Hotels in Swansea

Hotels in Swansea

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Swansea (Welsh: Abertawe, "mouth of the Tawe") is a city and county in Wales. It is in the historic county boundaries of Glamorgan. Situated on the South Wales coast, the county area includes the Gower peninsula and the Lliw uplands. Swansea is the third most populous county in Wales after Cardiff and Rhondda Cynon Taff; and the second most populous city in Wales after Cardiff.

The founder of Swansea is believed to be the Viking king of Denmark Sweyn Forkbeard who, in 1013, conquered the Anglo-Saxons of Wessex and Mercia, and who controlled a vast empire including southern England, Denmark and Norway. The earliest known form of the modern name is Sweynesse used in Swansea's first charter which was granted sometime between 1158–1184 by William de Newburgh, 3rd Earl of Warwick. The charter gave Swansea the status of a borough, granting the townsmen, called burgesses certain rights to develop the area. A second charter was granted in 1215 by King John. In this charter, the name appears as Sweyneshe. Swansea was granted city status in 1969, to mark Prince Charles's investiture as the Prince of Wales.

Swansea can be roughly divided into four physical areas. To the north are the Lliw uplands which are mainly open moorland, reaching the foothills of the Black Mountain. To the west is the Gower peninsula with its rural landscape dotted with small villages. To the east is the coastal strip around Swansea Bay. Cutting though the middle from the south-east to the north-west is the urban and suburban zone stretching from the Swansea city centre to the towns of Gorseinon and Pontarddulais.

The most populated areas of Swansea are Morriston, Sketty and the city centre. The chief urbanised area radiates from the city centre towards the north, south and west; along the coast of Swansea Bay to Mumbles; up the Swansea Valley past Landore and Morriston to Clydach; over Townhill to Cwmbwrla, Penlan, Treboeth and Fforestfach; through Uplands, Sketty, Killay to Dunvant; and east of the river from St. Thomas to Bonymaen, Llansamlet and Birchgrove. A second urbanised area is focused on a triangle defined by Gowerton, Gorseinon and Loughor along with the satellite communities of Penllergaer and Pontarddulais.

About three quarters of Swansea is bordered by the sea, the Loughor Estuary, Swansea Bay and the Bristol Channel. The two largest rivers in the region are the Tawe which passes the city centre and the Loughor which flows on the northern border with Carmarthenshire.

The geology of the Gower peninsula ranges from carboniferous limestone cliffs along its southern edge from Mumbles to Worm's Head and the salt-marshes and dune systems of the Loughor estuary to the north. The eastern, southern and western coasts of the peninsula are lined with numerous sandy beaches both wide and small, separated by steep cliffs. The South Wales Coalfield reaches the coast in the Swansea area. This had a great bearing on the development of the city of Swansea and other towns in the county like Morriston. The inland area is covered by large swathes of grassland common overlooked by sandstone heath ridges including the prominent Cefn Bryn. The traditional agricultural landscape consists in a patchwork of fields characterised by walls, stone-faced banks and hedgerows. Valleys cut through the peninsula and contain rich deciduous woodland.

Much of the county is hilly with the main area of upland being located in the council ward of Mawr. Areas of high land up to 185 metres range across the central section of the county and form the hills of Kilvey, Townhill and Llwynmawr, separating the centre of Swansea from its northern suburbs. Cefn Bryn, a ridge of high land, forms the backbone of the Gower peninsula. Rhossili Down, Hardings Down and Llanmadoc Hill form land features over 600 ft high. The highest point of the county is located at Penlle'r Castell at 374 metres on the northern border with Carmarthenshire.

List of places in Swansea

Birchgrove, Bishopston, Blackpill, Blaen-Y-Maes, Bolgoed, Bon-y-maen, Brunswick, Brynhyfryd, Brynmill, Bryntwood, Burry Green, Cadle, Caemawr, Carnglas, Caswell, Cheriton, Clase, Clydach, Cockett, Copley, Craigcefnparc, Crofty, Cwmbwrla, Cwmdu, Cwm Gwyn, Cwm-felin-Fach, Dunvant, Fairwood, Fairyhill, Felindre, Fforest, Fforestfach, Frederick Place, Garden Village, Garnswllt, Gendros, Gorseinon, Gowerton, Graig Trewyddfa, Greenhill, Grovesend, Hafod, Hendrefoilan, Hendy, Heol-las, Horton, Ilston, Killay, Kittle, Kingsbridge, Knelston, Landore, Landimore, Langland, Leason, Llandewi, Llangennith, Llangyfelach, Llanmadoc, Llanmorlais, Llanrhidian, Llansamlet, Llethryd, Loughor, Manselton, Mawr, Mayals, Mayhill, Middleton, Morfa, Morriston, Mount Pleasant, Mumbles, Murton, Mynydd-Bach, Newton, Nicholaston, Norton, Ochlfa, Oldwalls, Overton, Oystermouth, Oxwich, Oxwich Green, Pantlasau, Parkmill, Penclawdd, Peniel Green, Penlan, Penllergaer, Pennard, Penmaen, Penrice, Pentrebach, Pentre-Dwr, Pentrepoeth, Penyrheol, Pitton, Pitton Green, Plasmarl, Pontarddulais, Pontlliw, Port Eynon, Portmead, Port Tennant, Poundffald, Ravenhill, Reynoldston, Rhydypandy, Rhossili, Scurlage, Sketty, Sketty Park, Slade, Southgate, St. Thomas, Swansea, Thistleboon, Three Crosses, Tirdeunaw, Tircoed forest village, Tirpenry, Townhill, Treboeth, Uplands, Upper Killay, Waunarlwydd, Waun Wen, Wernfadog, West Cross, Winch Wen,Ynysforgan, Ynystawe

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