Wales
Swansea
Grovesend & Waungron

Grovesend

Grovesend is a village in the community of Grovesend and Waungron, in . The community has a population of 1,131. Over the last 100 years Grovesend has gone through the transition of being a big mining community to a quiet semi rural village.
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  • Type: Residential area
  • Description: village in Swansea, Wales, UK
  • Also known as: “Pengelli”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Gorseinon Hospital and Penyrheol Comprehensive School.

Hospital
Photo: Jaggery, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a rehabilitation hospital in , Wales. It is managed by Swansea Bay University Health Board. is situated 1¼ miles southwest of Grovesend.

School
Photo: Martin Bodman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a secondary school in , Swansea, Wales. is situated 1 mile south of Grovesend.

Church
Photo: Jaggery, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a church, which is situated 1¼ miles south of Grovesend.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Penyrheol and Pontlliw.

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

Village
Photo: Jaggery, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village in the community of , part of the in . The village is located near , off Junction 47 of the M4 motorway.

Town
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is a town within the City and County of Swansea, , near the Loughor estuary. It was a small village until the late 19th century, when it grew around the coal mining and tinplate industries.

Grovesend

Latitude
51.68721° or 51° 41′ 14″ north
Longitude
-4.03718° or 4° 2′ 14″ west
Population
1,130
Elevation
161 feet (49 metres)
Open location code
9C3QMXP7+V4
Open­Street­Map ID
way 37074064
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­residential
Geo­Names ID
3345239
Wiki­data ID
Q5611582
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Welsh—“Grovesend” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Grovesend”
  • Chinese: “Grovesend”
  • Dutch: “Grovesend”
  • French: “Grovesend”
  • Irish: “Pengelli”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Grovesend”
  • Spanish: “Grovesend”
  • Welsh: “Pengelli”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Grovesend”. Photo: Martin Bodman, CC BY-SA 2.0.