Llwchwr
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…| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Gowerton railway station and Loughor Castle.
Gowerton railway station
Railway station
Photo: Martin Bodman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Gowerton railway station serves the village of Gowerton, Wales. It is located at street level at the end of Station Road in Gowerton, 219 miles 45 chains from the zero point at London Paddington, measured via Stroud.
Loughor Castle
Ruins
Photo: Nigel Davies, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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.
Gorseinon Hospital
Hospital
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Gorseinon Hospital is a rehabilitation hospital in Gorseinon, Wales. It is managed by Swansea Bay University Health Board.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gorseinon and Kingsbridge.
Gorseinon
Town
Photo: Ruth Sharville, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Gorseinon is a town within the City and County of Swansea, Wales, near the Loughor estuary. It was a small village until the late 19th century, when it grew around the coal mining and tinplate industries.
Kingsbridge
Suburb
Photo: Jaggery, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kingsbridge, is a village in the City and County of Swansea, Wales falling within the Kingsbridge ward. It covers the south east of the town of Gorseinon.
Loughor
Town
Photo: Nigel Davies, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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.
Llwchwr
- Type: Locality with 9,560 residents
- Description: community in Swansea, Wales
- Category: community
- Location: Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Bengali to Welsh—“Llwchwr” goes by many names.
- Bengali: “লোচাঊ”
- Cebuano: “Llwchwr”
- Chinese: “Llwchwr”
- Chinese: “魯赫烏爾”
- Chinese: “鲁赫乌尔”
- Dutch: “Llwchwr”
- French: “Llwchwr”
- German: “Llwchwr”
- Gujarati: “લોચ્વર”
- Irish: “Llwchwr”
- Japanese: “リウクウォー”
- Kannada: “ಲ್ವಚ್ವರ್ (Llwchwr)”
- Korean: “뤼치어”
- Lithuanian: “Siufiu”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Llwchwr”
- Portuguese: “Llwchwr”
- Russian: “Ллучур”
- Spanish: “Llwchwr”
- Swedish: “Llwchwr”
- Tamil: “ல்வ்ச்வ்ர்”
- Telugu: “ల్వచ్వర్”
- Urdu: “لوچور”
- Welsh: “Llwchwr”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Loughor Castle and River Loughor.
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