Llwchwr
Llwchwr is a community and electoral ward in the central western part of the City and County of Swansea, Wales, UK.
Llwchwr is a community and electoral ward in the central western part of the City and County of Swansea, Wales, UK. It lies 9 km west-north-west of Swansea city centre and is bounded by the communities of Gorseinon to the north, Penllergaer to the east, and Gowerton to the south, as well as by the estuary of the River Loughor to the west, on the far side of which lies Bynea in Carmarthenshire, connected to Llwchwr by road and rail bridges.
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Worth seeing in and around Llwchwr
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.
1.5 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.
1.4 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.
1.9 km · bridge in United Kingdom · Wikipedia
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Getting to Llwchwr
- Airports
- Cardiff (CWL), 57 km · Bristol (BRS), 98 km · Birmingham (BHX), 181 km
- Stations
- Llangennech railway station, 3.5 km · Gowerton railway station, 2.1 km · Bynea railway station, 3.1 km · Gorseinon bus station, 1.1 km · Gowerton South railway station, 2.2 km
- Cardiff → Llwchwr64 km · quickest by road, 1h 36m · £7–10
- Bristol → Llwchwr104 km · quickest by road, 2h 39m · £13–17
- Birmingham, West Midlands → Llwchwr174 km · quickest by road, 3h 32m · £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 Llwchwr
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 Llwchwr. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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Next door to Llwchwr
Llwchwr is 9 km from Swansea, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Gorseinondistrict town in Swansea, Wales1.8 km
- Gowertonvillage in Wales2.2 km
- Loughortown in Swansea, Wales, UK600 m
- Penllergaervillage and community in Swansea, Wales, UK3.4 km
- Waunarlwyddvillage in Swansea, United Kingdom3.5 km
- Penclawddvillage in Wales3.8 km