Llangyfelach
Llangyfelach is a village and community located in the City and County of Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom.
Llangyfelach is a village and community located in the City and County of Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom. Llangyfelach is situated about 4 miles north of the centre of Swansea, just west of Morriston. It falls within the Llangyfelach ward. To the west is open moorland. The population was 2,371 as of the 2021 UK census.
The name is seemingly derived from a combination of 'llan' and 'Cyfelach', with a mutation to combine them for Llangyfelach.
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Worth seeing in and around Llangyfelach
9 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.
- 01Liberty Stadium
The Swansea.com Stadium is an all-seated multi-use sports stadium and conferencing venue located in the Landore area of Swansea, Wales, hosting both rugby union and football. The stadium opened in 2005 and was named the Liberty Stadium.
3.5 km · Stadium in Wales · Wikipedia - 02Landore viaduct
The Landore viaduct is a railway viaduct over the Swansea valley and the River Tawe at Landore in South Wales. It provides a link between Swansea city center and the West Wales Line to the South Wales Main Line.
3.3 km · bridge in United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 03Tabernacle Welsh Independent Chapel
The Tabernacle Chapel, also known as Libanus Chapel, is a Grade I listed chapel on Woodfield Street in Morriston, Swansea, Wales.
2.2 km · Independent chapel in Morriston · Wikipedia - 04Morris Castle
Morris Castle or Castle Graig is a ruined residential building situated on the Cnap-llwyd common in the Trewyddfa area of Swansea, Wales. Constructed by Sir John Morris to house the families of workers, it is one of the earliest examples of a tenement building.
2.6 km · residential tower block in Swansea, Wales · Wikipedia - 05Siloh Welsh Congregational Chapel
The New Siloh Congregational Chapel, also known as the Siloh Welsh Independent Chapel or simply the New Siloh Chapel, is a Grade II* listed chapel building at the top of Siloh Hill in Landore, Swansea, Wales. The prefix 'New' distinguishes it from the nearby Old Siloh Chapel, built in 1829.
3.2 km · Congregational chapel in Landore · Wikipedia - 06Mynyddbach 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".
900 m · Independent chapel in Treboeth, Swansea, Wales, UK · Wikipedia - 07Cwmgelli cemetery
Cwmgelli Cemetery, also known as Cwmgelly Cemetery, is a cemetery situated in the Treboeth area of Swansea, Wales. It is listed on the Cadw/ICOMOS Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales, where it is designated Grade II for "its historic interest as a small Victorian garden cemetery".
2.4 km · cemetery in Swansea, Wales · Wikipedia - 08Pluck 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.
3.7 km · lake in Morfa, Swansea, Wales, UK · Wikipedia - 09Nant-y-Fendrod
Nant-y-fendrod, often known simply as the Fendrod, is a small stream near Swansea in South Wales. It is a tributary of the River Tawe, and has two tributaries, the Nant Bran and the Nant-y-Ffin.
3.2 km · reservoir near Swansea · Wikipedia
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Getting to Llangyfelach
- Airports
- Cardiff (CWL), 52 km · Bristol (BRS), 92 km · Birmingham (BHX), 174 km
- Cardiff → Llangyfelach58 km · quickest by road, 1h 20m · £6–8
- Bristol → Llangyfelach97 km · quickest by road, 2h 23m · £12–16
- Birmingham, West Midlands → Llangyfelach167 km · quickest by road, 3h 18m · £19–26
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No local-transport research exists yet for Llangyfelach
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 Llangyfelach. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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Next door to Llangyfelach
Llangyfelach is 6 km from Swansea, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Clydachtown and community in Swansea, Wales3.7 km
- Mynydd-Bachsuburb and community in Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom1.3 km
- Cwmbwrlasuburb and community in Swansea3.9 km
- Landorecommunity in Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom3.7 km
- Penderryward or electoral division in Swansea, Wales2 km
- Penllergaervillage and community in Swansea, Wales, UK3.6 km