Loughor
Loughor is a town in Swansea, Wales.
Loughor is a town in Swansea, Wales. Historically in Glamorgan, it lies on the estuary of the River Loughor. The town has a community council under the name Llwchwr. The town is bordered by the communities of Bynea in Carmarthenshire, Grovesend, Gowerton, and Gorseinon. Loughor is part of the built-up area of Gorseinon.
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Worth seeing in and around Loughor
4 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.
- 01Parc y Scarlets
Parc y Scarlets is a rugby union stadium in Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, that opened in November 2008 as the new home of the Scarlets and Llanelli RFC. The ground replaced Stradey Park, the home of Llanelli's rugby teams for almost 130 years. The stadium complex includes facilities for matchday supporters and for non-matchday revenue generation, as well as a training barn and a training pitch with athletics track.
4.8 km · Stadium in Wales · Wikipedia - 02Loughor 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.
900 m · medieval castle in Loughor, Swansea, Wales, UK · Wikipedia - 03Old 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.
800 m · municipal building in Loughor, Swansea, Wales, UK · Wikipedia - 04Loughor 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.
1.3 km · bridge in United Kingdom · Wikipedia
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Getting to Loughor
- Airports
- Cardiff (CWL), 58 km · Bristol (BRS), 98 km · Birmingham (BHX), 181 km
- Stations
- Gowerton railway station, 2.5 km · Bynea railway station, 2.6 km · Llangennech railway station, 3.3 km · Gowerton South railway station, 2.6 km · Gorseinon bus station, 1.7 km
- Cardiff → Loughor65 km · quickest by road, 1h 36m · £7–10
- Bristol → Loughor104 km · quickest by road, 2h 39m · £13–17
- Birmingham, West Midlands → Loughor174 km · quickest by road, 3h 32m · £20–27
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No local-transport research exists yet for Loughor
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 Loughor. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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Next door to Loughor
Loughor is 10 km from Swansea, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Gorseinondistrict town in Swansea, Wales2.4 km
- Gowertonvillage in Wales2.7 km
- Llangennechvillage and community in Carmarthenshire, Wales, United Kingdom3.9 km
- Killaycommunity in Swansea, Wales, UK5.9 km
- Dunvantvillage and community in Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom4.3 km
- Pontlliwvillage in Pontlliw and Tircoed, Swansea, Wales4.9 km