Skewen

Skewen is a village within the county borough of , in Wales. The village is served by and has its own rugby club.
Wikipedia
Photo: Alan Roberts, CC BY-SA 2.0.
  • Type: Village with 8,500 residents
  • Description: village in Wales
  • Also known as: “Sgiwen”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Skewen railway station and Skewen Library.

Railway station
Photo: Kevin Trahar, CC BY-SA 2.0.
serves the village of Skewen, south Wales. It is located below street level at Station Road in Skewen, 210 miles 26 chains from .

Library
Photo: Jaggery, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Restaurant
Photo: Alan Hughes, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a restaurant.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Llandarcy and Coed Darcy.

Village
Photo: Steve Rigg, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village near in the county borough, , and was the site of the first oil refinery in the United Kingdom. It was originally designed as a garden village to house the workers for the BP refinery built between 1918 and 1922.

Village
is a new village under development on brownfield land adjacent to in county borough, Wales. Development began in the mid-2000s and was expected to take approximately twenty years.

Town
Photo: Steve Rigg, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a town and community in the county borough of , . The Welsh name may indicate that the church, llan, is protected from the wind, awel. is situated 2 miles southeast of Skewen.

Skewen

Latitude
51.65706° or 51° 39′ 25″ north
Longitude
-3.84691° or 3° 50′ 49″ west
Population
8,500
Elevation
180 feet (55 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB SKW
Open location code
9C3RM543+R6
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1179006914
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2637720
Wiki­data ID
Q3396741
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Satellite Map

Discover Skewen from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Welsh—“Skewen” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Skewen”
  • Breton: “Sgiwen”
  • Bulgarian: “Скиуен”
  • Catalan: “Skewen”
  • Cebuano: “Skewen”
  • Cornish: “Sgiwen”
  • Dutch: “Skewen”
  • French: “Skewen”
  • Hebrew: “סקיואן”
  • Irish: “Sgiwen”
  • Italian: “Skewen”
  • Manx: “Sgiwen”
  • Russian: “Скуэн”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Sgiwen”
  • Silesian: “Skewen”
  • Spanish: “Skewen”
  • Spanish: “Sweken”
  • Swedish: “Skewen”
  • Welsh: “Sgiwen”
  • Welsh: “Skewen”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Skewen Park and Carnegie Community Centre.

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