Gorseinon

Worth seeing in and around Gorseinon

6 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   Loughor Castle

   Loughor Castle is a ruined, medieval fortification located in the town of Loughor, Wales. The castle was built around 1106 by the Anglo-Norman lord Henry de Beaumont, during the Norman invasion of Wales.

   3.3 km · medieval castle in Loughor, Swansea, Wales, UK · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Gower College Swansea

   Gower College Swansea is a further education college in Swansea, Wales. It was formed in 2010 by the merger of Gorseinon College and Swansea College.

   5.3 km · further education college · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Sketty Hall

   Sketty Hall is a venue used for hosting social functions, business functions and conferences in Singleton Park, Swansea, south Wales. The original building was built in the early 18th century as a private house.

   6 km · grade II listed building in the United Kingdom · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Loughor railway viaduct

   The Loughor railway viaduct carries the West Wales Line across the River Loughor. It is adjacent, and runs parallel to, the Loughor road bridge.

   3.7 km · bridge in United Kingdom · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Old Town Hall, Loughor

   The Old Town Hall is a former municipal building in Castle Street in Loughor, a town in Swansea, Wales. The structure, which used to be the meeting place of the local borough council, is a Grade II listed building.

   3.2 km · municipal building in Loughor, Swansea, Wales, UK · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Mynyddbach Chapel

   Mynyddbach Chapel is the oldest Independent chapel in Swansea, Wales. In about 1640 a group of people met on the Sabbath and on week nights to read the Scriptures and have prayer in "Cilfwnwr" farmhouse near Llangyfelach and later at "Tirdwncyn".

   5.2 km · Independent chapel in Treboeth, Swansea, Wales, UK · Wikipedia

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Getting to Gorseinon

Airports

Cardiff (CWL), 56 km · Bristol (BRS), 96 km · Birmingham (BHX), 179 km

Stations

Llangennech railway station, 4.8 km · Bynea railway station, 4.9 km · Gowerton railway station, 1.3 km · Gowerton South railway station, 1.5 km · Gorseinon bus station, 1.2 km

• Cardiff → Gorseinon

  63 km · quickest by road, 1h 32m · £7–9
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• Bristol → Gorseinon

  103 km · quickest by road, 2h 35m · £12–17
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• Birmingham, West Midlands → Gorseinon

  172 km · quickest by road, 3h 29m · £20–27
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No local-transport research exists yet for Gorseinon

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Gorseinon. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

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