pontardawe Arts Centre
Pontardawe Arts Centre is a multi-purpose cultural venue in Pontardawe, Neath Port Talbot, Wales.
Pluck Lake
Pluck Lake is a lake to the east of Swansea city centre in the Morfa area north of Kilvey Hill. It forms part of Kilvey Community Woodland. Pluck Lake, is a refuge for blue-tailed damselfly and the emperor dragonfly. In April 2008 a crocodile was su…
Plasmarl
Plasmarl, or Plas-Marl, is a suburban district and historically a village of the City and County of Swansea, Wales.
Penyrheol, Swansea
Penyrheol (Welsh: Pen-yr-heol) is a suburban district of Swansea, Wales falling within the Penyrheol ward.