Gowerton
Gowerton is a large village and community, about 4 miles (6 km) northwest of Swansea city centre, Wales.
Gowerton is a large village and community, about 4 miles (6 km) northwest of Swansea city centre, Wales. Gowerton is often known as the gateway to the Gower Peninsula. Gowerton's original name was Ffosfelin. The village falls within the Gowerton electoral ward of the City and County of Swansea Council, which elects one councillor. The community had a population of 5,212 and the built-up area with Waunarlwydd 8,183.
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Worth seeing in and around Gowerton
3 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.
- 01Loughor 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.
2.8 km · medieval castle in Loughor, Swansea, Wales, UK · Wikipedia - 02Old 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.
2.8 km · municipal building in Loughor, Swansea, Wales, UK · Wikipedia - 03Loughor 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.
3.2 km · bridge in United Kingdom · Wikipedia
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Getting to Gowerton
- Airports
- Cardiff (CWL), 56 km · Bristol (BRS), 96 km · Birmingham (BHX), 181 km
- Stations
- Gowerton railway station, 500 m · Gowerton South railway station, 500 m · Gorseinon bus station, 2.3 km
- Cardiff → Gowerton62 km · quickest by road, 1h 32m · £7–9
- Bristol → Gowerton102 km · quickest by road, 2h 35m · £13–17
- Birmingham, West Midlands → Gowerton173 km · quickest by road, 3h 29m · £20–27
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Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Gowerton
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 Gowerton. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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Next door to Gowerton
Gowerton is 8 km from Swansea, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.