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Llwchwr

Loughor

Loughor is a town in , . Historically in , it lies on the estuary of the . The town has a community council under the name .
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Photo: Nigel Davies, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Loughor War Memorial and Loughor Castle.

Memorial
Photo: Jaggery, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Ruins
Photo: Nigel Davies, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a ruined, medieval fortification located in the town of Loughor, . The castle was built around 1106 by the Anglo-Norman lord Henry de Beaumont, during the Norman invasion of Wales.

Archaeological site
was a coastal auxiliary fort in the Roman province of Britannia. Its remains are located beneath the town of Loughor in the city of .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kingsbridge and Penyrheol.

Suburb
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, is a village in the City and County of , Wales falling within the ward. It covers the south east of the town of .

Suburb
is a suburban district of , falling within the ward. is located about 7 miles north west of Swansea city centre in northwest .

Suburb
is a village close to the in , . It also forms an electoral ward for the purposes of elections to Carmarthenshire County Council, and is situated in Berwig Hamlet.

Loughor

Latitude
51.6654° or 51° 39′ 56″ north
Longitude
-4.06776° or 4° 4′ 4″ west
Population
4,820
Elevation
82 feet (25 metres)
Open location code
9C3QMW8J+5V
Open­Street­Map ID
node 300860840
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2643561
Wiki­data ID
Q3359375
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Loughor” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “لغور”
  • Asturian: “Casllwchwr”
  • Basque: “Loughor”
  • Breton: “Casllwchwr”
  • Bulgarian: “Лохър”
  • Cebuano: “Llwchwr”
  • Chinese: “拉赫爾”
  • Dutch: “Loughor”
  • French: “Casllwchwr”
  • French: “Loughor”
  • German: “Loughor”
  • Irish: “Casllwchwr”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Casllwchwr”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Loughor”
  • Norwegian: “Loughor”
  • Persian: “لاکور”
  • Spanish: “Loughor”
  • Swedish: “Llwchwr”
  • Welsh: “Casllwchwr”
  • Welsh: “Llwchwr”

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