Gorseinon
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Ruth Sharville, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Gorseinon Library and Gorseinon bus station.
Gorseinon bus station
Bus station
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Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kingsbridge and Penyrheol.
Kingsbridge
Suburb
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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.
Penyrheol
Suburb
Penyrheol is a suburban district of Swansea, Wales falling within the Penyrheol ward. Penyrheol is located about 7 miles north west of Swansea city centre in northwest 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.
Gorseinon
- Type: Town with 15,800 residents
- Description: district town in Swansea, Wales
- Categories: community and locality
- Location: Gorseinon, Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.66938° or 51° 40′ 10″ northLongitude
-4.04159° or 4° 2′ 30″ westPopulation
15,800Elevation
75 feet (23 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB GOQOpen location code
9C3QMX95+Q9OpenStreetMap ID
node 2479316677OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“Gorseinon” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Gorseinon”
- Basque: “Gorseinon”
- Bengali: “গরসেইনন”
- Breton: “Gorseinon”
- Bulgarian: “Горсейнон”
- Catalan: “Gorseinon”
- Cebuano: “Gorseinon”
- Chinese: “Gorseinon”
- Chinese: “戈賽嫰”
- Chinese: “戈赛嫰”
- Dutch: “Gorseinon”
- French: “Gorseinon”
- German: “Gorseinon”
- Gujarati: “ગોર્સિનોન”
- Hebrew: “גורסיינון”
- Indonesian: “Gorseinon”
- Irish: “Gorseinon”
- Italian: “Gorseinon”
- Japanese: “ゴーセイノン”
- Kannada: “ಗೊರ್ಸಿನಾನ್”
- Korean: “고세니온”
- Lithuanian: “Gorsainonas”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Gorseinon”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Gorseinon”
- Norwegian: “Gorseinon”
- Persian: “گورسینون”
- Polish: “Gorseinon”
- Portuguese: “Gorseinon”
- Russian: “Горсайнон”
- Scots: “Gorseinon”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Gorseinon”
- Spanish: “Gorseinon”
- Swedish: “Gorseinon”
- Tamil: “கோர்ஸெஇனொன்”
- Telugu: “గొర్సెయినన్”
- Urdu: “جورسیینون”
- Welsh: “Gorseinon”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Gorseinon Post Office and Argyll Gardens.
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