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.
gorseinontowncouncil.gov.uk
Wikipedia
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Gorseinon Library and Gorseinon bus station.

Library
Photo: Jaggery, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Bus station
Photo: Martin Bodman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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Retail building
Photo: Jaggery, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a retail building.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kingsbridge and Penyrheol.

Suburb
Photo: Jaggery, CC BY-SA 2.0.
, is a village in the City and County of , Wales falling within the ward. It covers the south east of the town of Gorseinon.

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

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

Gorseinon

Latitude
51.66938° or 51° 40′ 10″ north
Longitude
-4.04159° or 4° 2′ 30″ west
Population
15,800
Elevation
75 feet (23 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB GOQ
Open location code
9C3QMX95+Q9
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2479316677
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2648290
Wiki­data ID
Q2741540
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Satellite Map

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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”
  • Danish: “Gorseinon”
  • Dutch: “Gorseinon”
  • Finnish: “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 Nynorsk: “Gorseinon”
  • Norwegian: “Gorseinon”
  • Persian: “گورسینون”
  • Polish: “Gorseinon”
  • Portuguese: “Gorseinon”
  • Russian: “Горсайнон”
  • Russian: “Горсейнон”
  • 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

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